PetKal Offline Upload & Sell: Off
|
This Merlin aka Pigeon hawk is one of the CRC's own favourite birds. Unfortunately, they do not fly it (yet). (CRC = Canadian Raptor Conservancy)
Shape-wise the little falcon looks like Kestrel on anabolic steroids, and its aggressive and pugnacious behaviour is legendary. You can hear accounts, true or not, of Merlins giving chase to a speeding train or a car. People who observe hawk migrations have seen Merlins fly a mile out of their way in order to harass a larger raptor spied on the horizon, even if the object of their aggression was of the Golden eagle size. Merlins don't seem to care.
Edited on Mar 16, 2017 at 08:26 PM · View previous versions
|