dragon49 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Barn Swallow fits the area more, and Cave would get marked as rare, but I don't see a forked tail. To add to any argument that this isn't a swallow, the bird was travelling very fast, flying straight. I haven't seen a swallow do this in the past: Taken this morning in Boynton Beach, Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Long tail, pointed wings. It kind of strikes me as a Merlin or Kestrel, leaning Merlin. Definitely something from the genus Falco. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted September 25 Author Share Posted September 25 9 minutes ago, DLecy said: Long tail, pointed wings. It kind of strikes me as a Merlin or Kestrel, leaning Merlin. Definitely something from the genus Falco. Ty - I changed my observation from swallow.sp to falcon sp. I took a while to sink it, but no way a swallow is going to fly as fast as that bird was hauling ass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 24 minutes ago, DLecy said: Long tail, pointed wings. It kind of strikes me as a Merlin or Kestrel, leaning Merlin. Definitely something from the genus Falco. Strikes me as a Merlin too. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 41 minutes ago, dragon49 said: Ty - I changed my observation from swallow.sp to falcon sp. I took a while to sink it, but no way a swallow is going to fly as fast as that bird was hauling ass. The description of behavior is all Merlin. I think you are safe identifying it to species here. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Merlin for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted September 25 Author Share Posted September 25 27 minutes ago, DLecy said: The description of behavior is all Merlin. I think you are safe identifying it to species here. Ty - I changed the observation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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