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Winter Bird Festival…
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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Tagged breeding, falcon, Harris Hawk, Morro Bay, Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival, owl, peregrines, visitor, winter
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A frothing cauldron of wind and waves…
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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Tagged bonding, falcon, Morro Bay, Morro Rock, peregrines, surfers, weather, winter
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Speak your mind…
Thursday, October 1, 2015 Observation date: October 2015 After reading the previous post, if you have the desire to support the 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Educational Organization, Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch, run by Bob Isenberg and Heather O’Connor, please read the information … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Isenberg, CA State Parks, CCSPA, Heather O'Connor, Morro Rock, peregrines, visitor
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Patience, please…
Observation date: 8 April 2015 As of today, we are in the 26th day of incubation and all is well. Two years ago, she abandoned her first nesting after 18 days of incubation and the second nesting after 16 days. … Continue reading
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Falconatics…
Observation date: 18 July 2014 A pleasant visit from two people that share the same passion and do the same thing that I do as volunteer interpreters for The Peregrine Fund through the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group… One … Continue reading
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Twice, if you’re not too tired…
Morro Bay is slowly coming back to normal after being inundated by “twitchers” and birders of every description. Everywhere you looked there were groups walking around loaded with all the paraphernalia that usually adorns the type. The Morro Bay Winter … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Isenberg, breeding, education, falcon, Morro Bay, Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival, Morro Rock, peregrines, stoop, visitor, winter
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Massachusetts, please reply…
The holidays were beautiful in Morro Bay, mid to high 70s and a couple of days in the 80s. Some extreme tides, enough that kayakers were stranded on the mud flats. Harbor Patrol and Coast Guard were kept busy. Even … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Isenberg, breeding, Doris, Morro Rock, peregrines, photography, visitor, weather, winter
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Twiggin’ it…
This is a slow time of year and not too much excitement, but it gives us the chance to catch up on our house-keeping and buying a new Epson Projector EX5220 for school presentations. Now, Heather will have to create … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, breeding, Cleve Nash, courtship, falcon, mammals, Morro Rock, peregrines, stoop, visitor, weather
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Summer Solstice…
Long days and short nights start to make a change at this time of year. It’s the summer solstice with a giant full moon. Here at Morro Rock the Native Americans of the Salinian Tribe are here to celebrate the … Continue reading
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Tagged falcon, feeding, gulls, Morro Bay, Morro Rock, peregrines, solstice, summer
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Birding by lawn chair…
This is an alternative guide to birdwatching for those of you in your golden years or the infirm or maybe you’re just lazy or just don’t like to walk. With a few tips you can enjoy birding as much as … Continue reading