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	<title> &#187; Arizona</title>
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	<description>Observing Nature in Southeast Arizona and Beyond</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>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[Scaled Quail]]></category>

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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>A Day in the Pinaleños</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/06/19/pinalenos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hummingbirds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reptiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wanderings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dankworth Pond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican Gartersnake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mt. Graham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penstemon parryi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinalenos Mountains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spotted Owl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strix occidentalis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thamnophis eques]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) The Pinaleños Mountains are located in Graham county which is just north of Cochise County. The 14th highest peak in Arizona, Mt. Graham (10,696 feet), is located in these mountains. Driving north on US 191, you take a left onto Swift Trail (AZ 366) just a few miles south [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[Long-billed Dowitcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sulphur Springs Valley]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/05/07/hes-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 04:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Calothorax lucifer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucifer Hummingbird]]></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[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>
		<category><![CDATA[Gray Hawk]]></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[Acorn Woodpecker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bewick's Wren]]></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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