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| Merlin Shitada-mura, Niigata, Japan March 11, 2005 |
I was living there right through winter 2004/05 and saw some wonderful things including my first Steller's Sea-eagle.
As far as Merlins go, I haven't had any better photo opportunities other than this. I saw my fist Merlin chasing birds in a city park in Saitama back in 2000, and the last one I saw was sitting high up on a wire near Fukushimagata a few years ago.
A dynamic little raptor, I'd love to see another one and get better shots than this.
The photo was taken with my fist digital camera, a Panasonic FZ-20 bridge camera.
3 comments:
Great little raptor !
Great little bird. I used to see these 2 or 3 times a year on the Mendip hills in Somerset as a kid. Been a while since I saw my last one!
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
PS: feel free to link this post to Wild Bird Wednesday on my photo-blog
I see them most winters, in the same pose as you got here, they are a bit flighty though. I don't have any good pics of them really............
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