{"id":499451,"date":"2021-10-20T11:40:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T18:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=124309"},"modified":"2024-05-24T15:05:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T15:05:25","slug":"swallow-doretti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/swallow-doretti\/","title":{"rendered":"Swallow Doretti"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_685340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-685340\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Swallow_Doretti.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-685340 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Swallow_Doretti.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Swallow_Doretti.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Swallow_Doretti-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Swallow_Doretti-1024x829.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Swallow_Doretti-100x81.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Swallow_Doretti-770x623.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Swallow_Doretti-293x237.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Swallow_Doretti-1400x1133.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-685340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DCF 1.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Every year flocks of determined swallows return to mission San Juan Capistrano, California \u2013 a journey of 6,000 miles. 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