{"id":166394,"date":"2026-01-05T06:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?page_id=166394"},"modified":"2026-01-05T06:27:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:27:27","slug":"blackbird-flock-lifting-off-from-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/videos\/blackbird-flock-lifting-off-from-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackbird flock lifting off from Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"--awb-max-width:1120px;--awb-max-height:630px;--awb-width:100%;--awb-margin-bottom:26px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT21S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Blackbird flock lifting off from Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"On the last day of 2025 I visited Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. 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