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Peregrines at Torrey Pines State Beach : Nov-Dec 2020

November 12, 2020

Both of the Torrey Pines falcons were out flying today, plus a (presumably wild) juvenile near Blacks Beach.

Surveying the shifting sand and pebbles

(1:16p) The male

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(1:23p) Female at the nest site

Common Ravens

Red-tailed Hawk

Paragliding with (captive) falcons

A juvenile peregrine near Blacks Beach

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Young tern at Blacks Beach

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Royal Tern

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(3:17p) The female is up flying

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December 3, 2020

I saw the female briefly before she wandered off. It was quite windy which carried the spray from the breakers.

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(2:24p) The female

She has a full crop

Bell AH-1Z Viper

Common Ravens

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Windblown spray

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California Gull (?)

December 16, 2020

No sign of the falcons today.

Least Sandpipers (?)

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Cormorants and a dolphin

Whimbrel, Marbled Godwit, and Willet

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Heermann's Gull

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A gull with a "thing"

Swallowed it whole!