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About Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

The Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch is here to inform birders, students and all people who are eager to know about these handsome peregrines. We want you to enjoy and be able to use our on-site powerful spotting scopes. We are available to answer your questions about the pair of falcons that have been observed for many years.

Over the dunes with Heather…

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

7 June 2022 Where do your donations go? Read on… One of our recipients of a Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch scholarship, Nicole Durtschi, is now a Biologist with the California State Parks and was willing to show me around the … Continue reading →

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Time with a juvenile…

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

2 June 2022 Petra and Jack Clayton have contributed another peregrine falcon video for you to watch. They have been posting videos on www.flickr.com for years to show the activity of so many different species of birds. Maybe you’d like … Continue reading →

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South side chicks airborne…

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

1 June 2022 The young peregrines, two of them, on the South side fledged yesterday, May 31. I was not there to see this, but my cronies were there. Jack and Petra Clayton, Gordon Robb, Jerry Pyle.  But today I … Continue reading →

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Flying attemps…

Posted on May 20, 2022 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

10 May 2022 I mentioned in the last post that the north side peregrine chicks were flying well. Landings are a little shaky, but soon, they will have them down pat! These are the photos taken of the first attempts. … Continue reading →

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White puffball chicks…

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

18 May 2022 The north side peregrine chicks are flying well now, traversing the Rock face from north to south. Landings are a little shaky, but in a week or two, they will have them down pat! Today at 9:15AM, … Continue reading →

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Piedras Blancas photos…

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

10 May 2022 Just wanted to share with you some of the photos that have been sent to us recently. Many visitors and photographers enjoy these falcons as much as we do! There are two chicks at this Piedras Blancas … Continue reading →

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First debut…

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

3 May 2022 When I returned from four hours on the south side of Morro Rock, there was a note on my windshield from a fellow birder. He wanted to let me know that he had seen a single chick … Continue reading →

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Better late than never…

Posted on April 23, 2022 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

22 April 2022, EARTH DAY This morning on the south side of Morro Rock, the male landed in a very small hole, one that they stash prey into. As he left the hole, a flutter of feathers trailed him out … Continue reading →

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Hatching weather…

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

16 April 2022 It’s a blustery day, cold, windy, rainy, not a day I would care to spend at Morro Rock, but here I am watching with next to nothing happening on the south side of the Rock. If I … Continue reading →

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Halfway to hatching…

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

30 March 2022 Back to the business of birds. I have been watching the south side pair of falcons daily for the last eight weeks. Everything seemed out of sync. Courtship should have been in December. I didn’t see any … Continue reading →

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