{"id":8271,"date":"2025-12-27T09:29:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T14:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/?p=8271"},"modified":"2025-12-27T09:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T14:29:09","slug":"merry-mallards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/merry-mallards\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Mallards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There were some merry mallards flying around xmas morning also :-)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251225_Z8MAS__DSC0439.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2400\" data-lbwps-height=\"1350\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251225_Z8MAS__DSC0439.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; 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