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.
Photos by Cleve Nash Actually happened May 11 and 12, 2013. 8:30 AM First sighting of young falcon chicks occurred on the north side of Morro Rock and Cleve Nash was there to capture the first photographs. I got there … Continue reading →
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All photos are by Cleve Nash Excitement, yes, but not because we have little fuzzy white birds, but a plump fuzzy black bear! In all the years that I’ve spent at Morro Rock, this was a first for me. I … Continue reading →
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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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Tagged chicks, falcon, incubation, juvenile, Morro Rock, peregrines, Piedras Blancas Lighthouse, Rosie, Shell Beach, visitor, weather
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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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I’m still getting days with high winds which is not unusual for spring weather. Today 12 to 15 foot swells at sea with wind gusts up to 50 plus miles per hour. We have included our photographs of blowing sand … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bob Isenberg, breeding, chicks, falcon, gulls, Morro Rock, other birds, peregrines, photography, vultures, weather
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“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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Tagged breeding, brooding, chicks, courtship, falcon, feeding, incubation, Morro Rock, peregrines, weather
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Cleve Nash and Bob Isenberg Photo by Heather O’Connor Bob and I had been talking together about how to introduce to you our friend, the fine photographer, Cleve Nash. So that we would have examples with which to educate everyone, … Continue reading →
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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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Photo by Bob Isenberg Yesterday, I thought something was strange when she left the “diving board” nest site, and the tiercel did not go immediately in to take her place on the eggs. Instead, after she left and landed on … Continue reading →
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