Birds Identified: Pigeon Hawk/Merlin

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Pigeon Hawk/Merlin has these characteristics:

• Still perching
  
• Continuous flying
  
• Larger than robin
  
• Mostly brownish, or with many brown streaks or spots
  
• Blue or bright green (not dull green)
  
• Streaks (long spots)
  
• Tail bands (across)
  
• North summer (June through August)
  
• South winter (November through February)
  
• Wood habitat
  
• Field habitat
  
• Continuous flying high (near or above treetops when flying)
  
• Perched high (generally above middle of trees when perched or foraging)
  
• Rasping harsh calls
  
• Staccato and twitter call (short sharp notes or rapid series of notes: tinkling, trilling, sputtering, or percussive)
  

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