Category Archives: peregrine

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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Excitement at Sweet Springs…

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

During the month of February 2017, drama took over. The winter residents included a Bald Eagle flying over Sweet Springs Nature Preserve, Los Osos, CA. It comes in with the migrating birds and leaves in the springtime. The peregrine is our visiting … Continue reading →

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Breeding begins…

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

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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A welcome return…

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date:  4 December 2016 In the previous five or six years, I have written about “Doris,” a solitary adult female peregrine, that has wintered here in nearby Baywood Park. The last time she was observed was 3 January 2014 … Continue reading →

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Bonding begins…

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date:  10 November 2016 Increased interaction between male and female peregrines has occurred with both north and south side pairs. Things to look for are mates perching closer together, hunting in tandem more often and aerial displays by the … Continue reading →

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Red right returning…

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date:  23 August 2016 Additionally, if you watch these posts on Facebook, please go to the WordPress website and add your email to make sure you receive all posts. I had a bit of a problem with Facebook postings not … Continue reading →

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Bon appétit…

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date:  16 Jun 2016 Shore birds are typically the main diet of the peregrine falcon, but when June rolls around for about four weeks, the young Western gull chicks are the main entree. The following is but a sample … Continue reading →

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Befuddled…

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 11 April 2016 Things are just in a tizzy here at Morro Rock. I can’t give the answers to many visitors we get here because when it comes to nesting, I just don’t know. Both pairs of falcons … Continue reading →

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Fits and starts…

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 3 March 2016 The Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch has been off line for an unusual amount of time and not because we don’t want to. Most of the problems were not something that we could control. The gate … Continue reading →

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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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