<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:04:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/falcons/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Bird breeder lost a prize.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This high treetop is the territory of a Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus). Thankfully, not every day that we see this, but nature has its own rules. Note: This post is not for sensitive people. We came]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/bird-breeder-lost-a-prize</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/bird-breeder-lost-a-prize</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[papilloncharity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:20:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZKo6AbnWFC2C67Wp9K5JsEocbL7bKN9d8rK7RwdppowabULVB3D9mrpopYifPkuctibfZhgvaLWLXswCc9entaxPg6CoH2dhmXHBWjmTi1xfHcFz5eRVR3sC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The famous Peregrine falcon, and some other birds.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Peregrine Falcon is a juvenile, and I had to search for this one. It was that call that alerted me to the Peregrine's presence. I have posted the peregrines before in this high fir tree, but they were]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/the-famous-peregrine-falcon-and-some-other-birds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/the-famous-peregrine-falcon-and-some-other-birds</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[papilloncharity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3UweTg39dSjSwqZPRgZgnYSxXDxtyGucNTCBmjtCdqAw9PAbo7EDMwMzJ7N74G3JmcLYd4jTrGNADJ8rMWfLQD3GuWV93Lc9651RzVKEgWaS52FndFfEDzcteJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The king of the falcons and a young hawk.]]></title><description><![CDATA[He came over very high up, and I zoomed him on the wrong camera setting. It is a Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), and his dive is the fastest of all the birds in the world. I have 3 shots of the falcon,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/the-king-of-the-falcons-and-a-young-hawk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/the-king-of-the-falcons-and-a-young-hawk</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[papilloncharity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3UweTg39dSjSwqZPRgZgnYSxXDDM9Qi1hqtXuxY747asiZYkGr2o9fYH1FHraqR3extSozqcX5b9qq9xo199fgLc3xgGnooV5i2n5eFyAv9jMU2UXszPAB6w4S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Peregrine Falcon with prey.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not often that I get this famous bird with its catch on camera. Why is the bird famous? Its attacking dive is the fastest in the world. No other bird can dive as fast as the (Falco peregrinus). Here below]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/a-peregrine-falcon-with-prey</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/a-peregrine-falcon-with-prey</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[papilloncharity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:14:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3UweTg39dSjSwqZPRgZgnYSxXDyPEiCeSLgdhmWaNNeUdfU5CBQj9yAvV7WfbEmzdUUCVFr2XFyUw2gRfjFvGh3FNVwQSCzt2sRM14eiEhSPsbznPdJQzUhPiv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! He caught himself a molting snake.]]></title><description><![CDATA[At first when I saw the falcon far away, it looked like some kind of cloth that it had. But as it came closer high up ((photo above), I saw the sun dried skins coming off a live wriggling snake. Squamates]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/ah-he-caught-himself-a-molting-snake</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/ah-he-caught-himself-a-molting-snake</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[papilloncharity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 11:14:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3UweTg39dSjSwqZPRgZgnYSxXCotSrXg8sqom6E2bD3zv4Pbmj5Z4TDegd8xYKJR6udQfb64hPPbDiButAwGyDKeVJMCrhXZmJNbx7fs1SacsQbUNrDLACE2gv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A falcon in flight. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I went into the territory of a Rock Kestrel (Falco rupicolus) with the idea to get him in flight. Maybe I would also catch him on camera attacking some prey. Not easy to get them, but a careful search]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/a-falcon-in-flight</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/a-falcon-in-flight</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[papilloncharity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 10:28:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZKo6AbnWFC2C67Wp9K5JsEocbNJ1U5imgnbYj7BsGzcDeB8MMKS2NHzS7Ed9uFoWvPSW3gKKVTTj8fRx5F19Dp9w4uXKRzxEiorqVymKNp5gBihFk67rSR2v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A day for speed.]]></title><description><![CDATA[And what better icon for speed than the famous Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)? These birds can clock 320+ km/h in their dives, and they are reckoned as the fastest birds in the world. I heard that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/a-day-for-speed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/a-day-for-speed</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[papilloncharity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:22:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZKo6AbnWFC2C67Wp9K5JsEocbKndwxr97isizkuFjJaEXwG4dfBu6UyC6AhNo1mz4mv3yZcYq99bH17Y2egfdqTTeCiRUVcw2FtEPjhgoSbDXiM9nDtkw6AA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A spell of creativity.