Yesterday afternoon brought clear blue skies, warmer temps, plenty of birds, and a merlin with a kill. Can't identify the prey (most of the feathers were already plucked and the head was severed). I watched it feeding in section 70 exactly as previously described by others. A coopers hawk attempted to steal the meal but the falcon (with kill) flew off. The images are here: http://viewfinder.us/_wsn/page20.html My apologies for the late post. Didn't have access to my laptop/images until today. Hideta Nagai www.viewfinder.us ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]