{"id":4443,"date":"2014-12-01T10:55:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T15:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=4443"},"modified":"2014-12-01T10:55:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T15:55:50","slug":"take-5-white-breasted-nuthatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-white-breasted-nuthatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: White-Breasted Nuthatch"},"content":{"rendered":"

The white-breasted nuthatch may be considered a common winter bird, but it is far from ordinary. While many Massachusetts birds cling and crawl on the trunks of trees, only curious little nuthatches descend trees head-first. Learn more about these species<\/a> and enjoy these five photographs from the photo contest archive.<\/p>\n

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2013 Photo Contest Entry, copyright Judith Davis<\/p><\/div>\n

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2011 Photo Contest Entry, copyright Rob Griffith<\/p><\/div>\n

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2011 Focus on Feeders Photo Contest Entry, copyright Tom Murray<\/p><\/div>\n

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2010 Photo Contest Entry, copyright Meyer Franklin<\/p><\/div>\n

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2011 Focus on Feeders Photo Contest Entry, copyright Renata Gilarova<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The white-breasted nuthatch may be considered a common winter bird, but it is far from ordinary. While many Massachusetts birds cling and crawl on the trunks of trees, only curious little nuthatches descend trees head-first. Learn more about these species and enjoy these five photographs from the photo contest archive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"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-4443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-19F","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14999,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-red-breasted-nuthatches\/","url_meta":{"origin":4443,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Red-Breasted Nuthatches","author":"Ryan D.","date":"December 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Folks this fall have been seeing a lot of Red-breasted Nuthatches\u2014a bird that is more commonly seen in regions north of Massachusetts (though not uncommon in the western part of the state). 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