The term "Jack" is used for a male Merlin. This beautiful jack is of the species Falco Columbarius Richardsoni.
We were very fortunate to have this guy hanging out in a localized area hunting birds for about a week. I took this over the Thanksgiving weekend when a friend, Arash Hazeghi, was staying with me for a few days to shoot raptors.
We saw this jack eating a bird in the late afternoon so got out of the car and slowly walked towards him as he ate this bird. We only moved when his head was down while eating. We were amazed at how close he let us get to him. I hope you like it.
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Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it.
David |