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		<title>Starting Fresh &#8212; 2012</title>
		<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>
		<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>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/12/30/wrapping-up-2011/</link>
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		<title>Lunar Eclipse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you catch the lunar eclipse this morning? Here in Arizona we got to see part of it before sunrise. It will be two more years before the next set of lunar eclipses occur. Lunar Eclipse 12/10/11 6:33 am]]></description>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/12/10/lunar-eclipse-2/</link>
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		<title>&#8230;and Two More!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/12/08/two-more/</link>
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		<title>Rarities Continued&#8230;</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/12/04/rarities-continued/</link>
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		<title>Kittiwake!!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/11/06/kittiwake/</link>
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		<title>Seeking Condors</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/10/19/seeking-condors/</link>
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		<title>An Unexpected Migrant</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/09/25/an-unexpected-migrant/</link>
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		<title>September Rains</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) The monsoon season usually winds down in September but this year September felt like the beginning of the monsoon as it brought us more rain than July and August combined. Instead of our usual sunshine, we saw days like this: Rain in the Dragoons We&#8217;re not used to seeing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/09/21/september-rains/</link>
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		<title>Lizard vs. Hornworm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) Anyone who has grown tomato plants soon becomes familiar with the large green caterpillars of the Sphinx Moth family that can devour a tomato plant in a matter of days. Closely related and similar in appearance, both the Tomato Hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata) and Tobacco Hornworm (Manduca sexta) delight in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/08/29/lizard-vs-hornworm/</link>
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