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		<title>Wrapping Up 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) It&#8217;s hard to believe 2011 has only one more day before we ring in another year so this will be my last blog post for the year (unless a flamingo shows up in my yard tomorrow!). December 2011 has proven to be quite amazing bird-wise, so let me recap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;and Two More!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been an exceptional fall season for rare birds and just when you think there couldn&#8217;t possibly be another one, a couple more show up. There are so many eagle-eyed birders in this part of the country that not much seems to get overlooked and I can&#8217;t seem to pass up the temptation to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rarities Continued&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/12/04/rarities-continued/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochise County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aechmophorus occidentalis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Bittern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chestnut-sided Warbler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dendroica pensylvanica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gavia pacifica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larus canus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mew Gull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Loon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) If you&#8217;ve been wondering why I&#8217;ve not been blogging much lately, you can thank the &#8220;rarities.&#8221; I&#8217;ve been so busy tracking down some  of the numerous rare birds in Arizona this fall that I&#8217;ve been too exhausted to put a post together. Finally, I&#8217;m ready. After a long drive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Rarities</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/05/25/recent-rarities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 04:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cochise County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) It&#8217;s been quite a spring for rarities here in Southeast Arizona. There have been days, like today, when one can&#8217;t decide whether to try for the Prothonotary Warbler along the San Pedro River in Cochise County or drive a lot farther to Madera Canyon in Santa Cruz County and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The White Flycatcher</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/01/29/white-flycatcher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Common Moorhen. Pied-billed Grebe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leucistic Vermilion Flycatcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Shoveler]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yellow Warbler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) Over a week ago now (I&#8217;ve been doing domestic stuff like painting walls and got behind with blogging), I visited Sweetwater Wetlands Park in west central Tucson. It&#8217;s a convenient stop, just off of I-10 a bit northwest of the Prince Rd. exit. I hadn&#8217;t been to Sweetwater in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short-tailed Hawk&#8230;.finally!</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2009/02/06/short-tailed-hawkfinally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on photo to enlarge) I usually travel to Tucson once a week and for the last month or so have included a stop in a residential neighborhood where a Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus) has over-wintered for the past two years. Since it&#8217;s been seen by most of the birding population of Tucson, I thought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Packing Up and Yard Observations</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/09/14/packing-up-and-yard-happenings/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/09/14/packing-up-and-yard-happenings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on photo to enlarge) This could be my last post from Tucson. Our house is just about ready for occupancy and we&#8217;re very excited. The downside is the packing. So, as a pleasant way to avoid boxing up more stuff, I&#8217;ve decided to bring things up-to-date on yard happenings. Tecoma stans &#8216;Orange Jubilee&#8217; One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calliandra, Blue Butterflies &amp; Ants (conclusion)</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/09/06/calliandra-blue-butterflies-ants-conclusion/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/09/06/calliandra-blue-butterflies-ants-conclusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on photo to enlarge) In the last post we left off with mature chrysalids. Now we will watch a butterfly eclose (emerge). In the first photo, if you look carefully at the left side of the chrysalis, you can see it beginning to split open. Eclosure begins As the butterfly pushes out of its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calliandra, Blue Butterflies &amp; Ants (part 4)</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/09/05/calliandra-blue-butterflies-ants-part-4/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/09/05/calliandra-blue-butterflies-ants-part-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on photo to enlarge) After several weeks of dining on Baja Fairy Duster (Calliandra californica) flower parts, the caterpillars reach the last instar stage. From a mere speck on the plant, they have grown to an average of 13 mm. Eating ceases. Chemical changes are taking place inside and the caterpillars begin to wander [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calliandra, Blue Butterflies &amp; Ants (part 3)</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/09/02/calliandra-blue-butterflies-ants-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/09/02/calliandra-blue-butterflies-ants-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on photo to enlarge) Most members of the family Lycaenidae exhibit a relationship with ants referred to as &#8220;myrmecophily&#8221; which means &#8220;ant-loving.&#8221; When the Ceraunus Blue/Marine Blue caterpillars reach the third instar they are apparently now large enough to form this association with ants. While at the North American Butterfly Association Spring Meeting in [...]]]></description>
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