{"id":4167,"date":"2014-10-14T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=4167"},"modified":"2014-10-14T10:00:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T14:00:28","slug":"take-5-birds-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-birds-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Birds in Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Capturing photos of birds in flight is a special challenge that requires great technical and artistic skill, as well as knowledge of avian behavior. Fortunately, our talented Photo Contest<\/a> entrants are up to the task. Here are some of our favorite images.<\/p>\n

Our 2014 Photo Contest<\/a> deadline has now passed, and the judges are hard at work poring over the entries. Check back in mid-November for the results!<\/p>\n

\"2013<\/a>

2013 Photo Contest Entry, \u00a9 Bill Wakeham<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2012<\/a>

2012 Photo Contest Entry, \u00a9 Greg Saulmon<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2012<\/a>

2012 Photo Contest Entry, \u00a9 Steve Schroeder<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013<\/a>

2013 Photo Contest Entry, \u00a9 Linda Lapre<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013<\/a>

2013 Photo Contest, \u00a9 Lori Whalen<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Capturing photos of birds in flight is a special challenge that requires great technical and artistic skill, as well as knowledge of avian behavior. Fortunately, our talented Photo Contest entrants are up to the task. Here are some of our favorite images. Our 2014 Photo Contest deadline has now passed, and the judges are hard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"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-4167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-15d","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":4167,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Caption This!","author":"Ryan D.","date":"February 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's play \"Caption That Photo\"! 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