Peter MacArthur took these photos of a female Merlin on his backyard fence. “Merlins like to eat sparrows,” writes his wife Barbara. “By pure coincidence, there were no sparrows today.”
– Peter MacArthur photos
Linda Lyons wrote: “First time I have seen the yellow-shafted flicker here. In the past, we had the red-shafted northern flicker.”
Despite the message on the bird feeder, sparrows tussle for a bite to eat.
– Stephen Dafoe Photo
Sparrows sit perched in a row on a Morinville fence.
– Stephen Dafoe Photo