Lots of drama over the past week. We have a colony of barnswallows that
live in one of our barns. Approx 25-45 individuals but they are hard to
count. Plus tree swallows in nest boxes. What I am pretty sure is a Merlin
has been coming around and driving them absolutely crazy. both Swallow
A merlin has been circling high in the sky for last few minutes. Initially, I
thought it was sharpie, but views from binoculars showed it to be a falcon.
May be it is the same one that Dave reported from Stewart Park today morning.
There were also some smaller birds around it, probably they
