{"id":12428,"date":"2019-03-03T19:01:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T00:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=12428"},"modified":"2019-03-04T08:13:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T13:13:38","slug":"take-5-grumpy-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-grumpy-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Grumpy Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another snowed-in Monday got you feeling a little blah? These grumpy-looking birds know how you feel. Or, at least, they look like they do. At any rate, here’s hoping they’ll take a bit of the edge off your winter blues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These photos were all submitted to our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors<\/a> photo contest. See the 2018 photo contest winners on our website and sign up for alerts when the contest opens again for 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Snowy
Snowy Owl \u00a9 Diane Robertson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Barn
Barn Swallows \u00a9 Sherri Van den Akker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Red-
Red- Tailed Hawk \u00a9 Brooks Mathewson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Tree
Tree Swallow \u00a9 Barbara Batchelder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Snowy
Snowy Owl \u00a9 David Seibel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another snowed-in Monday got you feeling a little blah? These grumpy-looking birds know how you feel. Or, at least, they look like they do. At any rate, here’s hoping they’ll take a bit of the edge off your winter blues. These photos were all submitted to our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest. 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