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merlin feasting on her bloody, headless prey

2003-10-19 - 10:20 a.m.

photos � 2003 by Roger Williams

merlin with prey as semi-digiscoped using the olympus 
uzi camera and swarovski scope
A spectacular morning at Fontainebleau State Park, featuring a beautiful female Merlin feasting bloodily on her headless prey. We birded from 7 to 9 A.M. and saw a number of special birds including a first autumn Sora that walked almost right up to us and a number of Sedge Wrens. The first bird of the day was a low-flying Bald Eagle. Monarchs and juvenile Red-Headed Woodpeckers fluttered pleasantly throughout the park.

  1. Pied-Bill Grebe
  2. Double-Crested Cormorant
  3. Brown Pelican
  4. Great Blue Heron
  5. Great Egret
  6. Snowy Egret
  7. White Ibis
  8. Red-Tailed Hawk, juvenile
  9. Bald Eagle
  10. Merlin
  11. Sora, first autumn plumage
  12. Common Moorhen, both juveniles and adults
  13. Forster's Tern
  14. Belted Kingfisher
  15. Red-Headed Woodpecker, many juveniles
  16. Common Flicker
  17. Eastern Phoebe
  18. Tree Swallow, many but not a tornado
  19. American Crow
  20. Blue Jay
  21. Carolina Chickadee -- heard only
  22. Sedge Wren
  23. Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher
  24. Gray Catbird
  25. Northern Mockingbird
  26. Loggerhead Shrike
  27. Northern Cardinal
  28. Swamp Sparrow
Several white-tailed deer and a rabbit were also seen.

floating island mirage caused by causeway bridge over lake ponchartrain

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