Last week I saw a Merlin perched upon a power pole outside my office. I saw it again today "soaring" and calling above my parking lot. This is near Pat Catan's craft store and the Lakewood recycling building. I saw one a few years ago in the same area. I am not sure why it would like this industrial/ urban area. There are kestrels in this area once in a while too. Terry ______________________________________________________________________ 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]