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I saw the sun halo forming and decided to do something different with it. No that's not my face in the halo, as it is the head of a Cheetah statue in the sun halo :) So, let me show you how our day started.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/a-spell-of-creativity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/a-spell-of-creativity</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[papilloncharity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 07:47:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZKo6AbnWFC2C67Wp9K5JsEocbKwoG3VVZmeWXE3hLhR3Lh9Bkx7ByvXFvq3h3SzfavytXS3wK2fJu7oEXApzfdTrufkvdZJeUiU4DCoBDPdH2HMJceR1GPci?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world-famous Peregrine Falcon on show. The fastest bird in the world.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The early morning rain clouds were moving away, and we had coffee at one of the disabled children care centers. What a luck, as on instinct, or as usual I took a walk with my camera. The rain stopped earlier]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/the-world-famous-peregine-falcon-on-show-the-fastest-bird-in-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@papilloncharity/the-world-famous-peregine-falcon-on-show-the-fastest-bird-in-the-world</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[papilloncharity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 10:29:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3UweTg39dSjSwqZPRgZgnYSxXDNy1DnfiYCM6xcEQDZQ2SRVGjqbTvYzvHVAsahefHxufRd668xgCML2xFWguV13L63ztWo5jFjibr7SPgHtbhAMkzgTNq1ZbL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merlin:  A Falcon with an Attitude]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hawk watchers are known to say that if a small falcon passes another raptor without taking a pass at harassing the other bird, it is probably not a Merlin Falco columbarius. This species is a fairly small]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/merlin-a-falcon-with-an-attitude</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/merlin-a-falcon-with-an-attitude</guid><category><![CDATA[birding]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[birdbanter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2022 21:55:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLH9tg1EG311SebbbseAcHKLPjHY7vExxHgBJBU1zEqvnjRR1dMqCCXrfNXW9ta73UL9VASCbGsHe8hnpJ8NMXaUDQftMiVV1DBoYb55yh77snaN1rvFY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An almost impossible find.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I saw that there was a bird at the top of that insulated tower. Definitively not a dove, or a pigeon and it had to be something else. But impossible to get the bird at that height and light? In my book,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@papilloncharity/an-almost-impossible-find</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@papilloncharity/an-almost-impossible-find</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106444]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[papilloncharity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2022 13:32:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZKo6AbnWFC2C67Wp9K5JsEocbKuTK9Hmv76G75frxBG6CbE9749e9DKzKV9Ex6SP6TekT6xsEopycCt91zh7JALUsoUEP7ddEVZ9McCdQfgMBRoPd3tVfhti?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[2022 NFL Season Preview NFC South]]></title><description><![CDATA[Day seven of the “Division Prediction Marathon” brings us to the NFC South which includes the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers, and the Atlanta Falcons. This division is loaded]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sportstalk/@the-sports-nerd/2022nflseasonpreviewnfcsouth-uowobzt34cobfckzj77h</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sportstalk/@the-sports-nerd/2022nflseasonpreviewnfcsouth-uowobzt34cobfckzj77h</guid><category><![CDATA[sportstalk]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[the-sports-nerd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 01:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHefWrT3kBkvagxnpxKpgqPTajzCwgQkgCXiMse53DBtL7fFVvUmVQpFYmkrq3VFcrMyuRoBpwpSeaLjdTTCezTVcA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyle Pitts 2021 NFL Rookie Card - Panini Rated Rookie - Atlanta Falcons Tight End]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've watched a lot of college highlights of a lot of NFL prospects over the past few years and I still remember being pretty mind blown after watching Kyle Pitts's college highlights last off season. He]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176993/@adhammer/kyle-pitts-2021-nfl-rookie-card-panini-rated-rookie-atlanta-falcons-tight-end</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176993/@adhammer/kyle-pitts-2021-nfl-rookie-card-panini-rated-rookie-atlanta-falcons-tight-end</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176993]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adhammer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:55:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e6iNseiKCeFM1ZRYWqh1RiqD21UDvzuKF7c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Smallest Falcon]]></title><description><![CDATA[American Kestrel Falco sparverius is the smallest of the six regularly occuring falcons in the western hemisphere regularly. There are 13 kestrel species in the world, but this is the only one found