{"id":6462,"date":"2012-10-29T03:55:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T09:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6462"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:19:37","slug":"tricolored-heron-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/10\/29\/tricolored-heron-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricolored Heron Twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-153153 size-full\" title=\"Tricolored Heron shaking its head, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-exorcist-mia-mcpherson-4119.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-exorcist-mia-mcpherson-4119.jpg\" alt=\"Tricolored Heron shaking its head, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" data-id=\"14022\" 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\/08\/tricolored-exorcist-mia-mcpherson-4119-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-exorcist-mia-mcpherson-4119-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-exorcist-mia-mcpherson-4119-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-exorcist-mia-mcpherson-4119-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-exorcist-mia-mcpherson-4119-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-exorcist-mia-mcpherson-4119.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Tricolored Heron shaking its head &#8211; Nikon D200, handheld, f5.3, 1\/1500, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 360mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Maybe the Tricolored Heron thought Monday might look better upside down?<\/p>\n<p>Just a bit of humor for a Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Life<em> is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/tricolored-heron-images\/\">here<\/a> to see more of my Tricolored Heron photos plus facts and information about this species<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe the Tricolored Heron thought Monday might look better upside down? 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