{"id":40807,"date":"2016-08-07T05:08:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T11:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=40807"},"modified":"2025-11-14T08:22:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:22:42","slug":"sleeping-willet-at-fort-de-soto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/08\/07\/sleeping-willet-at-fort-de-soto\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleeping Willet at Fort De Soto"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SleepingSleeping Willet – Nikon D200, handheld, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 200, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 300mm, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I know this image sort of breaks the rules of bird photography because the eyes of my subject are closed but personally I don’t mind that they are. Sometimes rules are made to be broken.<\/p>\n

This sleeping Willet<\/span><\/a> image remains one of my favorite images because it was so comfortable in my presence that it fell asleep. I was honored.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

This sleeping Willet image remains one of my favorite images because it was so comfortable in my presence that it fell asleep. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163651,"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":[27,25,704,2000,308],"tags":[4039,14752,173,4077,5357,4156,4017,992,274,16930,4872,2315,4168,4047],"class_list":["post-40807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-pinellas-county-florida","category-willets","tag-beach","tag-coastal-island","tag-gulf-coast","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-nikon-d200","tag-resting","tag-sand","tag-sandpipers","tag-shorebirds-2","tag-sleep","tag-sleeping","tag-summer-3","tag-tringa-semipalmata","tag-willet"],"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