photo contest | Mass Audubon – Your Great Outdoors

If you’re struggling to come up with good resolutions for the new year, perhaps try taking a tip from nature. Here are photos from our Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest of some wildlife that wants to inspire you to live your best life in 2018.

Want more inspiration for making the most of the new year ahead? Visit massaudubon.org/resolutions for our handy guide!

1. Resolve to eat more fruits and veggies.

Eastern Chipmunk © Jill Skibel

They’ll help keep you strong and healthy!

2. Resolve to recycle more.

Gray Squirrel © Eileen Leary

Nature needs our help, so check out our guide for more tips on living sustainably.

3. Resolve to play more.

Red Fox Kits © Janet MacCausland

It’s good for the body, heart, and mind.

4. Resolve to stop and smell the flowers.

Eastern Chipmunk © Tracy Myers

Living in the present keeps you grounded.

5. Resolve not to bite off more than you can chew.

Least Tern Chick © Sandy Selesky

Because, after all, life is all about balance…

Female Mallard Duck © Solinka Molinero

This time of year, many halls are decked with boughs of holly, balsam, and spruce, so we thought it would be a good time to feature evergreens. True to their name, evergreens are trees and shrubs that retain their leaves throughout the year, shedding old leaves gradually over time, versus most deciduous trees which shed them all at once before the winter or dry season.

‘Tis the season for celebration, so let’s celebrate evergreens with five photos of pines and firs from past entries to our Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest. Happy holidays!