{"id":12857,"date":"2019-07-01T06:23:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T10:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=12857"},"modified":"2019-06-27T13:01:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T17:01:50","slug":"take-5-america-the-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-america-the-beautiful\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: America the Beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is it that makes America so beautiful? Our breathtaking lands and wildlife, of course! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To celebrate our nation’s 243rd birthday this week, here are five photos from our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest, each of which includes an appearance by the American flag as well as some wildlife and scenic habitats from the lands we hold so dear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about our work to conserve our most precious land<\/a> here in Massachusetts and submit your own photos<\/a> to the photo contest today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
Wild Turkey \u00a9 Marie Riva<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
\u00a9 Greg Stokinger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
Red-tailed Hawk \u00a9 Gail Sartori<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
\u00a9 Jen Shepherd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
Osprey \u00a9 Steve DiGiandomenico<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is it that makes America so beautiful? Our breathtaking lands and wildlife, of course! To celebrate our nation’s 243rd birthday this week, here are five photos from our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest, each of which includes an appearance by the American flag as well as some wildlife and scenic habitats […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":12860,"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":[6,158],"tags":[312,313,315,314,83,84],"class_list":["post-12857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-take-5","tag-america","tag-flag","tag-independence-day","tag-july-4th","tag-photo-contest","tag-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/06\/4021Steve_DiGiandomenico16602.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3ln","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6267,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-fall-landscapes\/","url_meta":{"origin":12857,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Fall landscapes","author":"Rosemary","date":"September 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The leaves are changing, which means that the wild lands of\u00a0Massachusetts are\u00a0even more photogenic than usual. 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