Seattle Merlin Nest 2008 , Part I - (Click image above to enter gallery) Photo Gallery by Kim McCormick at pbase.com

Seattle Merlin Nest 2008 , Part I - (Click image above to enter gallery)

The photos in this gallery document the first known successful nest of Merlins, small falcons, in Seattle, WA. See: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008065173_merlins22m0.html
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This gallery, Part I, follows courtship through brooding (April through early June).
The story is continued in Part II, Hatching through Branching.

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Merlin Pair	Discovery Day!	Female Sleeping	Adult Female Merlin (She's wearing a band!)
Adult female with unusual "prey"	"Spike" on the Roof-1	"Spike "on the Roof-2	"Spike" on the Roof-3
Adult Male in the Nest Tree-1	Adult Male in the Nest Tree-2	"Thor" on the Deodar-1	"Thor" on the Deodar-2

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