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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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Timing is everything…

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 16 April 2015 And because timing is everything, for the last three days I have spent 23 hours trying to observe food going into the nest site, but with no success. I have seen other indications which you … Continue reading →

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Patience, please…

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

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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Semi-educated guess…

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 23 March 2015 Today was the tenth day in the new nest site. It is very strange to see them in this new eyrie they have never used before, although they have used it as a perch and … Continue reading →

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Switcheroo…

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 6 March 2015 You watch and observe for hours and hours, day after day. Just when you think you have it nailed down, everything changes. This is the case for the south side pair of falcons in nesting … Continue reading →

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Clean and dry…

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 21 February 2014 Soon after my last posting of February 14, I started noticing the female arriving with prey at the “rock” landing on the “chimney” or “butcher block” where she would plume and eat it. I have … Continue reading →

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