Peregrines at La Jolla Cove : May 25-31, 2017

May 25, 2017

Some dogfighting action this afternoon, and a botched food transfer.

Some young squirrels were playing around	pIMG_5540.JPG	pIMG_5542.JPG	pIMG_5543.JPG
(4:09p) The falcon on the next ridge over wasn't interested.	cIMG_5552.JPG	pIMG_5555.JPG	Landing adjustment
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(4:24p) These two were working on some food.	pIMG_5683.JPG	pIMG_5693.JPG	(4:27p) Practicing a food transfer.
pIMG_5701.JPG	pIMG_5702.JPG	But it gets dropped...	pIMG_5704.JPG
pIMG_5714.JPG	The other juvies are still contemplating their meal.	pIMG_5725.JPG	(4:44p)
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(5:13p)	pIMG_5863.JPG	pIMG_5878.JPG	pIMG_5882.JPG
pIMG_5884.JPG	pIMG_5885.JPG	(5:24p)

May 27, 2017

A close enounter with one juvenile today who ate a meal about 20 feet away from some photographers, then decided to take a nap. Perhaps it didn't really want to nap, but its eyelids started closing and its head started drooping... like a sleepy student in a lecture.

pIMG_6003.JPG	(8:47a) Looks like the kill is a collared dove	pIMG_6006.JPG	pIMG_6016.JPG
pIMG_6054.JPG	pIMG_6062.JPG	(9:03a) Bringing in a meal.	cIMG_6091.JPG
pIMG_6109.JPG	(9:08a) Not very efficient at plucking yet.	pIMG_6125.JPG	pIMG_6157.JPG
(9:19a) The first juvenile relocated.	pIMG_6168.JPG	Folks watching from about 20 feet away	cIMG_6177.JPG
pIMG_6181.JPG	cIMG_6186.JPG	This is going to get messy...	cIMG_6274.JPG
pIMG_6282.JPG	(9:46a) Another juvenile comes to check things out...	cIMG_6346.JPG	But leaves in short order
Mmmm. Yummy!	cIMG_6455.JPG	(10:03a) Taking a break from eating.	cIMG_6569.JPG
pIMG_6592.JPG	(10:10a) Getting sleepy	pIMG_6635.JPG	(10:22a) Getting comfy
pIMG_6648.JPG	(10:24a)	pIMG_6654.JPG	Keeping an eye on the food
(10:40a)	cIMG_6686.JPG	(10:53a) Back to nibbling a bit	pIMG_6730.JPG
(11:10a) Dad's (?) resting not far away

May 28, 2017

The sun peeked out early but then it clouded over again. I got a good look at a food transfer today although the scene was poorly backlit.

(7:59a)	(8:18a) Some dogfighting, mostly in the cove to the north.	pIMG_6770.JPG	pIMG_6787.JPG
pIMG_6798.JPG	pIMG_6802.JPG	pIMG_6803.JPG	(8:51a) Breakfast delivery...
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pIMG_6840.JPG	pIMG_6841.JPG	pIMG_6842.JPG	Some pale yellow on the kill - Western Kingbird?
(8:53a) Chasing an osprey	pIMG_6868.JPG	pIMG_6876.JPG	pIMG_6895.JPG
cIMG_6899.JPG	(9:20a) These two got some food scraps at some point	pIMG_6916.JPG	pIMG_6922.JPG
(10:24a) House finches

May 31, 2017

I made a brief visit despite the cloudy evening and was treated to a close enounter with three of the juveniles hanging out on the bluff at the north end of the trail.

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