Raptor Week Day V

From a distance: the large-headed silhouette of a small falcon. This tree on a hill is Merlin country in the winter months, but the last time I saw something up there a few weeks ago it was an American Kestrel. This time, by the time I hustled up closer, the bird was gone. A couple of other birders had seen where it went.

To a nearby Tuliptree.

A couple of days later, back on the usual tree.