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ID please

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Posted by Robert Bunch on December 3, 2010 at 2:19 PM
ID please
Can anyone ID this bird for me? I think it might be an immature merlin based on my field guide. Shot near Lake Texhoma on the Texas-Oklahoma border.

Thanks for any help you can give.
Posted by Richard Ditch on December 3, 2010 at 2:22 PM
Looks like a Merlin to me as well.
Posted by Mia McPherson on December 3, 2010 at 2:37 PM
Yep, looks like a Merlin
Posted by Robert Bunch on December 4, 2010 at 8:02 AM
Thanks for your help Mia and Richard!
Posted by Luke Ormand on December 4, 2010 at 1:48 PM
Merlin for sure, of the Prairie Variety