More Merlin!
This was in the ailanthus behind the solar building… the day before the tree was cut down. the falcon has prey in the third image. Perhaps a House Sparrow, ubiquitous around here.
This tree, which peeked up a few feet above the four-story high solar building — so called because its roof is used for a solar array — had also seen American Kestrel, Cooper’s Hawks, and even Red-tailed Hawks perched on it. And Starlings, Blue Jays, Northern Mockingbirds, House Sparrows…. We will all miss it.
Raptor Wednesday Bonus:
Crows harry a Red-tailed Hawk.
Kestrel communications. They love old antennae.
Backyard and Beyond 
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