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		<title>Going &#8220;Down Under&#8221; (NZ #6)</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2012/05/12/going-down-under-nz-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 05:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bar-tailed Godwit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firth of Thames]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miranda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pied Stilt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wrybill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) Thermals and Shorebirds &#8212; January 22, 2012 Orakei Korako Thermal Park New Zealand is one of the best thermal areas in the world (as evidenced by the many dormant and semi-dormant volcanoes) so we decided to spend part of a day exploring an area 45 minutes south of Rotorua [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going &#8220;Down Under&#8221; (NZ #5)</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2012/04/12/going-down-under-nz-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anthus novaeseelandiae ssp novaeseelandiae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australasian Magpie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aythya novaeseelandiae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Swan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chateau Tongariro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cygnus atratus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gymnorhina tibicen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake Rotoaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mt. Ruapehu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand Pipit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tongariro National Park]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on an image to enlarge) Central North Island &#8212; January 21, 2012 After spending the night at the beautiful Chateau Tongariro in Tongariro National Park, a World Heritage Site, we birded around the hotel grounds for a short while in the morning before heading up to the Mt. Ruapehu volcano. Chateau Tongariro Among the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going &#8220;Down Under&#8221; (NZ #4)</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2012/03/31/going-down-under-nz-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wanderings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arachnocampa luminosa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fungus Gnat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mangawhitikau Cave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand Pigeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rurakuri Scenic Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waitomo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) Waitomo Glowworm Caves &#8212; North Island, 1/20/2012 Heading southwest from Otohoranga, our next destination was the small town of Waitomo where we stayed in a very comfortable B&#38;B, Waitomo Caves Guest Lodge. Waitomo is known for its &#8220;glow worm caves&#8221; so we thought we&#8217;d sign up for a tour. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going &#8220;Down Under&#8221; (NZ #3)</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2012/03/18/going-down-under-nz-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wanderings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Athene noctua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brown Quail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coturnix ypsilophora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Falco novaseelandia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little Owl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand Falcon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Otorohanga Kiwi House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) January 19, 2012 &#8211; North Island (continued) Otorohanga Kiwi House and Native Bird Park provided not only the opportunity to see live Kiwis but it also gave us the opportunity to see some of New Zealand&#8217;s native birds that we may or may not see on our travels. Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dry Tortugas</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2012/03/11/the-dry-tortugas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anous stolidus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Skimmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brown Noddy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charadrius melodus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dendroica palmarum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fort Jefferson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fregata magnificens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden Key]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magnificent Frigatebird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Masked Boobie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Onychoprion fuscatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palm Warbler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pelecanus occidentalis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rynchops niger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandwich Tern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sooty Tern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Streptopelia decaocto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strymon columella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sula dacylatra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thalasseus sandvicensis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whimbrel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) It had been windy (but warm) with rain squalls from Sunday through Wednesday but Thursday, 3/1, was one of those &#8220;perfect&#8221; weather days. This was fortunate because we had made reservations to take the ferry to the Dry Tortugas, about 70 miles west of Key West. The trip has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going &#8220;Down Under&#8221; (NZ #2)</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2012/02/20/going-down-under-nz-2/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2012/02/20/going-down-under-nz-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Auckland Botanic Gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Chaffinch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little Grebe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand Dabchick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paradise Shellduck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red-billed Gull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) January 19, 2011 &#8211; North Island Anxious to start exploring North Island, we left Auckland on the morning of our second day and headed south. Along the highway, not far from the city, we saw a sign for the Auckland Botanic Gardens so decided to stop there. Entrance, Auckland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going &#8220;Down Under&#8221; (NZ #1)</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2012/02/19/going-down-under-nz-1/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2012/02/19/going-down-under-nz-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wanderings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chaffinch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurasian Blackbird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gray Warbler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greenfinch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manukay Harbor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand Kingfisher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silvereye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Island Pied Oystercatcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welcome Swallow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White-faced Heron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yellowhammer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) On January 15, 2012 our New Zealand/Australia odyssey began as we boarded a plane in Tucson bound for Los Angeles, Hawaii and our final destination for that leg &#8212; New Zealand. The next series of posts will recount our adventures while &#8220;down under.&#8221; January 18 &#8211;  North Island, Auckland, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting Fresh &#8212; 2012</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2012/01/08/starting-fresh-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochise County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sparrows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wanderings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melospiza georgiana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swamp Sparrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yellow-headed Blackbird]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) The new year has arrived like a lamb &#8212; beautiful spring-like weather and lots of great birds around. It hasn&#8217;t taken long for some rare birds to show up either. My New Year&#8217;s birding resolution for 2012 is to concentrate on adding new birds to my lists &#8212; no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrapping Up 2011</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/12/30/wrapping-up-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sparrows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tucson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clark's Grebe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox Sparrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golden-crowned Kinglet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horned Grebe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myiarchus nuttingi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutting's Flycatcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passerella iliaca]]></category>

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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>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/12/08/two-more/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/12/08/two-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rare Birds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wanderings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cave Swallow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cliff Swallow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petrochelidon fulva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petrochelidon pyrrhonota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Troglodytes heimalis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter Wren]]></category>

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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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