{"id":1029,"date":"2020-07-27T01:28:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T05:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/a-bird-in-the-hand\/"},"modified":"2020-07-27T01:28:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T05:28:14","slug":"a-bird-in-the-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/a-bird-in-the-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bird In the Hand?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-media-id=\"72067333\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/5633172b20997cd6f940c19ebb3dea3a.png?fit=634%2C150&amp;ssl=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; which bird would be your first choice among these? Please tag your favorite. I&#8217;m trying to prioritize something&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So&#8230; which bird would be your first choice among these? Please tag your favorite. 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