{"id":5589,"date":"2026-05-11T22:22:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/?p=5589"},"modified":"2026-05-11T22:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:22:40","slug":"hey-american-dipper-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/hey-american-dipper-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey, American Dipper Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, American Dipper Bird,<br>\nhow is it that they say you<br>\ncan fly underwater?<\/p>\n<p>How is it your eyelids<br>\nare white?<\/p>\n<p>Do they provide you with<br>\nprotection and underwater<br>\nvision when you close<br>\nyour eye lids underwater?<\/p>\n<p>And why are you such an<br>\nanomaly that you are called<br>\nan aquatic song bird, unlike<br>\nthe other song birds who<br>\ncannot swim underwater?<\/p>\n<p>And how is if you can stand<br>\nin freezing water and dip<br>\nyour beak into it to forage<br>\nfor food?<\/p>\n<p>Also, one last thing. I\u2019ve<br>\nread your color is a<br>\n\u201cdrab gray.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>I feel that\u2019s an unkind<br>\nand thoughtless<br>\ndescription of your color.<\/p>\n<p>I see your plumage as<br>\na magnificent<br>\nlight gray color<br>\nand I hope you<br>\nhave a great day.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, American Dipper Bird, how is it that they say you can fly underwater? How is it your eyelids are white? Do they provide you with protection and underwater vision when you close your eye lids underwater? And why are you such an anomaly that you are called an aquatic song bird, unlike the other&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/hey-american-dipper-bird\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}