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Merlin

This site is very near my father-in-law's place and never fails to deliver, this the latest of several Merlin images which I've captured in Riverside County (California) since 2016. A local photographer (David Salem, for those who know him), has placed a number of natural perches around a particular refuge, and it's possible to photograph a number of wintering raptors using one's car as a rolling blind. I interrupted this female during breakfast -- a Savannah Sparrow as far as I could ascertain from other images -- and I was able to position the car so as to use some distant reeds as a backdrop. Stoked!

Riverside County, California, 12/2/21
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS R5
1/4000 at f/5.6, ISO 800

  • Untitled photo
  • Snowy Plover
  • Whimbrel
  • Barred Owl
  • Surf Scoter
  • American Bittern
  • Bushtit
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Virginia Rail
  • Merlin
  • White Ibis
  • Canyon Wren
  • Black-necked Stilt
  • Chilean Skua
  • Black-necked Swan
  • Hooded Siskin
  • Magellanic Penguin
  • Buff-winged Cinclodes
  • Magellanic Penguin
  • Flying Steamer-Duck (male)
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