{"id":12299,"date":"2013-12-25T05:40:07","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T12:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=12299"},"modified":"2025-07-26T06:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T11:36:09","slug":"happy-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/12\/25\/happy-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Holidays &#8211; White Crowned Sparrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-150915 size-full\" title=\"White-crowned Sparrow juvenile on a cold winter day in northern Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-holiday-mia-mcpherson-8521.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-holiday-mia-mcpherson-8521.jpg\" alt=\"White-crowned Sparrow juvenile on a cold winter day in 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