Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Where's Merlin now?

This is a Merlin. Look it up if necessary, 'cause it's worth it.

2 comments:

  1. This may be a merlin - but have you ever seen a 'perlin'?

    The word perlin is a falconer's term for a hybrid between a peregrine falcon and a merlin. It is bigger and faster than a merlin, but does not fly as far as a peregrine, and thus is less likely to fly far away and become lost. Usually the peregrine is the father and the merlin is the mother.

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  2. Thanks for commenting! No, I never saw a "perlin," and before this week never knowingly laid eyes on a Peregrine Falcon. Thanks to binoculars I confirmed the sighting of one on Sunday.

    The bird in the photo is a Merlin. It's appearance and markings were classic, though the photo certainly fails to do it justice.

    How does the Perlin hunt? Peregrine style, Merlin style, or both?

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