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| Prairie Merlin, the Great Plains subspecies of Merlin, in French Canyon near Tieton, Yakima County, WA. Note the full crop - it had just finished eating a chickadee. April 28, 2003.
Viewed: 2195 times.
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| Merlin in a birch tree along S. 47th Ave., Yakima, WA. November 2003.
Viewed: 3024 times.
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| Merlin on the power pole in my backyard on S. 47th Ave., Yakima, WA. October 22, 2004.
Viewed: 2976 times.
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| Merlin perched in a tree just north of my house on S. 47th Ave, Yakima, WA. Nov. 13, 2005. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 2684 times.
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| Juvenile Boreal (Taiga) Merlin on the power pole in our backyard southwest of the Yakima, WA, airport. Dec. 4, 2009. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 2035 times.
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| Merlin on S. 47th Ave., southwest of the Yakima, WA, airport. Jan. 1, 2010.
Viewed: 1937 times.
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| Album: Prairie Merlins in the Yakima Valley, WA
Changed: Jun 06, 2010.
Contains: 7 items.
Viewed: 2799 times.
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| Dark Boreal Merlin in a snag on the south side of Randall Park, Yakima, WA. Oct. 9, 2010. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 1992 times.
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| Prairie Merlin on the power pole in our backyard southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. Dec. 17, 2012.
Viewed: 1944 times.
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| Merlin in the top of a cottonwood tree along the Jewett Trail at the south end of the Yakima, WA, Greenway Pathway. Jan. 16, 2014. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 1680 times.
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| Dark Boreal Merlin in Selah, WA. Dec. 18, 2015.
Viewed: 1452 times.
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| A second Boreal Merlin in Selah, WA. Dec. 18, 2015.
Viewed: 1514 times.
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| Probable Black Merlin, a rare subspecies in Yakima County, on the power pole in our backyard southwest of the Yakima, WA, airport. Dec. 26, 2015.
Viewed: 1502 times.
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| Boreal Merlin on the power pole in our backyard southwest of the Yakima, WA, airport. January 4, 2016.
Viewed: 1387 times.
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| Taiga Merlin plucking a goldfinch it had just caught on 34th Ave. and Gregory St. in Yakima, WA. Feathers from the unfortunate goldfinch are drifting above the Merlin. January 21, 2016.
Viewed: 1554 times.
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| Taiga Merlin on the power pole in our backyard southwest of the Yakima, WA, airport. Feb. 21, 2016.
Viewed: 1395 times.
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| Merlin on a power pole in Toppenish, WA seen during the Toppenish NWR Christmas Bird Count. Dec. 16, 2017.
Viewed: 1091 times.
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| Merlin perched in the top of our neighbor's birch tree southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. Note its full crop. Dec. 13, 2017.
Viewed: 1152 times.
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| Merlin with a full crop sitting on a power pole along Sheep Company Rd. just south of Miles Rd. north of Selah, WA. While I was photographing this Merlin, a second one flew over my head, then over a shed and landed on the power pole just north of Miles Rd. with lunch in its talons (next photo). Dec. 9, 2017.
Viewed: 1114 times.
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| The second Merlin with a bird it had just caught. It appears to be a starling. Dec. 9, 2017.
Viewed: 1206 times.
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| Dark Boreal Merlin at West Valley Community Park, Yakima, WA January 5, 2021.
Viewed: 622 times.
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| Merlin perched in a tree at Bottle Beach State Park, Grays Harbor County, WA. September 10, 2021.
Viewed: 556 times.
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| Merlin after it had just scared up many of the ducks at the Willcox, Arizona, waterwater treatment plant. November 19, 2022.
Viewed: 301 times.
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| Merlin in Pantano Park, Tucson, Arizona. December 6, 2022.
Viewed: 285 times.
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| Female Prairie Merlin in a cottonwood tree at a residence on Ratliff Road south of San Simon, Arizona. January 24, 2023.
Viewed: 279 times.
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| Merlin at Honey Bee Canyon Park, Oro Valley, AZ. January 22, 2024.
Viewed: 155 times.
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Album: vultures, eagles, hawks, falcons 
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