Tag Archives: Morro Rock

Knitting…

3 March 2021 After months of watching and waiting with nothing to write about, today I was rewarded. I spent 90% of my time on the south side of Morro Rock logging in four to six hours a day trying … Continue reading

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First sign of bonding…

18 November 2020 The peregrine falcons have been scarce on the “rock” for the last month or so. This is mainly due to all the migrating waterfowl coming into the back bay estuary during the fall and winter migration. I … Continue reading

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Trip to PBRG…

17 June 2020 Yesterday, we took a drive to the Predatory Bird Research Group located in Santa Cruz, California, about a three hour drive to meet with Zeka Glucs, Ph.D., the Director, at her home to deliver the young falcon … Continue reading

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And then there were three…

8 June 2020 We had determined the sex of all four birds as two males and two females. All have been flying exceptionally well. The young males have been showing a lot of speed and agility.  Today, we were alerted … Continue reading

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Old acquaintance …

Saturday, May 30, 2020 30 May 2020 For many of you that have been to Morro Rock and seen me on the south side for years know that I have befriended many of the small birds, mainly the White-crowned sparrows … Continue reading

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Cuatro falco…

11 May 2020 From May 4th when the first chick was observed on the north side of Morro Rock until this morning at 11AM, we have been watching  three healthy peregrine chicks. At 11:10 AM a fourth one appeared making … Continue reading

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Bad morning, great afternoon…

4 May 2020 The first hour of my morning, I normally stop on the north side of Morro Rock and set up by the Rock Monument hoping to get a look at the chicks that haven’t made their appearance yet, … Continue reading

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Better late than never…

Observation date: 9 February 2020 Normal courtship and breeding at Morro Rock begins around New Year’s Day, sometimes a week on either side. This year, however, has been anything but normal. The first copulation was observed February 6th with little … Continue reading

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Boys or girls…

Observation date: 4 June 2019 After my last posting of May 15, a week and a half went by watching only two young falcons. Then a third one appeared with a little more down. Fast forward to June 1st, the … Continue reading

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New young are visible…

Observation date:  15 May 2019 For the past couple of weeks, I have been spending more hours daily than usual in anticipation of seeing the young falcons. On average they show themselves at about twenty one days old. The previous … Continue reading

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