ML355402441
Contributor
Doug Graham Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Canaan Valley NWR
Tucker, West Virginia, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
I pulled over to confirm my route. As I parked, an adult Merlin circled the small clump of trees in front of me while giving an alarm call. It then landed in a mostly hidden spot in the trees. Realizing the odd behavior, I looked and found these 2 pictured immature birds sitting on the outside branches of the closest fir. They seemed preoccupied looking at circling flies. I don't know if the nest was there; I didn't want to search and disturb them.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
- ISO
- 160
- Focal length
- 247 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 4270 pixels x 3203 pixels
- Original file size
- 5.84 MB