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Tag Archives: falcon
Strange year…2024…
Wednesday, December 25, 2024 For the last couple of months nothing has been going right in many ways as in years past. We have been skunked five out of seven days every week. Only an occasional fly-by and no landings. … Continue reading
Posted in Morro Rock, peregrine
Tagged breeding, Christmas, falcon, Morro Rock, peregrines
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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
Posted in breeding, falcon, nest, peregrine
Tagged California, falcon, Morro Bay, Morro Rock, nest site, peregrines
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Long time, no see…
Observation date: 5 May 2018 For the past six weeks, we have been waiting through agonizing times with nothing happening. Then on April 10th, they started incubation. We were only seeing one bird at a time. So you can see, … Continue reading
Posted in chicks, eggs, falcon, hatching, peregrine
Tagged chicks, Cleve Nash, falcon, feeding, Morro Rock, peregrines, prey
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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
January fun…
Observation date: 27 January 2018 On the north side, breeding continues daily with air shows in between. A spectacular display of speed and acrobatics by the tiercel were today’s highlights. Not to mention a noon repast of Snowy Egret which … Continue reading
Not much hope…
Observation date: 21 June 2017 Most everything has seemed to have ceased regarding chicks on the north side of Morro Rock. I have been ardently watching in hopes of a late clutch of young thinking the rains might have caused … Continue reading
Posted in chicks, falcon, juvenile, Morro Rock, peregrine, prey
Tagged chicks, falcon, Morro Rock, other birds, peregrines
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Re-write…
Observation date: 10 May 2017 On April 31st, I wrote a post about the north side falcons in the “cathedral hole,” a previous nest site used in 2001. After seeing the male in this hole for several weeks, I thought … Continue reading
Posted in chicks, falcon, gulls, Morro Rock, peregrine, prey
Tagged chicks, falcon, gulls
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Excitement at Sweet Springs…
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
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
Posted in breeding, falcon, Morro Rock, peregrine, prey
Tagged breeding, courtship, falcon, Morro Rock, peregrines, prey
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A welcome return…
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
Posted in falcon, Morro Rock, peregrine
Tagged bonding, Doris, falcon, Morro Rock, peregrines
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