{"id":10980,"date":"2018-05-10T09:19:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T13:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=10980"},"modified":"2019-05-01T13:43:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T17:43:25","slug":"reasons-to-heart-moms-feathered-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/reasons-to-heart-moms-feathered-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons to \u2764\ufe0f Moms (Feathered or Not)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As if you needed a reason to appreciate Mom this Mother’s Day, see how our animal friends illustrate the many wonderful traits Mom’s share.<\/p>\n

Mom’s are…<\/h3>\n

Nurturing<\/h3>\n
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Tree swallow \u00a9 Larry Warfield<\/p><\/div>\n

Brave<\/h3>\n
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Wild Turkey \u00a9 Scott Burnham<\/p><\/div>\n

Comforting<\/h3>\n
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Piping Plover \u00a9 Lia Vito<\/p><\/div>\n

Patient<\/h3>\n
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American Robins \u00a9 Kjeld Mahoney<\/p><\/div>\n

Supportive<\/h3>\n
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Loons \u00a9 Michael Phillips<\/p><\/div>\n

Protective<\/h3>\n
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Wood Ducks \u00a9 Larry Warfield<\/p><\/div>\n

And, of course, loving.<\/h3>\n
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Red Fox \u00a9 Susan Ballard<\/p><\/div>\n

Want to give a gift to make Mom proud?<\/h3>\n

Show her the love by making a gift<\/a> to support nature and wildlife in her honor.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As if you needed a reason to appreciate Mom this Mother’s Day, see how our animal friends illustrate the many wonderful traits Mom’s share. Mom’s are… Nurturing Brave Comforting Patient Supportive Protective And, of course, loving. Want to give a gift to make Mom proud? Show her the love by making a gift to support […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11005,"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":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stuff-we-love"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/2296Lia_Vito15515-600.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2R6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":10980,"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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