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Seattle — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:25:27 GMT

We were sitting in my living room looking at the pictures of the birds we took today on a trip down to Westport, WA. When we saw another anoying crow land on our deck. When I went to the window to scare it away I just about ate my camera! It was a merlin sitting on my deck with it's eyes on some little tweety birds in my back yard. Naturally I had the memory card in the card reader and not in the camera. By the time I figured out what we had on the deck, my husband was saying get the camera, get the camera and then the few seconds it took to get the memory card and put it back in the camera it had flown off. The price of the camera (way too much), the price of the lens (too much) the value of having it all together when a merlin lands 3 feet from you - PRICELESS! Maybe next time...

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lyceel — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:17:13 GMT

How cool is that?! Clearly, the little guy didn't know any better. I'm sure momma talked to him about it later

Thanks for sharing!

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lonestranger — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:18:22 GMT

Thanks everyone, it truly was a PRICELESS moment and I just HAD to share it.

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sandylee — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:01:31 GMT

PRICELESS! How cool! Thank you!

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Photgog — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:52:21 GMT

Neat series..

Fraser

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cairnstone — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:48:13 GMT

Wow!

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LauraC — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:37:59 GMT

lonestranger:
He flew down right in front of me so I started stepping backwards, but before I could get out of his way, he had landed on my foot.

I love this one. What a great shot!

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Curlybird — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:33:37 GMT

How funny! Never heard of a bird doing that! Thanks for sharing

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lonestranger — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:30:38 GMT

A tight crop with some minor editing.

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lonestranger — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:29:10 GMT

I don`t know if mama accepted my apology or not, but she sure wasn`t quiet when I left.

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lonestranger — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:24:17 GMT

After he flew off my foot, I backed away and apologized to mama for disturbing her family.

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lonestranger — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:18:16 GMT

He flew down right in front of me so I started stepping backwards, but before I could get out of his way, he had landed on my foot.

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lonestranger — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:15:32 GMT

He seemed unsure of the height.

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lonestranger — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:14:03 GMT

Then this guy flew up beside me.

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lonestranger — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:12:39 GMT

I heard these guys in the bushes.