Merlin and Others at the Wastewater Saturday

Glowering at me to keep my distance, this Merlin spent fifteen minutes devouring a small bird in the "kingbird tree" (Laketon at Seba) this morning.

Among the other 15 bird species were a Northern Harrier, 2 Red-tailed Hawks, dozens of Horned Larks and over 800 Canada Geese.  Lots of hunters' trucks on the Wastewater properties this morning.  A birding group from Oakland Audubon was scoping larks in the rapid filtration lagoons when I left.

- Ric