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Category Archives: breeding
Breeding big time…
Thursday, February 27, 2025 10AM No birds yet on the south side. Then both birds appeared in the “diving board” hole. A few visits later, the female went to a breeding rock and assumed the position. The male covered her … Continue reading
Better late than never…
Monday, February 10, 2025 Monday, February 10th, first breeding observed today at 11:30 AM on a sunlight rock. After a month of watching and waiting, I wasn’t sure they were ever going to have young this year. In all the … Continue reading
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Falcon Alert…
Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch has experienced a temporary set back due to the absence of Bob Isenberg. I have undergone back surgery and am recuperating doing lots of rehabilitation at Bayside Care Center in Morro Bay, CA. Not to fear … Continue reading
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Love on a ledge…
20 February 2023 The peregrines continue breeding daily, about every hour or so, but not always where we can observe them. Yesterday we did watch the pair breed twice on the skyline an hour and ten minutes apart. That first … Continue reading
Better late than never…
Observation date: 9 February 2020 Normal courtship and breeding at Morro Rock begins around New Year’s Day, sometimes a week on either side. This year, however, has been anything but normal. The first copulation was observed February 6th with little … Continue reading
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Tagged Morro Bay, Morro Rock, peregrine copulation
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Incubation continues…
Observation date: 8 April 2019 Today, as close as I can figure, we should be in the twenty first day of incubation. Normal incubation for the peregrine falcon is 31-33 days. However, it is difficult to discern when egg laying … Continue reading
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Tagged California, falcon, Morro Bay, Morro Rock, nest site, peregrines
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Basking in the afterglow…
Observation date: 23 February 2019 In a normal year, breeding starts around the first of January. I have spent three to six hours a day, every day, since November of last year and not seen the birds copulate. Not until … Continue reading
Beginning of a long wait…
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
Breeding begins…
Observation date: 8 January 2017 Breeding could have happened before today, but I can only report when I see it happen. Last year, the pair were breeding on January 3rd. There is a three week window when this normally takes … Continue reading
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Tagged breeding, courtship, falcon, Morro Rock, peregrines, prey
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South 0, North 2…
Observation date: 13 May 2016 After spending the first five months of the breeding season on the south side of Morro Rock which turned out to be very disheartening, we have moved to the north side for the last week … Continue reading
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Tagged breeding, chicks, falcon, Morro Rock, peregrines
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