I think your Merlin is most likely a Sharp Shinned hawk or a Coopers hawk. The length of the tail feathers and white undertail coverts say Accipiter it's a sub adult or Juvenile, breast feathers are brownish and white. Adults have Horizontal white and rusty/redish stripes, Coopers tend to have lightly marked breasts and Sharpies heavily barred breast at this stage.
I am leaning towards the fridge, naw , make it a Coopers . anybody? I cannot see the tail clearly enough nor its heads shape.
Napper
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