{"id":5907,"date":"2015-08-03T12:51:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T16:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=5907"},"modified":"2015-08-03T12:51:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T16:51:50","slug":"take-5-gorgeous-and-goofy-green-herons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-gorgeous-and-goofy-green-herons\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Gorgeous and Goofy Green Herons"},"content":{"rendered":"

The green heron is at once elegant and comical. This common wetland bird looks small and compact\u2014<\/span>but then something startles it, and up goes the head on a loooooong neck. Past participants in our Photo Contest<\/a> have captured this bird in graceful and funny poses. Read more<\/a> about the green heron in our Breeding Bird Atlas 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"2013

2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Yunzhong He<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013

2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Lois Prouty<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2014

2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Diane Robertson<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2011

2011 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Cheryl Rose<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2011

2011 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Sean McMahon<\/p><\/div>\n

Do you have a beautiful shot of your own? Consider entering our 2015 Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The green heron is at once elegant and comical. This common wetland bird looks small and compact\u2014but then something startles it, and up goes the head on a loooooong neck. Past participants in our Photo Contest have captured this bird in graceful and funny poses. Read more about the green heron in our Breeding Bird […]<\/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-5907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-1xh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":5907,"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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