Title

Merlin

Caption

Merlin (Falco columbarius) immature male, first year plumage, plucks and feeds on house sparrow (Passer domesticus) prey, North Yorkshire, England, February (in captivity)

Date

Jan 16, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Paul Miguel

Reference

BRK22E98_087

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46,9Mb (15,6Mb) / 16,5in x 11,0in / 4960 x 3307 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Bird Birds Breedin British Brood Diurnal bird of prey Diurnal birds of prey England English sparrow Europe Falco Falco columbarius Falcon Falconidae Falconiformes Falcons February House sparrow House sparrows Merlin Merlins No People North Europe North Yorkshire Northern Europe Oscine Passer domesticus Passeri Passeridae Passeriformes Passerine Passerines Pigeon hawk Ploceidae Songbird Songbirds Sparrow Sparrows True sparrow Weaver Weaver bird Weaver finch Weavers Widahfink animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal of prey animals animals in the wild animals of prey behavior behaviour bird feather bird feathers bird of prey bird photography birds of prey capture catch catches cub deplume depluming deserted eat empty fauna feather feed feeding fledgling fledglings forage foraging habitat hatchling immature in Winter ingestion juvenile juvenile bird juveniles male male animal male animals males natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody offspring out outdoor outdoors outside pluck feathers plumage plumages prey prey animal preying preys pup raptor search for food searching for food suckling uninhabited unripe wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography winter wintery wintry year years young young animal young animals young bird yuvenile Great Britain UK United Kingdom animal feed animal feeds