{"id":10678,"date":"2018-03-12T11:35:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T15:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=10678"},"modified":"2018-03-12T11:35:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T15:35:58","slug":"take-5-snow-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-snow-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Snow Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snowstorms can cause headaches, but also a beautiful backdrop for photography. As you make preparations for the next nor’easter coming our way, enjoy 5 photos of birds in snow from past photo contests<\/a> and read up on how birds prepare for storms<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Eastern bluebirds \u00a9 Cheryl Rose<\/p><\/div>\n

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Blue jay \u00a9 Sarah Keates<\/p><\/div>\n

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House finch \u00a9 Melissa Shelley<\/p><\/div>\n

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Black-capped chickadee \u00a9 Matthew Magann<\/p><\/div>\n

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Northern cardinal \u00a9 Ellen Dehm<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Snowstorms can cause headaches, but also a beautiful backdrop for photography. As you make preparations for the next nor’easter coming our way, enjoy 5 photos of birds in snow from past photo contests and read up on how birds prepare for storms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":10684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/03\/658SarahKeates7565-600.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2Me","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":10678,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Caption This!","author":"Ryan D.","date":"February 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's play \"Caption That Photo\"! 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