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Author Archives: Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch
Scholarships……
5 November 2021 We want to give another scholarship! How about you? Make a donation by visiting Bob at Morro Rock, sending us a check (address is at the bottom) or pressing the DONATE button to the right. Our previous … Continue reading
Last to fledge……
9 June 2021 The south side chick, the only one to this new pair of falcons fledged this morning at 9:40 AM traversing the face of the Rock from left to right in a smooth glide landing on a chalky … Continue reading
South side debut…
25 May 2021 The south side chick made its debut at the diving board hole at 21 days old. That would be three weeks behind the north side chicks. On the north side, the three young have been flying for … Continue reading
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Remembering Cleve…
16 May 2021 This past week, our friend, Cleve Nash completed his life at age 79. He was a self-taught photographer and naturalist who donated so many of his very fine photographs to our Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch website here. … Continue reading
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Chicks ahoy…
5 May 2021 News flash! Gordon Robb, ardent falcon observer, called late this afternoon to tell me he saw a falcon chick in the north side “bowling ball” nest site. “I’ll be right there!” Six minutes later I arrive and … Continue reading
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Right on time…
2 May 2021 I was not too far off on my timing of the birds hatching. Yesterday, May 1st, I observed the male falcon or tiercel bring in fresh prey and stash it in a larder, one of a few … Continue reading
Guessing…
30 March 2021 For the past week, the behavior of the south side female falcon is consistent with egg laying, i.e. a couple of hours in the nest site, then comes out, flies around as usual and perches. Every thing … Continue reading
Knitting…
3 March 2021 After months of watching and waiting with nothing to write about, today I was rewarded. I spent 90% of my time on the south side of Morro Rock logging in four to six hours a day trying … Continue reading
First sign of bonding…
18 November 2020 The peregrine falcons have been scarce on the “rock” for the last month or so. This is mainly due to all the migrating waterfowl coming into the back bay estuary during the fall and winter migration. I … Continue reading
Trip to PBRG…
17 June 2020 Yesterday, we took a drive to the Predatory Bird Research Group located in Santa Cruz, California, about a three hour drive to meet with Zeka Glucs, Ph.D., the Director, at her home to deliver the young falcon … Continue reading
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