Post AbD2FTdi8OStsM18AS by redcrew@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #AbCwyQefThzZvRW50S by redcrew@mstdn.social
       2023-10-27T20:31:15Z
       
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       I met another birder on the trail this morning. While we were talking about what we'd seen, we  heard the call of a Red-tailed Hawk. Both of us looked at each other and said, "Hawk or Blue Jay?"We've been fooled before. #birds #birding
       
 (DIR) Post #AbCwySmtY5lGXXNg6i by IdahoLark@syringa.social
       2023-10-27T21:27:46Z
       
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       @redcrew @richrollgardener Merlin sure can’t tell the difference.
       
 (DIR) Post #AbD2FTdi8OStsM18AS by redcrew@mstdn.social
       2023-10-27T22:26:49Z
       
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       @IdahoLark @richrollgardener No, it can't. Experienced it a few weeks ago when I was at a local metropark. Had Merlin on and it identified a Red-tailed. I looked up at the top of the dead tree in front of me. And there was the Blue Jay, calling out like a Red-tailed. They're such good mimics.