Monthly Archives: April 2014

Hard trail…

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 18 April 2014 Just an update on the nesting Canada geese near the Shell Beach peregrine falcon’s eyrie. Of the six eggs, five have hatched. The next morning the adults left the cliffside nest to the beach and … Continue reading →

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The “Amazing Criswell” wasn’t that good either…

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 16 April 2014 For the last ten years or so I have been observing and trying to predict the day of hatching of young falcons. I do this by watching to see “this” and then “that” in their … Continue reading →

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Feathers drifted down…

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 8 April 2014 With 13 more days of incubation to go, action has picked up around here. Yesterday, a large juvenile female falcon or “brownie” followed the resident male who was returning to the rock with prey thinking … Continue reading →

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Rain, yes, but not in the eyrie…

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 2 April 2014 So far so good on the incubation of eggs. Today was the sixteenth day on the scrape*. Incubation intervals are anywhere from two hours to three and a half hours. Brooding puts a real kink … Continue reading →

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