{"id":12233,"date":"2019-01-14T06:30:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T11:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=12233"},"modified":"2023-10-05T13:21:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T17:21:46","slug":"take-5-falling-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-falling-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Falling Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There’s something a bit magical about falling snow. Sounds become muted and soft, many winter birds and other wildlife seek shelter to conserve energy, and a gentle hush falls over the natural world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are five photos that capture the soft quietude of a winter snowfall, taken from our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest. Visit our website to see the recently announced winners of the 2018 contest. We’ll be announcing the dates and locations for the traveling exhibit for the 2018 winners soon, so keep an eye on the blog for details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Red-tailed
Red-tailed Hawk \u00a9 Christopher Ciccone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Snowy
Snowy Landscape \u00a9 Karen Karlberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Northern
Northern Cardinal \u00a9 Nathan Butler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Snowy
Snowy Park Bench \u00a9 Priya Ramachanriya Surendranath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"White
White Pine cone \u00a9 Claudia Carpinone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s something a bit magical about falling snow. Sounds become muted and soft, many winter birds and other wildlife seek shelter to conserve energy, and a gentle hush falls over the natural world. Here are five photos that capture the soft quietude of a winter snowfall, taken from our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":12236,"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":[93,144,296],"class_list":["post-12233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-take-5","tag-snow","tag-winter","tag-winter-birds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/01\/2652Priya_RamachanriyaSurendranath9462.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3bj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13379,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-winter-landscapes\/","url_meta":{"origin":12233,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Winter Landscapes","author":"Ryan D.","date":"December 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"With our first major statewide snowstorm behind us, winter has certainly arrived in Massachusetts. 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