{"id":4836,"date":"2015-02-17T07:28:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T12:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=4836"},"modified":"2015-02-19T14:09:46","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T19:09:46","slug":"take-5-the-bald-and-the-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-the-bald-and-the-beautiful\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: The Bald and the Beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pesticide DDT and hunting once pushed bald eagles out of Massachusetts, but they’re back and soaring over the state in record numbers. Our Photo Contest<\/a> photographers have captured stunning portraits of these birds. Here are five of our favorites.<\/p>\n

\"2013<\/a>

2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Dean Pariseau<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Immature<\/a>

Immature bald eagle 2012 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Robert Des Rosiers<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013<\/a>

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

\"2014<\/a>

2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Sherry Leffert<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2014<\/a>

2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Michael Phillips<\/p><\/div>\n

Plus, learn all about bald eagles with our new quick guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The pesticide DDT and hunting once pushed bald eagles out of Massachusetts, but they’re back and soaring over the state in record numbers. Our Photo Contest photographers have captured stunning portraits of these birds. Here are five of our favorites. Plus, learn all about bald eagles with our new quick guide.<\/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-4836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-1g0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":4836,"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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