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	<description>Observing Nature in Southeast Arizona and Beyond</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[Nature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tucson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wanderings]]></category>
		<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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rare Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tucson]]></category>
		<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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		<title>Rarities Continued&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/12/04/rarities-continued/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/12/04/rarities-continued/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tucson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wanderings]]></category>
		<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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nestbox.com/blog/?p=2884</guid>
		<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>Kittiwake!!</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/11/06/kittiwake/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/11/06/kittiwake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rare Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wanderings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black-legged Kittiwake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red-legged Kittiwake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rissa brevirostris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rissa tridactyla]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nestbox.com/blog/?p=2865</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) This past July we enjoyed a family get-together on a cruise ship sailing from Anchorage, AK to Vancouver, BC. One of the highlights was a day cruising in Glacier Bay. This is always a good area to observe Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), gulls that normally spend their time at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking Condors</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/10/19/seeking-condors/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/10/19/seeking-condors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wanderings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Condor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Canyon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gymnogyps californianus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vermilion Cliffs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nestbox.com/blog/?p=2801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) For most of the summer we&#8217;d been thinking about making a fall trip to the northeast section of Arizona. Our plan was to make stops at the Grand Canyon, Vermilion Cliffs, Canyon de Chelly and Monument Valley. On October 3rd we left for points north. Thanks to Mother Nature, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Unexpected Migrant</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/09/25/an-unexpected-migrant/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/09/25/an-unexpected-migrant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochise County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dragoon Mountain Foothills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gray Vireo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virio vicinior]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nestbox.com/blog/?p=2788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) Migration-wise, September is an exciting month. This one has been no exception. Rather than birding elsewhere, I prefer to stay home and watch the feeders or walk around our lot looking for the &#8220;first of season&#8221; migrants which arrive for the winter or pass through on their way south. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Return of the Sulphur-bellieds</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/07/30/return-of-the-sulphur-bellieds/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/07/30/return-of-the-sulphur-bellieds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 03:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochise County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dragoon Mountain Foothills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myiodynastes luteventris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) Two years ago, in June of 2009, I happily discovered a nesting pair of Sulphur-bellied Flycatchers in a sycamore wash here in the Dragoons. The wash was dry that year but the birds must have liked what they found here. Last year, when the wash was flowing almost all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Purple Gallinule</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/07/10/purple-gallinule/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/07/10/purple-gallinule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rare Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Porphyrio martinica]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nestbox.com/blog/?p=2694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on the photo to enlarge) Just a quick post today. Two days ago a Purple Gallinule was found at the Rio Rico Pond in Santa Cruz County. Today we had the opportunity to see if it was still there. It was. Purple Gallinules are listed as &#8220;casual&#8221; visitors with about 20 sightings of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buntings</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/06/06/buntings/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/06/06/buntings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochise County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dragoon Mountain Foothills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passerina versicolor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Varied Bunting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) Now that the May migration invasion is winding down, it&#8217;s time to reflect on the many species that stopped here at Kingbird Trail on their way to their preferred habitats. Among the most colorful were the buntings. Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena): A lone male arrived on March 30 well [...]]]></description>
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