{"id":12205,"date":"2019-01-22T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=12205"},"modified":"2019-01-29T09:54:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T14:54:09","slug":"take-5-winter-songbirds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-winter-songbirds\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Winter Songbirds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Whether you\u2019re briskly pacing across Boston Common or gazing out your kitchen window into a snow-covered suburban backyard, birds can be seen all winter long. The birds featured below are some of the most commonly seen species in winter all across Massachusetts, and many of them will readily come to bird feeders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This list is by no means exhaustive, but many urban and suburban avian visitors in the winter months will belong to one of the species below. See a longer list of cold-weather Massachusetts birds<\/a> on our website and enjoy these five beautiful photographs from our photo contest<\/a> archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"American
American Goldfinch \u00a9 Alex Renda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Cedar
Cedar Waxwing \u00a9 Bernard Creswick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"White-breasted
White-breasted Nuthatch \u00a9 Jonathan Eckerson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Tufted
Tufted Titmouse \u00a9 Kim Nagy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Eastern
Eastern Bluebird \u00a9 Cheryl Rose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whether you\u2019re briskly pacing across Boston Common or gazing out your kitchen window into a snow-covered suburban backyard, birds can be seen all winter long. The birds featured below are some of the most commonly seen species in winter all across Massachusetts, and many of them will readily come to bird feeders. 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