Yesterday we had another visitor land on the fence post outside our window. The wife saw it first and as I reached for the camera the wild thing took to the air and out of view. It was certainly a predator as the size and fact that all the other birds vacated the back yard feeding center. This did not seem to be our Sharp Shin Hawk as the coloring from a quick glance was more gray in the back and less white in the front. I have heard of at least one Merlin around the area and my first guess would be a Merlin and the second a Dark Morph.
Our feeder has seemed to attract a lot of Starlings this Winter. Early this morning we had quite a few Juncos flitting about with a few House Sparrows intertwined. Later today the Crows surrounded the back yard but fortunately they didn't raid the feeder or stay around long.
The snow was a real surprise this morning, guess I should learn to watch the weather more frequently so that I won't be wake up to the unexpected.
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