{"id":14962,"date":"2020-11-23T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=14962"},"modified":"2020-11-20T13:11:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T18:11:22","slug":"take-5-turkey-trot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-turkey-trot\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Turkey Trot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It has been quite a year, to say the least. Many folks use Thanksgiving as a time to reflect on the past year and give thanks for the goodness in their lives, especially in challenging times. While 2020 has certainly been challenging, we have also seen more people than ever getting outdoors at our sanctuaries and discovering the powerful benefits that time in the outdoors brings to our physical and mental well-being. So what better way to give thanks and give back than spending more time in nature? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, Mass Audubon is encouraging as many people as possible to get outside and hike with us the weekend after Thanksgiving during Hike-a-thon 2020<\/a>. Anyone can join Hike-a-thon from anywhere, and all types of hikes are encouraged, from a stroll around the neighborhood to trying out one of our universally accessible All Persons Trails<\/a> to taking on a challenging summit hike<\/a>. You can even join a naturalist-guided walk<\/a> hosted by one of our sanctuaries!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And since it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without some wild turkey photos, here are five shots of turkeys out for a “Turkey Trot” of their own from our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors<\/a> photo contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wild Turkey \u00a9 Justin Miel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wild Turkey \u00a9 Cynthia Vogan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wild Turkey \u00a9 Brad Dinerman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wild Turkeys \u00a9 Bruce Carnevale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wild Turkey \u00a9 Stewart Ting Chong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It has been quite a year, to say the least. Many folks use Thanksgiving as a time to reflect on the past year and give thanks for the goodness in their lives, especially in challenging times. While 2020 has certainly been challenging, we have also seen more people than ever getting outdoors at our sanctuaries […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":14965,"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-14962","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\/2020\/11\/2730Brad_Dinerman15124.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3Tk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16547,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/get-ready-for-hike-a-thon\/","url_meta":{"origin":14962,"position":0},"title":"Get Ready for Hike-a-thon","author":"Hillary T.","date":"November 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Ready to hit the trails for Hike-a-thon this weekend? 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