Today I took a little detour on a trip to the PSU stadium and discovered the following bird at the end of the parking lot, closer to the building. It took me a few minutes to realize that this bird had a dead smaller bird in its claws. I'm not sure what this bird is, thought at first it was a Peregrin, but it doesn't look like the pictures of Peregrins online. I also thought it might be a hawk and again, from the pictures I saw online, I could not make an identification. If you know, please comment below. Okay, after a little more research, I'm back, I think it is a Falcon. Someone else suggested that this may be a sharp shin hawk and if so I think it is a juvenile sharp shin hawk.
Any guesses?
A person from the Birders NH Bird list has identified this as a female Merlin eating a cedar waxwing. After looking at online pictures of Merlins, I think that that is correct. Thank you NHBirders for viewing and identifying.
Side view
Side,back view
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