{"id":26340,"date":"2015-07-05T05:04:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T11:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=26340"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:04:10","slug":"a-long-billed-curlew-with-is-head-all-twisted-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/07\/05\/a-long-billed-curlew-with-is-head-all-twisted-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-billed Curlew With Its Head All Twisted Around"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-164040 size-full\" title=\"Long-billed Curlew with its head all twisted around, Pinellas County, Florida\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/long-billed-curlew-twisted-mia-mcpherson-7898.jpg\" 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