{"id":5594,"date":"2015-06-15T10:48:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T14:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=5594"},"modified":"2015-06-15T10:48:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T14:48:30","slug":"take-5-splish-splash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-splish-splash\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Splish Splash"},"content":{"rendered":"

One way to bring more birds to your yard is to add a source of water. Even the most elegant birds can’t resist making a huge splash. These five photos from past editions of our Photo Contest<\/a> perfectly capture the motion, joy, and mess of bathing birds.<\/p>\n

\"Wood

Wood duck, 2010 Photo Contest entry \u00a9 Michael Onyon<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Baltimore

Baltimore oriole, 2012 Photo Contest entry \u00a9 Sandy Slesky<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Eastern

Eastern bluebird, 2010 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Suzanne Niles<\/p><\/div>\n

\"American

American goldfinch, 2013 Photo Contest entry \u00a9 Kim Nagy<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Canada

Canada goose, 2013 Photo Contest entry \u00a9 Susumu Kishihara<\/p><\/div>\n

If you’re looking to purchase a bird bath, try the Audubon Shop<\/a> at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln. And please send us your wildlife action shots! Enter our 2015 Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One way to bring more birds to your yard is to add a source of water. Even the most elegant birds can’t resist making a huge splash. These five photos from past editions of our Photo Contest perfectly capture the motion, joy, and mess of bathing birds. If you’re looking to purchase a bird bath, […]<\/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-5594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-1se","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":5594,"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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