White-breasted Nuthatch © Jorge Tavares

Take 5: Upside-Down

This week, we’re taking a look at things from a different perspective…upside-down! In-flight or on foot, these birds are turning things around with either their flexibility or aerial acrobatics on display. Enjoy these five photos from past submissions to our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest (now closed for 2019), but don’t crane your neck in the process. (Sorry, couldn’t resist!)

Red-tailed Hawk © Donald Arthur
Red-tailed Hawk © Donald Arthur
White-breasted Nuthatch © Jorge Tavares
White-breasted Nuthatch © Jorge Tavares
Black-capped Chickadee © Kim Caruso
Black-capped Chickadee © Kim Caruso
Peregrine Falcon (top) and Red-tailed Hawk (bottom) © Ramkumar Subramanian
Peregrine Falcon (top) and Red-tailed Hawk (bottom) © Ramkumar Subramanian
Black-crowned Night-Heron © Lisa Irwin
Black-crowned Night-Heron © Lisa Irwin

Ring in the New

The Ring-Standard Calendar has been a celebrated tradition for 123 years. Generation after generation, lovers of this unique desktop calendar have found it to be the perfect holiday and New Year’s gift.

This year’s motif was originally made for the 1960 edition by Mary Sage Shakespeare, a former staff illustrator at Mass Audubon. The calendar is made in the USA and printed on recycled paper. Learn more about the history of the calendar and order yours in the Mass Audubon Shop today!