{"id":12762,"date":"2019-06-03T06:30:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T10:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=12762"},"modified":"2019-05-31T12:02:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T16:02:51","slug":"take-5-baby-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-baby-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Baby Food"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Brace yourself for a serious cuteness overload. It’s baby bird season in Massachusetts! Baby birds can be a lot of fun to watch (from a distance) as they hatch, grow, and eventually fledge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s true that young birds face naturally tough odds for survival, but that’s nature’s way of maintaining a sustainable balance in the environment and makes it all the more special when we have the opportunity to witness baby birds successfully mature and leave the nest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you happen upon a helpless-looking baby songbird bird out of the nest, check out our primer on when to take action<\/a> and when to leave well enough alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are five photos of baby birds and their parents from our Picture This: Your Great Outdoors <\/a>photo contest. The 2019 photo contest is officially open, so send us your beautiful nature photography for a chance to win!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Baltimore
Baltimore Orioles \u00a9 Susumu Kishihara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Barn
Barn Swallows \u00a9 Kim Caruso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Pileated
Pileated Woodpeckers \u00a9Daniel Tracey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"American
American Robins \u00a9 Grace Chu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"American
American Goldfinches \u00a9 Roberto De Souza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brace yourself for a serious cuteness overload. It’s baby bird season in Massachusetts! Baby birds can be a lot of fun to watch (from a distance) as they hatch, grow, and eventually fledge. It’s true that young birds face naturally tough odds for survival, but that’s nature’s way of maintaining a sustainable balance in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":12768,"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":[],"class_list":["post-12762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/05\/3834Roberto_DeSouza15172.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3jQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2362,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/what-to-do-if-you-find-a-baby-bird\/","url_meta":{"origin":12762,"position":0},"title":"What to Do if You Find a Baby Bird","author":"Rosemary","date":"June 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"If there\u2019s one question people ask us the most this time of year, it\u2019s some variation of \u201cI found a baby bird\u2014what should I do?\u201d And we get it. 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