| Common Name: | Merlin | | Scientific Name: | Falco columbarius | | Family: | Falconidae (Falcons) | | Area: | Dallas Retirement Village - Dallas, Oregon | | Date: | November 16, 2020 | 
The Merlin, second smallest member of the Falcon Family, is an uncommon winter resident here in Western Oregon from September thru March. This is a female, males have a blue cast to them. | 
Beaver Creek State Natural Area, Oregon - - - September 17, 2014 | 
Salemtowne - Salem, Oregon - - - November 24, 2013 | | Reference: | National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America by Dunn & Jonathan / The Sibley Guide to Birds by Sibley / Birds of the Willamette Valley Region by Nehls, Aversa, & Opperman / Birds of the Pacific Northwest by Shewey & Blount |
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