Last week I was offered the opportunity to release a merlin not far from where I work. I jumped at the chance. I've released well over 70 species of birds and a merlin is not on that list. I should add that I am not competing with myself, or anyone else, but it's cool if I can add to these lists that I keep.
I brought my camera but had the idea to set my phone up on the other end of the roof of my car and take some video too. I'm glad that I did as the release was over in seconds and the bird flew fast, high and far across a fenced off field. From the video I managed to take some screen shots that I am sharing here, along with a YouTube link to the video.
It is one of my most memorable releases, perhaps because it is the only merlin I've released. Here are a few screen shots...
Cropped...
One more...
Here is the YouTube link. You can see how bad that bird wanted out of there.
How's this for maybe my shortest blog ever?
What a marvellous thing to be able to do!
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Merlins belong in the nature. They feel happy when released and I can see that happiness in this picture. Thank you for the post.
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Hi Rob, I saw a piece on you in FLAP leaflet and glad to see you are around but sad to see no blog reports. Maybe quarterly?
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