Tag Archives: incubation

Oriole spring…

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

I know spring is here, not by the calendar, but because I saw my first oriole at Morro Rock today. A beautiful male in breeding plumage. I got off a dozen shots of him with my Canon 70 D, but … Continue reading →

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Soon to be busy…

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

As breeding becomes more frequent for the adult falcons at Morro Rock, now about every two hours or so, but this schedule can be interrupted by two couplings in ten minutes which is not unusual. The next couple of activities … Continue reading →

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Could be worse…

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Of the two pair of breeding falcons at Morro Rock, we did get one set of chicks this year 2013, two males and one large female on the north side. The female on the south side in her twelfth season … Continue reading →

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Golden years…

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Questions of age have come to my attention from a few readers about the south side female. Yes, she is getting “a little long in the tooth” and according to “Birds of North America,” the peregrine falcon article, female age … Continue reading →

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Baffled and befuddled…

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Our readers have been asking about the south side falcons and what’s going on. I have yet to write about them for the last two weeks because of all the curve balls that I have been thrown by this pair. … Continue reading →

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Launch or lunch…?

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

So much for all our predictions, calculations and educated guesses. They are all “out the window,” now that one of the chicks has left the nest. I had expected the chicks to fly on the 1st of June. Although he … Continue reading →

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No news is good news…

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

5 May 2013: With a threat of rain which will probably never happen, we are still waiting for the appearance of falcons on the north side of Morro Rock. The north side pair have had a steady stream of prey … Continue reading →

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Looking and waiting…

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

With no fuzzy chicks to look at yet, we have been relegated to looking at a “rock” that once every few hours might show some movement. Otherwise, it is like watching paint dry. After telling dozens of birders, tourists and … Continue reading →

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Now hear this…

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

“Now hear this. Stand clear of all weather decks, due to high winds and heavy seas. Batten down all loose gear.” You can bet the peregrines are hunkered down with wind gusts to 60 mph, white caps and sand blowing … Continue reading →

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Taboo…

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observations continue on both north and south side pairs of peregrines. Cleve Nash has been mostly watching and photographing the north side, which are in about their second or third week of incubation. All is going well. The north side … Continue reading →

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