{"id":12549,"date":"2019-04-08T06:30:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T10:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=12549"},"modified":"2019-04-03T14:07:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T18:07:47","slug":"take-5-birds-of-the-rainbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-birds-of-the-rainbow\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Birds of the Rainbow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Spring is in the air and all of Massachusetts is eagerly awaiting the return of bright, beautiful color to the drab, grey-brown landscape of winter. In that spirit, here are five colorful birds to look for as the weather warms to make your day a little more colorful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Scarlet
Scarlet Tanager \u00a9 Jeff Carpenter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Baltimore
Baltimore Oriole \u00a9 Lee Millet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Yellow
Yellow Warbler \u00a9 Bernard Creswick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Ruby-throated
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female) \u00a9 David Pallin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Indigo
Indigo Bunting \u00a9 Yunzhong He<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spring is in the air and all of Massachusetts is eagerly awaiting the return of bright, beautiful color to the drab, grey-brown landscape of winter. In that spirit, here are five colorful birds to look for as the weather warms to make your day a little more colorful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":12550,"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":[83,84],"class_list":["post-12549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-take-5","tag-photo-contest","tag-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/04\/123Lee_Millet20684.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3gp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10064,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-colorful-cardinals\/","url_meta":{"origin":12549,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Colorful Cardinals","author":"Ryan D.","date":"November 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Northern cardinals bring splashes of vivid color to the grays and browns of a winter garden. 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