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Peregrines at Torrey Pines State Beach : June 2015

June 10, 2015

Just as I arrived this morning, I saw a bird on the beach in the distance. It didn't look quite like a gull, and as it turned out, it was one of the juveniles just hanging out. She would fly a hundred feet or so whenever a jogger got too close, but otherwise didn't seem to mind the people. At one point she flew up within maybe 25 feet of me. Shortly thereafter, one of her siblings joined her and got tangled up in the seaweed.

(9:21a)

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(9:36a) A sibling watches from above

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I hate it when that happens!

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(9:53a) Departing the beach

(10:38a)

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(11:38a) Another round of dogfights

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Mormon Metalmark

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(12:13p)

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(1:07p) An osprey perched at the lagoon

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Long-billed Curlew

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(1:32p)

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