Category Archives: Morro Rock

Winter Bird Festival…

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 19 January 2016 Throngs of birders, twitchers and photographers were on hand for the twentieth Annual Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival which takes place every year on the Martin Luther King holiday. Along with the high surf crashing … Continue reading →

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A frothing cauldron of wind and waves…

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 8 December 2015 With high winds and monstrous waves the harbor mouth is a frothing cauldron with waves 16 to 22 feet in height and gusts to 45 miles per hour.  Access to the south side of Morro … Continue reading →

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Goin’ south…

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 29 October 2015 Access to the south side of Morro Rock has been closed today due to extreme high tides nearly seven feet and high surf. Yet, still visitors walk out to see the falcons and see the … Continue reading →

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A little less wind in our sails…

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: August 2015 I think it only fair that I share with you the reason that you haven’t heard from us since July 19, 2015 and I do apologize for it. We, the Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch, are a … Continue reading →

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Kudos to Cleve…

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 5 July 2015 Last spring, a new female came in to replace the one that had been on the north side of Morro Rock for the last few years. We don’t know what happened to the last female, … Continue reading →

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Growing up…

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 28 June 2015 The young falcons are becoming young adults very quickly. They still find time to play and chase each other, but more than ever they are chasing prey. The adults still bring prey, but no longer … Continue reading →

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Play or prey?

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 9 June 2015 June gloom is upon us some days, making observations somewhat difficult during those days. Warm air rising inland draws in the Pacific marine layer into the coastal areas leaving us with heavy overcast skies or … Continue reading →

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Hav’n fun…

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 2 June 2015 After a week of flying, the three young falcons on the north side of Morro Rock are having more fun than a litter of piglets in a mud hole. It’s hard to describe, first two … Continue reading →

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Today we fly…

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 26 May 2015 A great day for the three young falcons, for they took to the air today sometime before we arrived at the north side of Morro Rock. Looking up toward the nest site, there were no … Continue reading →

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A rare peek at “peek-a-boo”…

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 18 May 2015 Gale force winds with gusts up to 45 miles/hour does not make viewing very enjoyable, not to say what it does to the equipment. Although all three chicks on the north side were visible, they … Continue reading →

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