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Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a> in Topsfield offers a wide variety of landscapes. Explore geological features that were created by glaciers, paddle the river, watch swallows zip over the meadows, and see much more along the 12+ miles of trails. Here are five photographs\u00a0of this wildlife sanctuary that were captured\u00a0by past participants in our Photo Contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"2013

2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Stanley Slysz<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2014

2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Jim Renault<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2014

2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Rod Parker<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013

2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Kalvin Janik<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2012

2012 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Paula Stephens<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in Topsfield offers a wide variety of landscapes. Explore geological features that were created by glaciers, paddle the river, watch swallows zip over the meadows, and see much more along the 12+ miles of trails. Here are five photographs\u00a0of this wildlife sanctuary that were captured\u00a0by past participants in our Photo Contest.<\/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-6433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-1FL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10263,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-snowy-scenes\/","url_meta":{"origin":6433,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Snowy Scenes","author":"Ryan D.","date":"December 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"There's something magical about our wildlife sanctuaries when they're draped in a fresh blanket of snow; over-wintering birds like chickadees and goldfinches flit between bare, icy branches and a peaceful hush envelops the world as the fluffy snow absorbs the sounds of their chirping and singing. 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