8-8:30 am Monday, October 24, one merlin was preening in the tree, exactly where Ms. Schmidt said it was. A very cooperative bird, sitting in the un-leafed top of the tree, and even turning as it preened so that all its features could be appreciated. Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:16:31 -0400 From: inga schmidt <[log in to unmask]> Subject: highland park cemetery - cuyahoga co Then, in the maple by the oil tanks where the merlins were last winter, = I saw one bird, plucking it's kill, a robin. Another merlin flew in and perched on a nearby = branch and was quickly run off. Section 27. (Clunky new markers, placed this year, make it easier to = identify the sections.) Inga Schmidt ______________________________________________________________________ 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ End of OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 21 Oct 2011 to 22 Oct 2011 (#2011-296) ***************************************************************** ______________________________________________________________________ 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]