For comparison, here is a photo of a different Merlin I found on March 23, 2003, also here in Yamhill County. Is it light enough to be considered of the F.c. richardsonii subspecies? No obvious mustache. (?)
The Flycatcher
To describe my lifelong fascination with flight and with creatures that fly I like to echo the words of John James Audubon who in 1839 wrote of himself as "...one who never can cease to admire and to study with zeal and the most heartfelt reverence, the wonderful productions of an Almighty Creator."
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
For comparison, here is a photo of a different Merlin I found on March 23, 2003, also here in Yamhill County. Is it light enough to be considered of the F.c. richardsonii subspecies? No obvious mustache. (?)
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