{"id":4874,"date":"2015-03-02T10:30:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T15:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=4874"},"modified":"2015-03-03T06:08:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T11:08:00","slug":"take-5-wicked-pretty-waxwings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-wicked-pretty-waxwings\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Wicked Pretty Waxwings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Waxwings are at once elegant and clown-like. One species, the cedar waxwing<\/a>, breeds in Massachusetts<\/a>, and another, the larger Bohemian waxwing, is an irregular winter visitor. The first species is a frequent subject of our Photo Contest<\/a> photographers. Here are five of our favorites.<\/p>\n

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2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Ken Conway<\/p><\/div>\n

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2012 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Stephen Flint<\/p><\/div>\n

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2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Glenn Rifkin<\/p><\/div>\n

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2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Alexandria Duncanson<\/p><\/div>\n

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2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Judith Keneman<\/p><\/div>\n

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Waxwings are at once elegant and clown-like. One species, the cedar waxwing, breeds in Massachusetts, and another, the larger Bohemian waxwing, is an irregular winter visitor. The first species is a frequent subject of our Photo Contest photographers. Here are five of our favorites.<\/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-4874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-1gC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4889,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/last-month-in-birding-february-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":4874,"position":0},"title":"Last Month in Birding: February 2015","author":"Rosemary","date":"March 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We\u2019re excited to announce a new blog feature that highlights some of the previous\u00a0month\u2019s most interesting bird sightings as suggested by our experts. 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