{"id":6652,"date":"2012-11-27T04:59:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T11:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6652"},"modified":"2025-05-24T06:38:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T11:38:54","slug":"male-common-merganser-in-nonbreeding-plumage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/11\/27\/male-common-merganser-in-nonbreeding-plumage\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Common Merganser in nonbreeding plumage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-146611 size-full\" title=\"Common Merganser drake in nonbreeding plumage Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/common-merganser-mia-mcpherson-7794.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/common-merganser-mia-mcpherson-7794.jpg\" alt=\"Common 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