{"id":9672,"date":"2013-10-01T03:45:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T09:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=9672"},"modified":"2025-09-13T08:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T13:30:24","slug":"what-the-duck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/10\/01\/what-the-duck\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Duck?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-155683 size-full\" title=\"What the Duck? Salt Lake County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/domestic-duck-mia-mcpherson-6152.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/domestic-duck-mia-mcpherson-6152.jpg\" alt=\"What the Duck? 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