Peregrines at Torrey Pines State Beach : Mar 2021

March 2, 2021

I was on the beach from about 3:30 - 4:15p and didn't see the falcons. They may be incubating now.

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Dolphins

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Sea gooseberry (Probably Pleurobrachia sp.)

Ring-billed Gull (?) or some other juvenile?

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CH-53E Super Stallion

March 5, 2021

Nobody visible at nest site

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March 11, 2021

I was on the beach from about 3:30 to 4:45. Both the male and female showed up to engage a sub-adult that showed up in the area.

Western Gull

F-22 Raptor

Ring-billed Gull

Raven nest

(4:01p) The male

The male with a sub-adult

They tussle a bit

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SH-60 Seahawk

Juvenile gull with sea cucumber

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(4:19p) The sub-adult is still hanging around

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Now the female is chasing the sub-adult

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CH-53E Super Stallion

Fighting over a sea cucumber

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March 12, 2021

Nobody visible at nest site

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March 18, 2021

I arrived around 3:45. The male showed up to fly around, then disappeared. He returned later to do a food exchange.
A non-resident adult also showed up for a while.

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Whimbrels

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(3:59p) The male

California Gull (?)

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(4:23p)

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Brown Pelicans

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Western Gull

(5:10p) The male has food

A food exchange

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(5:25p) This looks like a visiting adult

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The edge of the barring on the chest is pronounced.

This is the resident female

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March 30, 2021

The male was in the pine tree when I arrived. He flew off around 5p and I didn't see anything else before I left around 6:15.

(4:44p)

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(4:56p)

Brown Pelicans

Juvenile gull

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