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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.

Halfway to hatching…

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

30 March 2022 Back to the business of birds. I have been watching the south side pair of falcons daily for the last eight weeks. Everything seemed out of sync. Courtship should have been in December. I didn’t see any … Continue reading →

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Scholarships……

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

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 →

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Last to fledge……

Posted on June 13, 2021 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

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 →

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South side debut…

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

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…

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

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…

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

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…

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

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 →

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Guessing…

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

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 →

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Knitting…

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

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 →

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First sign of bonding…

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

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 →

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