Bird migration
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Bird migration is a seasonal movement of some birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year. It is typically between northern and southern regions. Migration carries inherent r
A flock of barnacle geese during autumn migration
Minoan fresco of swallows in springtime at Akrotiri, c. 1500 BC
The Rostocker Pfeilstorch, found in 1822, demonstrated that birds migrated rather than hibernating or changing form in winter.
A flock of common starlings assembling in Geneva, Switzerland, before migrating southwards
Merlin (bird)
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The merlin is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere, with numerous subspecies throughout North America and Eurasia. A bird of prey, the merlin breeds in the northern Holarctic; some m
European subspecies F. c. aesalon, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Coastal forest merlin (F. c. suckelyi), Lake Los Carneros Park, Goleta, California, United States
Male (presumably F. c./a. pallidus) wintering in Little Rann of Kutch (Gujarat, India)