merlins

The rest – kites, merlins, harriers and golden eagles – were birds I could only dream about, found in the remotest and most inaccessible parts of the country.

Birdwatch: Kestrel 2011

Sharp-shinned and cooper's hawks, as well as merlins, are rare, but not unheard of, and this time of year, the south-bound migration brings red-shouldered, broad-winged, and rough-legged hawks passing overhead.

Knowing a hawk from a handsaw, pt 1 2008

The death defying feats of both Rovers and their engineers/merlins at JPL are the stuff of technological mythology.

What the MSL Bailout Looks Like - NASA Watch 2008

The newlabour gang have been told for years about the dire shortage, old sea kings now almost worn out, a few heavy lift chinooks spending more hours on the ground than in the air, where are the new mega expensive merlins?

THE BEAT OF DEFEAT... 2009

Some of the most spectacular residents of Padilla Bay Reserve are the bald eagle, peregrine falcon and nine other species of raptors, including merlins and snowy owls who winter in the area.

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Washington 2008

Someone left a comment that only men could be merlins, so I'm resorting to my true totem animal in order to clear up any confusion. posted by Anne Johnson @ 3:51 PM

National Novel Writers Month Anne Johnson 2007

Someone left a comment that only men could be merlins, so I'm resorting to my true totem animal in order to clear up any confusion. posted by Anne Johnson @ 3:51 PM

Archive 2007-11-01 Anne Johnson 2007

Yesterday, out in Stanley which is at the northern end of the Estancia valley, a major migration and staging area, my wife and I, were looking for merlins and ferrugs for next weeks trapping, when we turned down this one dirt road to find Swainson's hawks everywhere.

Migration Meme 2006

My extreme and heartfelt thanks to the volunteers at the Entiat Ridge experimental Hawk Banding Station for answering my many questions; to Bud for being a font of endless knowledge; and to the various hawks and merlins for being caught.

Scenes around town: catch and release birding | Seattle Metblogs 2005

And within a mile of the other two places where I've seen merlins.

grouse Diary Entry grouse 2001