Merlin - Benjamin Cacace
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Location

Thomas Jefferson Park & pedestrian bridge
New York, New York, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 40.7935317, -73.9352523
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

#17 1726 MERL Spotted from East 114th Street feeding on a water tower. I sensed that it was a small falcon but couldn’t confirm until I walked and jogged to East 116th Street. It was perched on the water tower on 421 East 116th Street and off by 1736. • From a distance it looked like a small juvenile Peregrine or a large and dark Kestrel. This was from two blocks away. I was able to view the bird just east of the water tower along East 116th Street. The dark, streaked chest, dark head, and the light lines across the tail were visible with binoculars. The images show these features poorer than the binocular views which were steadied on nearby trees. The attitude of this falcon is nothing like an American Kestrel which is both neat and petite. • Observation on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201326026

Technical information

Model
DSC-HX90V
Lens
4.1-123mm f/3.5-6.4
ISO
200
Focal length
123 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/6.4
Shutter speed
1/160 sec
Dimensions
1113 pixels x 835 pixels
Original file size
179.4 KB