A female Merlin was hunting from a snag in an open area in Druid Hill Park yesterday (11/03) afternoon. She missed catching lunch after several attempts then decided to take a break. 

This open field/lawn is within a loop created by Mansion House Drive, Lake Drive and Duck Pond Drive.

Location:     Druid Hill Park
Observation date:     11/3/08
Number of species:     36

Canada Goose     4
Wood Duck     6
Mallard     2
Lesser Scaup     1
Bufflehead     2
Hooded Merganser     19
Ruddy Duck     17
Turkey Vulture     4
Merlin     1
Ring-billed Gull     123
Herring Gull     6
Great Black-backed Gull     11
Rock Pigeon     2
Mourning Dove     6
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     3
Eastern Phoebe     2
Blue Jay     8
American Crow     1
Carolina Chickadee     7
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     1
Golden-crowned Kinglet     5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2
Hermit Thrush     2
American Robin     1
Northern Mockingbird     3
European Starling     32
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     1
Song Sparrow     12
Swamp Sparrow     3
White-throated Sparrow     8
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     2
Northern Cardinal     1
House Finch     34
American Goldfinch     1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)