{"id":6669,"date":"2015-12-09T08:44:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T13:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=6669"},"modified":"2015-12-09T09:36:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T14:36:49","slug":"take-5-berkshire-sanctuaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-berkshire-sanctuaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Berkshires Sanctuaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mass Audubon has three wildlife sanctuaries in the Berkshires: Pleasant Valley<\/a> in Lenox, Canoe Meadows<\/a> in Pittsfield, and Lime Kiln Farm<\/a> in Sheffield. These beautiful places feature scenic views, forests, fields, wetlands, and abundant wildlife. Here are five portraits of this region from past participants in our Photo Contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Pleasant

Female yellow warbler, Pleasant Valley, 2012 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Michele Moore<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pleasant

Pleasant Valley, 2010 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Carol R. Balise<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pleasant

Beaver, Pleasant Valley, 2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Rebecca Connolly<\/p><\/div>\n

\"American

American goldfinch, Canoe Meadows, 2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Sandra G. Leonard<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Canoe

Spatterdock flowers, Canoe Meadows, 2015 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Stephen Maggio<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mass Audubon has three wildlife sanctuaries in the Berkshires: Pleasant Valley in Lenox, Canoe Meadows in Pittsfield, and Lime Kiln Farm in Sheffield. These beautiful places feature scenic views, forests, fields, wetlands, and abundant wildlife. Here are five portraits of this region from 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-6669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-1Jz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8284,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/icymi-berkshires-instagram-takeover\/","url_meta":{"origin":6669,"position":0},"title":"ICYMI: Berkshires’ Instagram Takeover","author":"Hillary T.","date":"October 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week, our Berkshires Wildlife Sanctuaries\u2014Pleasant Valley (Lenox), Canoe Meadows (Pittsfield), and Lime Kiln Farm (Sheffield)\u2014took over the Mass Audubon Instagram feed. 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