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	<description>Observing Nature in Southeast Arizona and Beyond</description>
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		<title>Some Fall Insects</title>
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While down in the wash photographing butterflies, one can&#8217;t help but notice the abundance of other insects on the Yellow Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus). 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 get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/11/27/fall-insects/</link>
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		<title>When Rabbitbrush Blooms</title>
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October light brings the Yellow Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus vicidiflorus) into bloom. It is a highly anticipated time for those of us interested in pollinators, especially Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths).

Yellow Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus vicidiflorus)

Yellow Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus vicidiflorus)
The wash that runs through our land is populated with many rabbitbrush shrubs. They must like the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/11/15/when-rabbitbrush-blooms/</link>
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		<title>The Sparrows of Treaty Hill (part 5)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO
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This post concludes &#8220;The Sparrows of Treaty Hill.&#8221; I&#8217;m sure there are more sparrows to be found but I&#8217;ve not seen any new sparrow species in over a week so am assuming I&#8217;ve now photographed all of the &#8220;regulars.&#8221; Thirteen species is not bad at all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/11/09/the-sparrows-of-treaty-hill-part-5/</link>
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		<title>The Sparrows of Treaty Hill (part 4)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SAVANNAH SPARROW, LARK BUNTING, LARK SPARROW
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I almost missed the fleeting appearance of a single bathing Savannah Sparrow. Didn&#8217;t even realize I&#8217;d taken this picture until downloading photos on to the computer later in the day.  The most distinctive feature visible here is the yellow around the eye area (supercilium). This marking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/11/07/the-sparrows-of-treaty-hill-part-4/</link>
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		<title>The Sparrows of Treaty Hill (part 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BLACK-CHINNED, CHIPPING AND BREWER&#8217;S SPARROW

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Oddly there have been only two observed visits from the handsome Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) at the feeding station despite the fact that this is the sparrow that I&#8217;ve seen more than any other while driving around the Ranch before moving here. Perhaps it isn&#8217;t all that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/11/05/the-sparrows-of-treaty-hill-part-3/</link>
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		<title>The Sparrows of Treaty Hill (part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TOWHEES
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Towees are large birds (up to 9&#8243; long) compared to the other sparrows so it&#8217;s not surprising they were among the first sparrows I noticed.
The Canyon Towhee (Pipilo fuscus) was first seen poking around nearby vegetation. Initially wary, it was soon comfortable at the feeding station. The Canyon Towhee&#8217;s name is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/11/01/the-sparrows-of-treaty-hill-part-2/</link>
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		<title>The Sparrows of Treaty Hill (part 1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LINCOLN&#8217;S AND VESPER SPARROWS
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Living in the shadow, so to speak, of Treaty Hill (a local name for the hill from which Cochise&#8217;s son, Naiche, waved a white flag indicating the signing of the Broken Arrow Peace Treaty), I&#8217;m guessing that most of the sparrows I&#8217;m now seeing habituate on or near [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/10/30/the-sparrows-of-treaty-hill-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Back to Nature</title>
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It&#8217;s almost hard to believe that we&#8217;ve been in our new home just three days shy of a month. I won&#8217;t say it&#8217;s been all fun as we still have piles of stuff to sort and mucho landscaping to complete but in between the domestic stuff we&#8217;ve taken some time to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/10/22/back-to-nature/</link>
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		<title>Settling In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The long hiatus from posting here can be attributed to the pure exhaustion of packing up everything one owns and then unpacking it all again within a very short time frame. The rewards, however, are great. It was a smooth move, really, and we had the most perfect weather. Our first morning we woke up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/10/05/home-at-last/</link>
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		<title>Moving Day At Last!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the eve of the Big Day &#8212; tomorrow morning the movers arrive and by afternoon we&#8217;ll be on our merry way to the next county over and our new house in the Dragoon foothills. We&#8217;re so glad we had a whole year to experience the Sonoran Desert and look forward to many more visits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/09/24/moving-day-at-last/</link>
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