JAMESTOWN, N.D.-Scientists banded young merlin falcons nesting in a Jamestown park on Wednesday to help build research on the birds in North Dakota. Wildlife biologists Matthew Solensky and Tammy Otto ...

For the first time in 108 years, Iowa has a documented nest occupied by swift, fierce and graceful merlins. 'This is very cool, very exciting,” said Department of Natural Resources wildlife diversity ...

Avid birder Leslie Sours was gardening in her Upper Arlington yard on a fine day in April when she was startled by a bullet-like bird whooshing over. Its emphatic yipping calls drew her eyes skyward ...

Female Merlin in September in N.H. photographed by Nance Masterson. Merlins, small falcons, used to be found only in northern N.H.. They have been expanding their breeding range south across New ...