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Merlin
(Falco columbarius)
Merlin(Falco columbarius)
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These photos were taken in the Marin Headlands. Merlins are small falcons but not as small as the American kestrel. Usually they are seen as a gray streak, zipping by. Length: 10 inches Wingspan: 24 inches Weight: 190 grams (Females are larger than the males) |
©Greg Gothard
1998
Merlins feed on small birds, insects and small mammals.
Merlins are excellent flyers and frequently take prey by in a fast
horizontal flight rather than from a stoop.
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If you find a bird other than a pigeon with an aluminum band, please call and report the find to The Bird Banding Laboratory. The call is toll-free and the number is 1-800-327-BAND (2263) from anywhere in Canada, the United States and most parts of the Caribbean. Please have all the information on the bird band with you when you call. They will need to know the band number, location you found the bird, the date you found the bird, and how you got the band as well as your name and address. The sole purpose of 1-800-327-BAND is to make it convenient for people to report recoveries of birds banded with service bands. Please do not use this number to call about other matters. The 1-800 number is NOT for reporting pigeon bands. The Bird Banding Laboratory does not keep any records on the bands used on pigeons.
Contact the GGRO:
Mail:
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory
Building 201, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Phone:
(415) 331-0730
E-mail address:
ggro@parksconservancy.org
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