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Peregrine Identification

Field marks I use to identify the resident adult falcons.

Current residents

It's currently pretty easy with one member of each pair at Torrey Pines and La Jolla having a leg band.

Torrey Pines 2019 female

This female appeared at the end of the 2018 season, a few weeks after the previous female went absent. She has a black leg band 16AC on her right leg.
Additional images

Torrey Pines 2019 female, right side
(2019-04-23)
Torrey Pines 2019 female, left side
(2019-04-25)

Torrey Pines 2019 male

This male showed up in Febrary 2019. The white cheek patch is obvious even when perched.
Additional images

Torrey Pines 2019 male, right side
(2019-04-23)
Torrey Pines 2019 male, left side
(2019-04-18)

La Jolla (2016)-2018 male

Additional images

La Jolla (2016)-2018 male, right side
(2018-06-01)
La Jolla (2016)-2018 male, left side
(2018-06-01)
La Jolla (2016)-2018 male, from above
(2018-05-26)

La Jolla 2018 female

This female has a black leg band 88AE on her left leg. She's quite distinctive - paler, with extensive streaking on her breast.
Additional images

La Jolla 2018 female, right side
(2018-06-02)
La Jolla 2018 female, left side
(2018-06-01)
La Jolla 2018 female, from above
(2018-06-02)

Past residents

Years in parentheses identify the first year I tracked a site. It may not be the first year the bird was there.

La Jolla (2016)-2017 female

Local photographers called her "Rosie". She had a very rusty breast and a tweaked feather on upper right wing
She'd been around for years, but disappeared in May 2017 and the male raised the chicks on his own that year.

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(2016-05-24)
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(2016-05-26)
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(2016-05-26)
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(2016-05-31)

Torrey Pines 2017-2018 male

This male has a black leg band "6 over sideways 6" on his left leg. He was first seen at the beginning of the 2017 season. I last saw him in January 2019

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(2017-05-02)
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(2017-05-02)
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(2017-05-19)
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(2018-05-04)

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(2018-05-24)

Torrey Pines 2015-2018 female

She went missing around the beginning of May 2018.
Additional images

Torrey Pines 2015-2018 female, right side
(2015-04-16)
Torrey Pines 2015-2018 female, left side
(2015-06-01)

Torrey Pines (2011)-2016 male

Additional images

Torrey Pines (2011)-2016 male, right side
(2015-05-29)
Torrey Pines (2011)-2016 male, left side
(2015-05-29)

Torrey Pines (2011)-2014 female

Additional images

Torrey Pines (2011)-2014 female, right side
(2013-04-21)
Torrey Pines (2011)-2014 female, left side
(2014-01-12)

Additional images

Years in parentheses identify the first year I tracked a site. It may not be the first year the bird was there.

Torrey Pines 2019 female


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(2018-05-26)
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(2019-02-28)
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(2019-03-19)
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(2019-04-23)

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(2019-04-24)

Torrey Pines 2019 male


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(2019-02-28)
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(2019-04-18)
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(2019-04-18)
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(2019-04-23)

La Jolla 2018 female


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(2018-05-16)
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(2018-05-26)
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(2018-05-26)

La Jolla (2016)-2018 male


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(2016-05-22)
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(2016-05-22)
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(2016-05-26)
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(2017-05-11)

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(2017-05-11)
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(2017-05-25)
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(2018-05-15)

Torrey Pines 2015-2018 female


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(2015-04-16)
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(2015-03-19)
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(2016-03-22)
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(2016-05-12)

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(2017-05-02)
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(2017-05-19)
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(2017-06-09)
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(2018-03-19)

Torrey Pines (2011)-2016 male


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(2011-05-28)
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(2011-12-04)
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(2012-05-05)
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(2012-05-06)

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(2012-05-16)
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(2012-06-17)
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(2013-04-20)
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(2013-05-19)

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(2014-01-12)
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(2014-02-10)
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(2014-05-29)
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(2014-05-31)

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(2015-04-06)
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(2015-04-16)
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(2015-05-19)
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(2016-03-10)

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(2016-04-04)

Torrey Pines (2011)-2014 female


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(2011-05-01)
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(2012-05-05)
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(2012-05-16)
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(2013-04-20)

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(2013-05-20)
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(2014-01-12)
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(2014-05-31)
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(2014-05-31)

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(2014-05-31)