{"id":14036,"date":"2014-01-31T06:09:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T13:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14036"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:16:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:16:50","slug":"d-w-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/01\/31\/d-w-b\/","title":{"rendered":"D.W.B."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmericanAmerican Coot Scratching<\/span><\/p>\n

I wanted to post a funny bird image today because I have the D.W.B. so I selected this American Coot that was scratching in a pond near where I live in Salt Lake County, Utah.<\/p>\n

They have such big, goofy looking feet that I can’t help but laugh and have elevated spirits.<\/p>\n

You might wonder what D.W.B. is.<\/p>\n

It is the Dreary Weather Blues and\u00a0I think I have cabin fever along with it too. Too many days of gray clouds and really bad light.<\/p>\n

It sounds like this evening this mess might finally clear up but until it does I will be singing the Dreary Weather Blues.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my American Coot photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wanted to post a funny bird image today because I have the D.W.B. so I selected this American Coot that was scratching in a pond near where I live in Salt Lake County, Utah. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":159354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[137,27,709,26],"tags":[4004,4010,4226,4021,2772,2773,7229,4121,10698,1984,4541,165,8018,3996],"class_list":["post-14036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-coots","category-avian","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-american-coot","tag-behavior","tag-bird-photography","tag-coot","tag-coots","tag-feet","tag-fulica-americana","tag-park","tag-pond","tag-scratching","tag-spring","tag-urban","tag-water"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t