{"id":3102,"date":"2026-02-10T17:52:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/?p=3102"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:52:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:52:51","slug":"a-great-weekend-outdoors-awaits-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/?p=3102","title":{"rendered":"A Great Weekend Outdoors Awaits Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/large-11.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/large-11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/large-11.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/large-11-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/large-11-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/large-11-272x182.jpeg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The freezing weather is over, the sun is shining and the outdoors await.<br>There are two great events this weekend.<br>The biggest one is the Great Backyard Bird Count, which is a major mid-winter bird survey that occurs Feb. 13-16 and has become a global event.<br>Survey  birds in your backyard or anywhere else and enter the data in ebird.<br>If you do not have an account, set up one. It&#8217;s  free.<br>The site allows you to post photos, too.<br>Meanwhile, during the same weekend, Florida state parks are offering free admission in honor of George Washington&#8217;s birthday.<br>Find your park and plan your visit at FloridaStateParks.org. To learn more about Florida\u2019s role in America\u2019s 250th anniversary, visit America250FL.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The freezing weather is over, the sun is shining and the outdoors await.There are two great events this weekend.The biggest one is the Great Backyard Bird Count, which is a major mid-winter bird survey that occurs Feb. 13-16 and has become a global event.Survey birds in your backyard or anywhere else and enter the data [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gci"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3108,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3102\/revisions\/3108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}