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Merlin poses for a photo

Burns Lake resident Wren Gilgan captured this beautiful photo of a merlin, formally known as pigeon hawk.
Merlin poses for a photo
Merlin

Burns Lake resident Wren Gilgan captured this beautiful photo of a merlin, formally known as pigeon hawk.

The merlin was previously known in North America as the pigeon hawk because it looks and flies like a pigeon. “This magnificent raptor shrieked overhead as I walked to the mailbox,” described Gilgan. “Fortunately for me it perched for a moment on an old snag.”