Date: 6/25/26 6:45 am From: <eagleredheart...> <0000058abbfed79a-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Merlin this morning
This morning I was out for a walk here in Worthington, I was coming down the street to my house when I heard a very loud, somewhat familiar call - but I didn't know what it was. I put on the Merlin recording app - this bird was loud but I couldn't see it in a tree above me across the street. Merlin said it was a Merlin. I didn't believe it because I normally see them in Spring and Fall/Winter during migration. But this is height of breeding season. So I decided to check call recordings on the app and the second one in was exactly what this bird was calling. I didn't leave it on long and just stood and watched/waited. It called more and then I saw it fly and circle three times between nearby trees - maybe 50 feet above me. Could not get a photo of course on the IPhone. But I saw it and heard it clearly.
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