{"id":441,"date":"2024-06-10T15:23:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T15:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/falcon-camera\/?p=441"},"modified":"2025-05-19T18:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:28:28","slug":"5-4-3-2-1-take-off-peregrine-falcon-chicks-are-learning-to-fly-on-top-of-the-union-county-courthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/falcon-camera\/2024\/06\/10\/5-4-3-2-1-take-off-peregrine-falcon-chicks-are-learning-to-fly-on-top-of-the-union-county-courthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"5-4-3-2-1\u00a0TAKE OFF.\u00a0 Peregrine Falcon chicks are learning to fly on top of the Union County Courthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The male chicks are itching to fledge! They all easily make their way around the roof and onto railings to perch, which is called branching. This is an important time for them to hone their flight skills, especially landing and taking off. \u00a0Males can fledge as early as six weeks old. Once they do fledge, the adults will continue to provide food for them. Sometimes, they will transfer prey mid-air, which will also help the young develop hunting skills that they will use for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"755\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 755;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/falcon-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/06\/2024_06_04__13_37_14_938__Apex_Server_Falcon_18274ZLRS2HE_Falcon_Exterior_2.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The male chicks are itching to fledge! They all easily make their way around the roof and onto railings to perch, which is called branching. This is an important time for them to hone their flight skills, especially landing and taking off. \u00a0Males can fledge as early as six weeks old. Once they do fledge,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"1970-01-01 00:00:00","action":"","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","browser_timezone_offset":0},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/falcon-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/falcon-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/falcon-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/falcon-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/falcon-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/falcon-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/falcon-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/falcon-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/falcon-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}