{"id":6771,"date":"2015-12-14T09:34:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T14:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=6771"},"modified":"2015-12-14T09:34:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T14:34:53","slug":"take-5-red-tailed-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-red-tailed-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Red-tailed Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red-tailed hawks are found across most of Massachusetts, even during the cold months, which makes them ideal photography subjects. They’re so commonly seen\u00a0that it’s hard to believe they once nearly disappeared from the state due to shooting and pesticides.\u00a0Read more about these tenacious birds in our Breeding Bird Atlas 2<\/a>, and enjoy these five incredible portraits of red-tailed hawks from past editions of our Photo Contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"2015

2015 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Christopher Ciccone<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2015

2015 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 David Seibel<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2014

2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Doug Lyon<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2012

2012 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Greg Saulmon<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013

2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Jasmin Kee<\/p><\/div>\n

The winners of the 2015 Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest have been announced! See the winning photographs here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Red-tailed hawks are found across most of Massachusetts, even during the cold months, which makes them ideal photography subjects. They’re so commonly seen\u00a0that it’s hard to believe they once nearly disappeared from the state due to shooting and pesticides.\u00a0Read more about these tenacious birds in our Breeding Bird Atlas 2, and enjoy these five incredible […]<\/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-6771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-1Ld","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9846,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-high-flying-hawks\/","url_meta":{"origin":6771,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: High-Flying Hawks","author":"Ryan D.","date":"September 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"'Tis the season...the season of fall hawk migration, that is! 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