{"id":13246,"date":"2019-10-21T06:30:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T10:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=13246"},"modified":"2019-10-18T15:45:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T19:45:54","slug":"take-5-upside-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-upside-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Upside-Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week, we’re taking a look at things from a different perspective…upside-down! In-flight or on foot, these birds are turning things around with either their flexibility or aerial acrobatics on display. Enjoy these five photos from past submissions to our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors<\/a> photo contest (now closed for 2019), but don’t crane<\/em> your neck in the process. (Sorry, couldn’t resist!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Red-tailed
Red-tailed Hawk \u00a9 Donald Arthur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"White-breasted
White-breasted Nuthatch \u00a9 Jorge Tavares<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Black-capped
Black-capped Chickadee \u00a9 Kim Caruso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Peregrine
Peregrine Falcon (top) and Red-tailed Hawk (bottom) \u00a9 Ramkumar Subramanian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Black-crowned
Black-crowned Night-Heron \u00a9 Lisa Irwin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week, we’re taking a look at things from a different perspective…upside-down! In-flight or on foot, these birds are turning things around with either their flexibility or aerial acrobatics on display. Enjoy these five photos from past submissions to our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest (now closed for 2019), but don’t crane […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":13250,"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-13246","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\/10\/4280Jorge_Tavares18492.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3rE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15791,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-great-horned-owlets\/","url_meta":{"origin":13246,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Great Horned Owlets","author":"Ryan D.","date":"May 24, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Great Horned Owls are one of the earliest birds to breed in Massachusetts, with courtship beginning as early as December. 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