Merlin
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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.
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Merlin in a birch tree along S. 47th Ave., Yakima, WA. November 2003.
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Merlin on the power pole in my backyard on S. 47th Ave., Yakima, WA. October 22, 2004.
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Merlin perched in a tree just north of my house on S. 47th Ave, Yakima, WA. Nov. 13, 2005. Digiscoped.
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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.
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Merlin on S. 47th Ave., southwest of the Yakima, WA, airport. Jan. 1, 2010.
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Album: Prairie Merlins in the Yakima Valley, WA

Changed: Jun 06, 2010.
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Dark Boreal Merlin in a snag on the south side of Randall Park, Yakima, WA. Oct. 9, 2010. Digiscoped.
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Prairie Merlin on the power pole in our backyard southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. Dec. 17, 2012.
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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.
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Dark Boreal Merlin in Selah, WA. Dec. 18, 2015.
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A second Boreal Merlin in Selah, WA. Dec. 18, 2015.
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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.
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Boreal Merlin on the power pole in our backyard southwest of the Yakima, WA, airport. January 4, 2016.
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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.
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Taiga Merlin on the power pole in our backyard southwest of the Yakima, WA, airport. Feb. 21, 2016.
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Merlin on a power pole in Toppenish, WA seen during the Toppenish NWR Christmas Bird Count. Dec. 16, 2017.
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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.
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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.
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The second Merlin with a bird it had just caught. It appears to be a starling. Dec. 9, 2017.
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Dark Boreal Merlin at West Valley Community Park, Yakima, WA January 5, 2021.
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Merlin perched in a tree at Bottle Beach State Park, Grays Harbor County, WA. September 10, 2021.
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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.
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Merlin in Pantano Park, Tucson, Arizona. December 6, 2022.
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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.
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