Tag Archives: peregrines

Long trail…

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 5 May 2014 As it has in the past, the Shell Beach peregrines are the first to have their young appear. I can’t remember a year when one of the other near eyries was first to hatch young. … Continue reading →

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The “Amazing Criswell” wasn’t that good either…

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 16 April 2014 For the last ten years or so I have been observing and trying to predict the day of hatching of young falcons. I do this by watching to see “this” and then “that” in their … Continue reading →

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Feathers drifted down…

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 8 April 2014 With 13 more days of incubation to go, action has picked up around here. Yesterday, a large juvenile female falcon or “brownie” followed the resident male who was returning to the rock with prey thinking … Continue reading →

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Rain, yes, but not in the eyrie…

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 2 April 2014 So far so good on the incubation of eggs. Today was the sixteenth day on the scrape*. Incubation intervals are anywhere from two hours to three and a half hours. Brooding puts a real kink … Continue reading →

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Oriole spring…

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

I know spring is here, not by the calendar, but because I saw my first oriole at Morro Rock today. A beautiful male in breeding plumage. I got off a dozen shots of him with my Canon 70 D, but … Continue reading →

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A woman’s prerogative…

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 14 March 2014 It seems as though we have a change of venue this season. The resident female falcon has selected a nest site other than the “diving board” hole which she has used 9 out of 12 … 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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Something to ponder…

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

Observation date: 13 February 2014 As it nears nesting time, we are not always sure of what we see or what it is we want to see. On the 13th of February, I observed the female sitting in the “waterfall” … Continue reading →

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Soon to be busy…

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

As breeding becomes more frequent for the adult falcons at Morro Rock, now about every two hours or so, but this schedule can be interrupted by two couplings in ten minutes which is not unusual. The next couple of activities … Continue reading →

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Twice, if you’re not too tired…

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Pacific Coast Peregrine Watch

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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