I found a very lightly-colored Merlin in City Park in Fort Collins. The bird was perching in deciduous trees south and west of Club Tico. I have a bad-quality digiscoped shot from about 9:30 this morning. The lightness of the bird is accurate in the photo though! This is seemingly quite rare.
-- I hope someone else can get some better photos of this bird. I will be out there later today with my big camera! Please let me know if you spot it. My first thought when I saw it was that it was a Eurasian Collared-Dove but an America Crow was very bothered by it and so I took another look!
It flew east and perched in trees by the playground when I had to leave.
Thanks!
Jeff Birek
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Fort Collins
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