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	<title> &#187; Cochise County</title>
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	<description>Observing Nature in Southeast Arizona and Beyond</description>
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		<title>The Bats of Summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) For some reason, I never paid much attention to the little bats that use our porch ceilings for temporary roosts at night. I can&#8217;t even put a date on when they first showed up but the first sign that the bats have returned are the little pieces of bat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Skylarking Sparrow</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/08/20/the-skylarking-sparrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 05:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) Last year we neither saw nor heard a sparrow that should be common in the habitat in which we live &#8212; higher elevation grasslands with small shrubs, agaves and yuccas. Perhaps it was the lack of monsoon rains which were so infrequent that the grasses never did green up. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ash-throated Flycatchers</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/08/14/ash-throated-flycatchers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) They return around mid-April and I usually hear them before I see them. I say to myself &#8220;Oh good, the flycatchers have arrived. It&#8217;s about time.&#8221; The nest boxes, installed before we even moved into our house, are ready for their arrival and it isn&#8217;t too long before the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rewind</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/08/06/rewind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) Since I&#8217;ve missed blogging for most of the summer, but still have a lot of things to write about, I thought I&#8217;d &#8220;rewind&#8221; a few months and take up where I left off for the next couple of posts. A pair of Scaled Quail showed up with a whole [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monsoon</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/08/02/monsoon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) I&#8217;ve been away from this blog for too long but with good reason. A close family member has been ill for some months now and I haven&#8217;t felt much like blogging. It&#8217;s time to get back to the positive side of things. The good news is: we have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shorebirding in Arizona</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/05/23/shorebirding-in-arizona/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 05:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) When we left the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean, I wondered if I should give away some of my books on waterbirds (gulls, waders, shorebirds). That would have been a big mistake! Little did I realize that many of the same birds that occur in Maryland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>He&#8217;s Back!</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/05/07/hes-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 04:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hummingbirds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Calothorax lucifer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) A very nice surprise yesterday morning as I stepped out onto the patio and Mr. Lucifer was at the feeder. My first thought was &#8212; could this be the same individual that appeared at the feeder last August 9 and remained for 23 days? I&#8217;m guessing it is because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yard Bird #112</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/05/01/yard-bird-112/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/05/01/yard-bird-112/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 23:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black-headed Grosbeak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pheucticus ludovicianus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pheucticus melanocephalus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rose-breasted Grosbeak]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) On Thursday, April 29, we had one of our windiest days ever &#8212; a high wind speed of 43 mph with gusts up to 54 mph! It&#8217;s amazing anything is left standing. I was hoping a few new birds might be blown in and I was not disappointed. Up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to Begin?</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/04/23/where-to-begin/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/04/23/where-to-begin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Buteo nitidis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calypte costae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costa's Hummingbird]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) It&#8217;s hard to know where to begin when one hasn&#8217;t posted a blog entry for almost two weeks! Especially when there&#8217;s a lot to tell.  My excuse is that I&#8217;d rather be out in the field than sitting at my computer typing at this time of the year. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bird Portraits</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/04/07/bird-portraits/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/04/07/bird-portraits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) Sometimes it&#8217;s nice to just be able to set up your camera, sit comfortably and wait for the birds come to you. At the end of March I spent another morning at Battiste&#8217;s B&#38;B in Lower Miller Canyon, Hereford, for another try at the Piñon Jay. It semi-cooperated by [...]]]></description>
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