Find The Merlin!

[pe'rigin]

Seeing that I didn't envisage that you would examine the Tern image pixel-by-pixel, try finding this male Merlin.

The only clue will be, I spent 4.5 hour waiting for something to turn-up, frozen through and through, starving. I then decided on lunch with soup in my right and cheese sandwich in the left hand, this bird appeared from nowhere to fly directly to the camera, it then swerved to the left about 5ft away from me, did I manage to get it?

[Wiktoria]

Hmmm.. maybe this is here (look photo) I probable see head with bill and eye

[teamsaint]

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[Sean F]

Hmmm.. maybe this is here (look photo) I probable see head with bill and eye

No, Wiktoria, the bird has been digitally removed from the photo, and we have to guess where it was.

Heres my guess

[Wiktoria]

No, Wiktoria, the bird has been digitally removed from the photo, and we have to guess where it was.

In fact, sorry|:x| This is very difficult |;|

[OwlTalon]

Umm...flying low, about mid-photo, slightly to teh left, just above the grass. Sorry i cant place an X.

[pe'rigin]

OwlTalon,


Are you thinking about here?

[OwlTalon]

Yeah, right in that general vicinity. Thanks.

[pe'rigin]

Sorry OwlTalon,

You're wrong, good try though.

P

[Saphire]

My thoughts

[Sean F]

My thoughts

Lets hope that great minds think alike then Christine!

[deborah4]

ok, I'll have another go ..

[Duke Leto]

my guess

Steve

[Cyclops]

I'm guessing here:

[Woody]

These are fun!

Two tempting areas but this is the most tempting of the two...

[jocateme]

I'll guess here (pic), with half body behind the grass.

[pe'rigin]

Guy's you need to be a lot closer than these efforts.

Steve, I love the idea of 'let's cover an area approach'!


Edit, Sorry, Deborah has posted, should have written chaps and chapesses!

[Saphire]

per'rigin. The more I look, the more I think you missed it.

[Cyclops]

it then swerved to the left about 5ft away from me,
Like this?

[Steve G]

Hmm, not easy. Is this it?

[Woody]

OK, I'll come closer...

[pe'rigin]

Christine, I may have missed it, after all I'm no Nigel Blake, but I might have got something!

Cyclops, exactly what happened but closer, I think you have drawn a female size, but your guess is wrong.

Woody, you 'Xs' are getting bigger and bigger with each go.

[Woody]

Woody, you 'Xs' are getting bigger and bigger with each go.:-OB (:

[Sean F]

One more go.

[jocateme]

Here's another guess:

[pe'rigin]

Keep going chaps!

[jocateme]

I THINK it's around here. Not sure, though.

[Cyclops]

I THINK it's around here. Not sure, though.
LOL,good one! I think its confined to the left triangle made by that rather large X

[pe'rigin]

João,


Are you claim the centre of the cross? If so your spot on, I'll post the proof tomorrow.

[jocateme]

Errr... Yes, yes, that was my intention!

Kidding, but I don't believe no one guessed the centre of the image! Was it flying or perched?

Loved this game, pe'rigrin! Great thread(s)!

[pe'rigin]

As we can see from the correct image, João was pretty well spot-on.

I didn't get it in flight as it flew towards me, I was pretty cold by now, the soup went over my boots and the sandwich ended up in the mud, as I attempted to fire the release cable.

The Merlin came straight for me at camera level, saw me or the shape of the lens, and then veered to the left, settled on the island, it then saw something on the ground on the next island and launched an attack. There were no birds about (I can categorically confirm 4.5 hours of that). It was a behavior I have never seen of a Merlin; from my viewpoint it did not catch the prey item.

[AmpelisChinito]

Yay! We finally know the answer! Have any more?

[Cyclops]

Ah man that was too easy! ;)