{"id":2122,"date":"2021-05-05T16:13:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/?p=2122"},"modified":"2021-05-05T16:34:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:34:13","slug":"a-visit-with-some-florida-sandhill-cranes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/05\/a-visit-with-some-florida-sandhill-cranes\/","title":{"rendered":"A Visit with Some Florida Sandhill Cranes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2122\" class=\"elementor elementor-2122\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4db338c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4db338c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-306c2b3\" data-id=\"306c2b3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f16ca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f16ca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Florida Sandhill Crane is a big bird &#8211; reaching heights of four feet with a wingspan of around 78&#8243;, they stand out when they are foraging for food along the dikes at Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge near DeLeon Springs, Florida.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30bbab2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"30bbab2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9807-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"DSC_9807\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjEyOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cudHJhdmlzcGFpZ2VwaG90b2dyYXBoeS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzA0XC9EU0NfOTgwNy1zY2FsZWQuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9807-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2128\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9807-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9807-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9807-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9807-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9807-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9807-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9807-1140x1710.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9807-1320x1980.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Sandhill Cranes can reach a height of 47\" with a wingspan of 78\" and weigh around 11 pounds. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e51f08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e51f08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0I visited Lake Woodruff in mid-April, a different time of year than when I usually visit. During this time, I was able to see some young cranes (also known as colts) with their parents.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c598bfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c598bfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2566-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"TSP_2566\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjEzNSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cudHJhdmlzcGFpZ2VwaG90b2dyYXBoeS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzA0XC9UU1BfMjU2Ni1zY2FsZWQuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2566-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2135 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2566-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2566-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2566-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2566-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2566-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2566-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2566-1140x1710.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2566-1320x1980.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1707px; 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/1706;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2550-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2134\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2550-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2550-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2550-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2550-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2550-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2550-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2550-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TSP_2550-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A young colt foraging with one of its parents.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a326d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a326d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sandhill Cranes are known to be great parents. Both will build the nest, help incubate the eggs, and take care of the young colts until they are ready to go out on their own; usually in about ten months.<\/p><p>Sandhill Cranes usually lay two eggs with an incubation period of around 30 days. Immediately after hatching, they can walk and forage with their parents. They are born with eyes wide-open with a coat of down. I would guess the young cranes I saw were about thirty days old.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d582852 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d582852\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9825.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"DSC_9825\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjEyOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cudHJhdmlzcGFpZ2VwaG90b2dyYXBoeS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzA0XC9EU0NfOTgyNS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"1215\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9825.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2129 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9825.jpg 810w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9825-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9825-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_9825-768x1152.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 810px; 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 960\/214;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crane-Eating-1024x228.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2125\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crane-Eating-1024x228.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crane-Eating-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crane-Eating-768x171.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crane-Eating-1536x341.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crane-Eating-2048x455.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crane-Eating-1140x253.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crane-Eating-1320x293.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">This crane just pushes it's beak into the soft top soil to grab some lunch.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-803347e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"803347e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The cranes have very long beaks, and they use their long beaks to dig for seeds, roots, and insects. 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A crane flies with their necks straight, and herons fly with their necks tucked in. With their enormous wingspan, they can stay aloft for hours without exerting much energy.<\/p><p>The Sandhill Crane can live a very long life compared to most wild birds, as they sometimes live more than twenty years. They have also been roaming the Earth for a very long time. 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 960\/728;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RainyDaze322048541-1024x777.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2123\" alt=\"Florida Crane Rain Digital Art\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RainyDaze322048541-1024x777.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RainyDaze322048541-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RainyDaze322048541-768x582.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RainyDaze322048541-1536x1165.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RainyDaze322048541-2048x1553.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RainyDaze322048541-1140x865.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RainyDaze322048541-1320x1001.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Digital art using one of my photos - A crane in the rain.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c38fa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c38fa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A part of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarawebley.com\/post\/photographing-the-florida-sandhill-crane-by-travis-page\">blog post<\/a> appeared on Sara Webley&#8217;s new website as a guest blogger. She is the author of the children&#8217;s books;\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sarawebley.com\/zo-in-the-roosting-tree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Zo in the Roosting Tree<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sarawebley.com\/somewhere-besides-denver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Somewhere Besides Denver. <\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Please take the time to visit her new\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sarawebley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">website.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Sandhill Crane is a big bird &#8211; reaching heights of four feet with a wingspan of around 78&#8243;, they stand out when they are foraging for food along the dikes at Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge near DeLeon Springs, Florida. Sandhill Cranes can reach a height of 47&#8243; with a wingspan of 78&#8243; and weigh around 11 pounds. \u00a0I visited Lake Woodruff in mid-April, a different time of year than when I usually visit. During this time, I was able to see some young cranes (also known as colts) with their parents. They sure have some long legs. A young colt foraging with one of its parents. Sandhill Cranes are known to be great parents. Both will build the nest, help incubate the eggs, and take care of the young colts until they are ready to go out on their own; usually in about ten months. Sandhill Cranes usually lay two eggs with an incubation period of around 30 days. Immediately after hatching, they can walk and forage with their parents. They are born with eyes wide-open with a coat of down. I would guess the young cranes I saw were about thirty days old. This crane just pushes it&#8217;s beak into the soft top soil to grab some lunch. The cranes have very long beaks, and they use their long beaks to dig for seeds, roots, and insects. They are primarily herbivores but will eat anything available, including small mammals, reptiles, snails, etc. They do not fish like their close cousin, the Blue Heron. A silhouette of cranes coming in for the evening. One way to tell the difference between cranes and herons is their necks during flight. A crane flies with their necks straight, and herons fly with their necks tucked in. With their enormous wingspan, they can stay aloft for hours without exerting much energy. The Sandhill Crane can live a very long life compared to most wild birds, as they sometimes live more than twenty years. They have also been roaming the Earth for a very long time. The oldest fossil remains of a Sandhill Crane were dated to be about 2.5 million years old. The perfect ending to another afternoon hanging out with the wildlife at Lake Woodruff. Digital art using one of my photos &#8211; A crane in the rain. A part of this blog post appeared on Sara Webley&#8217;s new website as a guest blogger. She is the author of the children&#8217;s books;\u00a0Zo in the Roosting Tree\u00a0and\u00a0Somewhere Besides Denver. Please take the time to visit her new\u00a0website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,116,114,115],"tags":[],"coauthors":[110],"class_list":["post-2122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animals","category-birds","category-cranes","category-florida","category-lake-woodruff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2122"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2179,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122\/revisions\/2179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2122"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}