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	<title> &#187; Butterflies</title>
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		<title>A Rare Butterfly in the Yard</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/08/12/rare-butterfly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) Thanks to a poor monsoon here in the Dragoon Mountains, there are few wildflowers blooming except for the plants we grow in our yard. To keep them going we water with stored rainwater or graywater. We try to plant only native plants but I can&#8217;t give up Lantanas because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Desert Marble</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/03/14/desert-marble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) There is nothing blooming here now. There is very little that even looks like it could bloom soon except for the Penstemon parryi which somehow made it through the days of frigid weather that devastated so much of the plant life up here. So, on a recent trip to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trickling In</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/03/20/trickling-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blue-gray Gnatcatcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Echo Azure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurasian Collared-Dove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lincoln's Sparrow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) Some real signs of spring revealed themselves in in the first week of March here in the Dragoons. A trip up to the Stronghold found a few early butterfly species flying like this Mourning Cloak. It&#8217;s not often one of these poses so nicely, wings spread, to catch the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go Away Birds</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2009/05/18/go-away-birds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 05:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wanderings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bronzed Cowbird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brown-headed Cowbird]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) There&#8217;s a bird in Africa called the Go-Away Bird. It gets this name from the &#8220;go away&#8221; sound of its call. Strange label for a beautiful bird. We actually got to see some in Tanzania. White-bellied Go-Away Bird (Corythiaxoides leucogaster) But I digress. This post is not about African [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rainbow Colors</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2009/05/06/rainbow-colors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 01:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bullock's Oriole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cassin's Kingbird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigo Bunting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lazuli Bunting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott's Oriole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Tanager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilson's Warbler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) Birds of all colors of the rainbow and then some have passed through here this month. Spring migration has far exceeded my expectations. Most of the mesquite trees are leafed-out now and there is a fresh, green canopy over the dry golden grasslands. Some have even begun to flower. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March Butterflies</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2009/03/21/march-butterflies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Powdered-Skipper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Swallowtail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dainty Sulphur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican Yellow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Painted Lady]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pipevine Swallowtail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiny Checkerspot]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on photo to enlarge) With warmer weather approaching (we&#8217;ve been in the high 70s, low 80s this week), more insect activity is evident. My meager offerings in the butterfly and hummingbird gardens have already attracted an amazing variety of insects. Seventeen species of butterflies have visited the flowering plants such as Lantana, Gaura lindheimeri, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating a Landscape</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2009/03/12/creating-a-landscape/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2009/03/12/creating-a-landscape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Butterflies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochise County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on photo to enlarge) Today we had our first hummingbird of the year visit our feeders. A week ago, I got a fleeting glimpse of one as it sped past the yard but it departed too quickly for me to identify it. Today&#8217;s hummer was a female Anna&#8217;s. Thanks to high winds, the feeder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh dear&#8230;deer!</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2009/02/24/oh-deardeer/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2009/02/24/oh-deardeer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Butterflies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mammals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wanderings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mule Deer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on photo to enlarge) On occasional mornings we&#8217;ve been noticing that the birdbaths are completely dry. Evaporation is alway a possibility but it would not empty a filled birdbath overnight! We&#8217;d seen deer in the area but were suspecting Javelina. Then one morning we watched through a window as a small herd casually walked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Fall Arthropods</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/11/27/fall-insects/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/11/27/fall-insects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) While down in the wash photographing butterflies, one can&#8217;t help but notice the abundance of other insects on the Yellow Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus). Some are seeking nectar, others are using the stems for basking or are chewing on the leaves. Others lie in wait for some unsuspecting insect to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Rabbitbrush Blooms</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/11/15/when-rabbitbrush-blooms/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/11/15/when-rabbitbrush-blooms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ctenucha Moth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rabbitbrush]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) October light brings the Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) into bloom. It is a highly anticipated time for those of us interested in pollinators, especially Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) The wash that runs through our land is populated with many Rabbitbrush shrubs. They must like [...]]]></description>
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