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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.

Long time, no see…

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date:  5 May 2018 For the past six weeks, we have been waiting through agonizing times with nothing happening.  Then on April 10th, they started incubation. We were only seeing one bird at a time.  So you can see, … Continue reading →

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Beginning of a long wait…

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date:  12 March 2018 After spending a month shopping for  a new nest site, the pair of falcons on the north side settled on last year’s eyrie where they had a failed nesting. Yesterday and today they started incubation. … Continue reading →

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January fun…

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date:  27 January 2018 On the north side, breeding continues daily with air shows in between. A spectacular display of speed and acrobatics by the tiercel were today’s highlights. Not to mention a noon repast of Snowy Egret which … Continue reading →

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Our second scholarship student…

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Wednesday, January 3, 2018 On the weekend following Thanksgiving, Bob and I had the pleasure of meeting another one of our CalPoly Scholarship students, Nicole Robin Durtschi.  In 2016, she had graduated with a degree in Wildlife Biology and now … Continue reading →

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Shopping with a generous spirit…

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Shop for everyone on your gift list this holiday at http://smile.amazon.com/ch/46-1442299and Amazon donates to Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch Inc. #YouShopAmazonDonates Remember a gift to our scholarship student is a gift of education.  Education never wears out, never becomes broken or … Continue reading →

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Our scholarship students…

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date:  November 2017 Rather than read part of this on your mobile phone or Facebook, please click on the link, go to our beautiful website to read and sign up to follow our activities. You’ll see the whole picture … Continue reading →

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Journal Plus and thank you…

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date:  August 2017 The August Journal Plus   was delivered all over the California Central Coast and made us so happy.  Charmaine Coimbra wrote an excellent article telling everyone about what Bob Isenberg does to educate people who visit Morro Rock … Continue reading →

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Not much hope…

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date:  21 June 2017 Most everything has seemed to have ceased regarding chicks on the north side of Morro Rock. I have been ardently watching in hopes of a late clutch of young thinking the rains might have caused … Continue reading →

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Re-write…

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date:  10 May 2017 On April 31st, I wrote a post about the north side falcons in the “cathedral hole,” a previous nest site used in 2001. After seeing the male in this hole for several weeks, I thought … Continue reading →

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The Peregrine Watch goes to college…

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date:  8 April 2017 In past years, Professor Maureen Smith has brought her students from Saddleback College in Orange County, California to Morro Bay to explore all the wonders. They camp in the Morro Bay State Park and venture … Continue reading →

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