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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.

An eyrie full…

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 10 June 2014 A steady progression in learning flying skills is taking place on the south side of Morro Rock. All three chicks are flying very well, now that the big young north side  female has caught up … Continue reading →

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A cheeky neighbor…

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 1 June 2014 The last few days were play days for the young juvenile falcon. The lessons can be fun. While chasing the mother across the face of the rock, he was trying to stay with her turn … Continue reading →

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Hallux…

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 23 May 2014 Holidays at Morro Rock in the spring and summer are not a lot of fun for me, unless I’m back home by 9AM. After that it is total bedlam. The south parking lot is long … Continue reading →

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On the edge…

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 21 May 2014 When I saw the young one yesterday clinging by the tips of his talons to the rocky edge of the nest site and flapping to keep from falling to certain death, I said to myself, … Continue reading →

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No fishing…

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

The many hours I spent at Morro Rock watching, needless to say, I meet a whole lot of people, some very interesting, some memorable, a very few not so. Most smile or nod, those that are curious will ask a … Continue reading →

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Gray whale calf drama…

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 8 May 2014 When I arrived at the south parking lot around 8:30 AM, people were running, some walking to the breakwater to get a look at the drama unfolding just off shore. A pod of orcas were … Continue reading →

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Two down, one to go…

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 13 May 2014 We turn to Shell Beach, where all the action is with the young falcons. Two of the three young have fledged leaving a very large female in the eyrie. Females being larger take longer to … Continue reading →

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One at a time…

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Everything seems to come at once. The Central Coast has had its share of excitement in the last few days. First of all, two of the three falcon chicks at Shell Beach have fledged. Piedras Blancas Lighthouse has three new … Continue reading →

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Long trail…

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 5 May 2014 As it has in the past, the Shell Beach peregrines are the first to have their young appear. I can’t remember a year when one of the other near eyries was first to hatch young. … Continue reading →

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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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