This afternoon at around 4:30 PM we had 2 merlins at Greenlawn Cemetery in 
SOuth Columbus.  South of the bridge was a male high on a bare branch.  A 
female was eating a sparrow on the ridge west of the central mausoleum.  
She was high in a spruce which has a dead bare top.  We had great looks at 
both.  Thanks to the gentleman who pointed out the female for me. The 
female was certainly larger than the male and had a buffier chest with 
less dramatic chest streaking than the male.  Also had a Golden Crowned 
kinglet on the ridge behind the pit.

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