in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@birdbanter/our-smallest-falcon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@birdbanter/our-smallest-falcon</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106444]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[birdbanter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 18:41:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLH9tg1EG311SebbbseAbtx9s5X2ae4FUuuVgmgnu8hJrNFwZQQyJ1JL9hdA47CU9p1qEQmJfPURN3gDUNpHD5UisXTGzvPD1JpfKiEWxQXGhfHejmMNN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peregrine Falcon: The Wanderer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus The Peregrine falcon, whose latin species name peregrinus is tranalated as "wanderer" is one of the most widespread of warm-blooded terestrial animals in the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/falcons/@birdbanter/peregrine-falcon-the-wanderer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/falcons/@birdbanter/peregrine-falcon-the-wanderer</guid><category><![CDATA[falcons]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[birdbanter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 02:32:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLH9tg1EG311SebbbseAcrqndx7VW92qfPn1fzazPjpyGb5iTZdzoBTv5eaeE1YDCAKvBK3Lx86SVynDgZWpVQSoZuayy1iMDUeKxvxDo4RT9Fum6pwee?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lovely Rock Kestrel.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summer and now the Rock Kestrel has returned to the tree where they nest. I also have some Ravens in flight at the end of the post. Out in nature again and try as I might, last year, I found their nest]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@papilloncharity/a-lovely-rock-kestrel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@papilloncharity/a-lovely-rock-kestrel</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106444]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[papilloncharity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2022 18:52:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3UweTg39dSjSwqZPRgZgnYSxXDPrbTWEQPqXP3HtNoHTCNsU91XfEzFQ41WkkxhwKqes9kqkHrPQhrgKUfGzrnxprP5uz8tGjLzJUDxQJtqgybgKXsEKdW8HpS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Raptors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rough-legged Hawk In western Washington State in the summer we see mostly Red-tailed hawks Buteo jamaicensis and Bald Eagles Haliaeetus leucocephalus as our diurnal raptors, along with the occasional Peregrine]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/winter-raptors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/winter-raptors</guid><category><![CDATA[birding]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[birdbanter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2022 03:48:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn8hZRsFQ3ec22aJCrveHXAMdZ3teWLGzyBH8kTTR8Dt7BsUaA36FkAnRJmviqzbWEr5Y8tUZywgWKbZBJNMiopBU7NaDusFms9QQpv43AX8eoZ6fx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are at 37 Celsius right now.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Law and order on high alert as people flock to the beaches in the heat. The Falcon and us had the same idea. Get out early before the heat peak to get our things done and then run to hide from the African]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@papilloncharity/we-are-at-37-celsius</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@papilloncharity/we-are-at-37-celsius</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106444]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[papilloncharity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2022 11:33:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDFdpBpBq5nkkd6q9ByyyPyjqFHrDmz212vXsWJLFGtiSAHwZayBCF78KHQ3v3D3pSBkn8srYD9jhp7wXVpQw4Mgw8oH2yYXYrnEA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matty Ice and the Falcons need to go off for the Titans tonight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Matty Ice himself! Src The media's latest tactic to refuse to recognize the Titans is by showering the Patriots with attention. The Titans have gotten some respect but there's been plenty of disrespect]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-134564/@adhammer/matty-ice-and-the-falcons-need-to-go-off-for-the-titans-tonight</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-134564/@adhammer/matty-ice-and-the-falcons-need-to-go-off-for-the-titans-tonight</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-134564]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adhammer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 01:20:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn8V1EBn5h91iFUsMhwKGheGesS2pbkXKNRtPmZHALHpMm8WvUUnu7onWQ2eBUm7KnDNFmxS2gpyfF6iJcwFdPpJzmUKQRUAELwYFP9fAenzPSNyPt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is the falcon that I promised.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is in fact a Kestrel and one of only three species in the country. The Kestrel flew in under the roof of the forecourt at the service station and he sat looking at me. This is a story of some totally]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@papilloncharity/here-is-the-falcon-that</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@papilloncharity/here-is-the-falcon-that</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106444]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[papilloncharity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2021 12:33:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDFdpBpBq5nkkd6q9ByyyPyjqFHrDmx42VBmApyUBpjnCeg9moUEr341fbEfRSiPzNJchbcPxwsRjcTgDnMncapmYG9o27iAR2Wfp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>