tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966802467050066236.post216388331678609112..comments2023-11-17T11:50:03.451-08:00Comments on About a Brook: Post(card) from NorfolkKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365185962131795210noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966802467050066236.post-31076314653786924962008-08-18T11:22:00.000-07:002008-08-18T11:22:00.000-07:00I'll say. I know I'm on safe ground with my voles!...I'll say. I know I'm on safe ground with my voles!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365185962131795210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966802467050066236.post-13549902652854336542008-08-18T11:09:00.000-07:002008-08-18T11:09:00.000-07:00Hmm, my first thought was kestrel (it'd make sense...Hmm, my first thought was kestrel (it'd make sense seeing perched low) but there is something un-kestrelly about it. If it didn't look mature I'd have suggested a juvenile harrier or something like. Identiftying's hard work innit!Nik Perringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426321804560400335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966802467050066236.post-14867329819182458062008-08-18T06:43:00.000-07:002008-08-18T06:43:00.000-07:00I've no idea. Pretty much everyone on the nature f...I've no idea. Pretty much everyone on the nature forum says kestrel, and refers to certain markings. But I'm still stuck on the size of it - though I know little about birds of prey, it did seem to me WAY too big. I'll look up merlin! The trouble is, the picture's not very clear, and also gives no sense of scale.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365185962131795210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966802467050066236.post-79520206779655262392008-08-18T05:41:00.000-07:002008-08-18T05:41:00.000-07:00Wow! What terrific pictures they are.That raptor w...Wow! What terrific pictures they are.<BR/><BR/>That raptor wasn't a merlin, was it?<BR/><BR/>NikNik Perringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426321804560400335noreply@blogger.com