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 got the start of incubation correct, chicks should hatch by tomorrow.
Gordon Robb, one of the near full time falcon watchers called me from the north side of the Rock to tell me that the tiercel just brought the female a small bird. She took it into the “cathedral” eyrie at 12:40 PM. The parent birds never eat in the nest site, so it’s a good chance we have chicks on the north side of the Rock that probably hatched in the last 24 hours. In about two weeks, we should know how many.
These are our guesses:
NORTH SOUTH
Gordon 4 3
Bob 3 2
Jerry 3 3
Heather 3 2
Happy trails, Bob
Walking back down the road today we saw a red tailed hawk over the water, and a male peregrine above it. The peregrine was going after it, took one swoop at it and the red tail swiftly took off…
Nice. I’m visiting SLO May 2-7. is there a particular day you will be at Morro Rock with scopes?
Yes, Bob is always at Morro Rock with a scope usually from 10AM to 2PM every day, weather permitting. Follow the path to the south side past the gate to find him. If he is on the north side, look for a white Nissan truck with a top and rack on the back for his red cart. He’ll park several rows back from the Rock to get a good angle on the nest site. Hope to see you there. ~Heather