{"id":8265,"date":"2016-10-06T08:37:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T12:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=8265"},"modified":"2016-10-06T08:37:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T12:37:30","slug":"take-5-fall-feathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-fall-feathers\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Fall Feathers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The searing heat of the dog days of summer has finally passed, and cool autumn weather is upon us. Some much-needed rain has perked up sun-scorched grasses and with each passing day, more and more trees are displaying their radiant fall splendor.<\/p>\n

To celebrate the turning of the seasons, here are five great photos of birds in fall, all past submissions to our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors Photo Contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Barred

Barred Owl \u00a9 Cheryl Rose, Photo Contest 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Canada

Canada Geese \u00a9 Harold Dubnow, Photo Contest 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Golden-crowned

Golden-crowned Kinglet \u00a9 Mary Keleher, Photo Contest 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Blue

Blue Jay \u00a9 Davey Walters, Photo Contest 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Black-capped

Black-capped Chickadee \u00a9 Rich Lewis, Photo Contest 2014<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The searing heat of the dog days of summer has finally passed, and cool autumn weather is upon us. Some much-needed rain has perked up sun-scorched grasses and with each passing day, more and more trees are displaying their radiant fall splendor. To celebrate the turning of the seasons, here are five great photos of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"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-8265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-29j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":8265,"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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