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Merlin, Falco columbarius.
September 12 to February 10. Rare transient and winter visitor.

Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus.
Baerg (1951) published a record for March 11, 1940. James (1967) included a banding record for northwest Arkansas. A single bird was seen by several observers as is stooped on shorebirds at the state fish hatchery in Benton County May 8-12, 1984. Single birds were seen at the same location May 21 and September 27, 1986.

Prairie Falcon, Falco mexicanus.
Convincing written documentation is on file with the Arkansas Audubon Society for one bird seen in Marion County on November 29, 1981, and one bird near Heber Springs in Cleburne County on November 22, 1984.