Merlin (juv) (1 Viewer)

[I4ani]

Hello everybody,
Looking for some images of a Merlin Juv, for ident purposes, ( not to steal, copy etc), I have looked through the various galleries on BF, but are there any others that you know of please? The bird in question is probably this years young ie not with down on head and is probably self suficient,smallish (kestrel size) and with a very definite white/light "eyebrow line",spotted upper wing feathers,blue/grey eye and beak, stripped tail, brownish back and not a very pronounced moustache???Sorry to all the experts, but this maybe the first Merlin I have seen.
Thanks in advance, and will pop back later for any replies.

Regards I4ani

 

[London Birder]

have a look in Surfbirds or just Google juv Merlin for pics

 

[I4ani]

To London Birder,
Done as you suggested, yes it's a Merlin, many thanks, another one to add to my growing list.
Regards I4ani

 

[London Birder]

14ani ... glad that worked for you, glad you got a new bird

 

[hannu]

See pics also from Tarsiger webpage too

http://www.tarsiger.com/index.php

 

[I4ani]

For Hannu,
Thanks for the info, what a wonderful site, good images, now confirmed that it is a Merlin, juv female by it's size.I took several images of her, but down loaded the card to a laptop which I have only just got back, and having checked the unprocessed images, can confirm it is indeed a MERLIN.
A friend has earlier today brought me a copy of the magazine "Bird Watching" September 2003, which has images/story of Merlins which has also confirmed the ident.
As an aside this issue also has about 20 tests comparisons of small (60's)size telescopes if that is of interest to anybody??
Thanks again I4ani.