It is definitely a Merlin as you suspected. It looks like the "thing
from the berries" is a dragonfly. Check out this photo that I took
several years ago:
http://www.scottspangenberg.com/Birds/Merlin/source/2002-09-02-068.htm
Scott Spangenberg
Amherst, NH
On Sep 12, 2007, at 6:41 PM, Julie Waters wrote:
> If this is, as I suspect, a Merlin, my guess is that it's a
> juvenile, but help on this would be useful. Unlike Kestrels and
> the various accipiters, I've only had a few good looks at a Merlin
> in my life and I've only seen one standing still for long enough to
> study three times before today.
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