{"id":23210,"date":"2015-05-01T05:13:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T11:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=23210"},"modified":"2025-09-13T06:55:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:55:50","slug":"ducking-out-for-a-bit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/05\/01\/ducking-out-for-a-bit\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducking Out For A Bit&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-155646 size-full\" title=\"Resting Cinnamon Teal hen, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cinnamon-teal-hen-mia-mcpherson-3570.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cinnamon-teal-hen-mia-mcpherson-3570.jpg\" alt=\"Resting Cinnamon Teal hen, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cinnamon-teal-hen-mia-mcpherson-3570-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cinnamon-teal-hen-mia-mcpherson-3570-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cinnamon-teal-hen-mia-mcpherson-3570-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cinnamon-teal-hen-mia-mcpherson-3570-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cinnamon-teal-hen-mia-mcpherson-3570-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cinnamon-teal-hen-mia-mcpherson-3570.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Resting Cinnamon Teal hen<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes after a period of high activity I simply need to rest and relax or duck out into nature&#8217;s wild grandeur to refresh. Soon I will be seeing the Centennial Mountains looming over the Centennial Valley and feeling at &#8220;home&#8221; again.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t scheduled any posts to be published while I am away but I will try to post from the field.<\/p>\n<p>Until I get my fill of nature I am ducking out for a bit&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/cinnamon-teal-images\/\">here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Cinnamon Teal photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n<p><em>This hen Cinnamon Teal was photographed last September at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge using my Nikon D810 with my Nikkor 500mm VR.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes after a period of high activity I simply need to rest and relax or duck out into nature&#8217;s wild grandeur to 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