Date: 12/25/24 7:44 pm From: Roy Adolphson <roydjoy47...> Subject: [ia-bird] 4 Merlins tonight at Glendale Cemetery
Tonight (12/25) I went to Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines at 4:30 p.m. (sunset @ 4:50). From 4:30 to 4:40 there were 4 Merlins visible simultaneously----one each in Blocks 20, B, H, and 33D. Then there was a fly-by involving 3 Merlins in Block H, as all but the one in the big oak in 33D took to the air. Two came back to H and perched in the bur oak next to the big cottonwood and in the broken locust halfway up the hill. The one in 33D continued until about 4:50, while the ones in H remained until about 5:05. The sky was heavily overcast and a bit foggy, with temps in the mid-30s and a light northeasterly wind.
