{"id":9846,"date":"2017-09-25T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=9846"},"modified":"2017-09-25T09:30:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T13:30:30","slug":"take-5-high-flying-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-high-flying-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: High-Flying Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Tis the season…the season of fall hawk migration, that is! Each year in late summer and early fall, thousands of hawks and their young move through the state from northern breeding grounds to wintering areas often far to the south. While the majority of broad-wing hawks depart by late September, now\u2019s your chance to see the best variety of migrating hawks, as well as several species of falcons and late-moving ospreys, eagles, and northern harriers.<\/p>\n

Enjoy these five fantastic photographs of hawks from past years of our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest<\/a> and check out our How to Hawk Watch<\/a> guide\u2014then get out there and hawk watch like pro!<\/p>\n

This year’s photo contest closes on September 30, so be sure to enter your nature photographs<\/a> today!<\/p>\n

\"Red-tailed

Red-tailed Hawk \u00a9 Nathan Goshgarian<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Cooper's

Cooper’s Hawk \u00a9 Lee Fortier<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Red-shouldered

Red-shouldered Hawk \u00a9 Richard Alvarnaz<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Broad-winged

Broad-winged Hawk \u00a9 Joseph Cavanaugh<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Cooper's

Cooper’s Hawk \u00a9 Mary Anne Doyle<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘Tis the season…the season of fall hawk migration, that is! Each year in late summer and early fall, thousands of hawks and their young move through the state from northern breeding grounds to wintering areas often far to the south. While the majority of broad-wing hawks depart by late September, now\u2019s your chance to see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":9853,"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":[60,83,84],"class_list":["post-9846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-take-5","tag-hawks","tag-photo-contest","tag-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/09\/208NathanGoshgarian6119_fi.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2yO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13166,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-red-shouldered-hawks\/","url_meta":{"origin":9846,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Red-shouldered Hawks","author":"Ryan D.","date":"September 30, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Throughout September, birders and raptor-lovers have kept a careful eye on the sky on warm days, looking for \"kettles\" of hawks, climbing slowly upward in a spiral pattern on rising thermals (warm air pockets). 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