{"id":50,"date":"2013-06-16T16:14:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T16:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/?p=50"},"modified":"2013-07-19T01:08:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T01:08:59","slug":"peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/2013\/06\/16\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/","title":{"rendered":"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest of all birds. It catches and eats prey like mice and rats, but its diet will also extend into small harmless birds, like Quails and Sparrows. This fearsome bird of prey is visible throughout most of the Northern skies, and has quite an appetite to match.<\/p>\n<p>A Peregrine Falcon sits high up on a bristly Conifer Tree in Point Lobos, near Carmel, CA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_39492.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65\" alt=\"IMG_3949\" src=\"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_39492-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_39492-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_39492-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_39492-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest of all birds. 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A Peregrine Falcon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) - Old Bones Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/2013\/06\/16\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) - Old Bones Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest of all birds. 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