No, not the 6th century magician… nor the 70’s Rolls-Royce car… and no, not the famed British fighter plan engine from WWII… although very powerful, sleek, and can fly… the Merlin, falco columbarius, ...

The merlin is not a stranger in Grand Forks, but it is a newcomer. “Breeding pairs are rare, very local and irregular in occurrence in North Dakota,” Robert E. Stewart declared in 1975 in “Breeding ...

I first discovered Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab of Ornithology earlier this summer, when I was trying to figure out the identity of a particular bird of prey in my neighborhood. After looking at a ...

The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center will release the first Merlin falcon ever successfully raised in a rehabilitation setting in Virginia on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 4:30 p.m. The release will take ...

Readers talk birds: Turns out the Merlin app can detect a merlin. Missing the eagle cam action? Try the peregrine falcon cam instead. Plus, learn which migrants will visit feeders and if hummingbirds ...