{"id":7942,"date":"2013-03-25T03:55:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T09:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=7942"},"modified":"2025-12-05T07:02:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:02:02","slug":"funny-monday-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/03\/25\/funny-monday-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Funny Monday Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-165244 size-full\" title=\"Upside down Chukar near the marina on Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chukar-upside-down-mia-mcpherson-1657.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chukar-upside-down-mia-mcpherson-1657.jpg\" alt=\"Upside down Chukar near the marina on Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" 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\/12\/chukar-upside-down-mia-mcpherson-1657-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chukar-upside-down-mia-mcpherson-1657-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chukar-upside-down-mia-mcpherson-1657-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chukar-upside-down-mia-mcpherson-1657-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chukar-upside-down-mia-mcpherson-1657-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chukar-upside-down-mia-mcpherson-1657.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Upside down Chukar<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just some funny images of birds for a Monday. These photos\u00a0just beg for humorous\u00a0captions.<\/p>\n<p>This one could be &#8220;I swear I heard something rip&#8221; or &#8220;Boy, my skinny legs make my butt look fat&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-110030 size-full\" title=\"Ring-necked Duck attitude\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ring-necked-duck-quack-mia-mcpherson-1201.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ring-necked-duck-quack-mia-mcpherson-1201.jpg\" alt=\"Ring-necked Duck attitude, Salt Lake County, Utah\" width=\"800\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27551%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20551%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27551%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ring-necked-duck-quack-mia-mcpherson-1201-200x138.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ring-necked-duck-quack-mia-mcpherson-1201-250x172.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ring-necked-duck-quack-mia-mcpherson-1201-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ring-necked-duck-quack-mia-mcpherson-1201-400x276.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ring-necked-duck-quack-mia-mcpherson-1201-600x413.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ring-necked-duck-quack-mia-mcpherson-1201-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ring-necked-duck-quack-mia-mcpherson-1201.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Ring-necked Duck attitude<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This one could be &#8220;I told you get off MY pond!&#8221; or &#8220;Get outta my face, no paparazzi allowed!&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-162172 size-full\" title=\"Hiding female Ring-necked Pheasant,Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ring-necked-pheasant-mia-mcpherson-1643.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ring-necked-pheasant-mia-mcpherson-1643.jpg\" alt=\"Hiding female Ring-necked Pheasant,Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27525%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20525%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27525%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ring-necked-pheasant-mia-mcpherson-1643-200x124.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ring-necked-pheasant-mia-mcpherson-1643-400x247.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ring-necked-pheasant-mia-mcpherson-1643-600x371.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ring-necked-pheasant-mia-mcpherson-1643-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ring-necked-pheasant-mia-mcpherson-1643.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Hiding female Ring-necked Pheasant<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I think this female Ring-necked Pheasant thought if she crouched down that I couldn&#8217;t see her. I couldn&#8217;t come up with a great caption for this image, maybe you can? For any of them for that matter and the funnier the better!<\/p>\n<p>Happy Monday!<\/p>\n<p>Life<em> is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/birds\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my bird photos in my galleries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just some funny images of birds for a Monday. 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