{"id":166397,"date":"2026-01-05T06:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?page_id=166397"},"modified":"2026-01-05T06:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:33:50","slug":"blackbirds-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge-the-last-day-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/videos\/blackbirds-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge-the-last-day-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackbirds at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge the last day of 2025"},"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=\"PT53S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Blackbirds at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge the last day of 2025\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"This is three videos of mostly Red-winged Blackbirds on the last day of 2025 at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge joined together. 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