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\"Low<\/a><\/p>\n

Hoar frost covered Bald Eagle in low light<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

My monthly post titled “So ya think ya want to be a Bird Photographer?” <\/a>at BirdingIsFun.com<\/a> has been published. <\/span><\/p>\n

Be prepared to laugh. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mia<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My monthly post titled “So ya think ya want to be a Bird Photographer?” at BirdingIsFun.com has been published. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[4021,1105,4035,4032],"class_list":["post-3724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-avian","tag-bird-photography","tag-birdingisfun-com","tag-nature-photography","tag-wildlife-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-Y4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6335,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/10\/12\/sandwich-tern-in-flight-with-prey\/","url_meta":{"origin":3724,"position":0},"title":"Sandwich Tern In Flight With Prey","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This image Sandwich Tern was taken at Fort De Soto County Park's north beach several years ago, it was a breezy, very warm day and there were schools of baitfish running just offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sandwich Tern in flight with prey, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sandwich-tern-prey-mia-mcpherson-3096.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sandwich-tern-prey-mia-mcpherson-3096.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sandwich-tern-prey-mia-mcpherson-3096.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sandwich-tern-prey-mia-mcpherson-3096.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2197,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/04\/14\/argh-dont-turn\/","url_meta":{"origin":3724,"position":1},"title":"Argh.. 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