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		<title>The Case of the Mistaken Bird Identity or How I Met the Great Crested Flycatcher</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/07/25/the-case-of-the-mistaken-bird-identity-or-how-i-met-the-great-crested-flycatcher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a bit of excitement here at Bumblebee a couple of nights ago. I thought we had finally attracted some purple martins. I was outside with the little dogs and was watching the bluebirds who have moved into the purple martin gourds. They have been there all summer, having babies and using the long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Your Correspondent in Geneva</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/04/18/from-your-correspondent-in-geneva/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some things, I suppose, are universal—such as unfinished garden chores. Even here in Geneva, Switzerland, where I am on business this week, this quaint pink house across from my hotel has had bags and bags of neatly stacked mulch sitting around the garden waiting to be spread since I arrived here on Wednesday. I’m so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leavin&#8217; On a Jet Plane&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/04/04/leavin-on-a-jet-plane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Off to the Garden Bloggers Spring Fling! Followed by a trip to San Francisco. It&#8217;s difficult to go right now because of all that needs to be done in the garden. Plus, look who showed up yesterday. Our first bluebird of the season. And look who I saw in the back yard. We don&#8217;t often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Rent: Purple Martin Houses</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/03/02/for-rent-purple-martin-houses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lovely country location just yards from the Chesapeake Bay. Easy dining in your own hay field. Stylish gourd-style homes. Immediate occupancy. What do you think? Will I get any takers? We were very fortunate to have bluebirds set up house in our first year as bird landlords. I am hoping that the rural habitat is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Backyard Bird Count</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/02/17/the-great-backyard-bird-count/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Ripley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the weekend of the Great Backyard Bird Count&#8230; So, naturally, I have been counting birds. Okay, I stopped to take some photos too. The Great Backyard Bird Count is a special four-day count over President&#8217;s Day weekend. Last year more than 81,000 checklists of birds were supplied by backyard bird watchers. The Project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Demented Tufted Titmouse</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/02/01/demented-tufted-titmouse-013108/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our house is under siege from a demented tufted titmouse. By any measure, these cute little birds are aggressive. They will swoop down and help themselves to the hair of a sleeping dog or steal threads from your laundry drying in the sun to line their nests. But this particular titmouse is attacking our house [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Abundance of Mourning Doves</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/01/29/an-abundance-of-mourning-doves-012908/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the bird experts, mourning doves are among the most abundant birds in the U.S. I can certainly vouch for that fact judging from the visitors at my backyard feeding station. In fact, as part of my count for Project FeederWatch this past weekend, I counted 28 mourning doves at one time! So even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evening Grosbeaks Make a Comeback</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/01/24/evening-grosbeaks-make-a-comeback-012308/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/01/24/evening-grosbeaks-make-a-comeback-012308/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That was the headline today in the Project FeederWatch e-newsletter. I feel like I am on the edge of this breaking news story! It was just in December that I saw a gross of Evening Grosbeaks at my hopper/platform feeder. Evening Grosbeaks at the Backyard Hopper/Platform Feeder Project FeederWatch, which I posted about just a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Perfect Volunteer Activity for the Slow Lifestyle: Project FeederWatch</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/01/20/the-perfect-volunteer-activity-for-the-slow-lifestyle-project-feederwatch-012008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2008/01/20/the-perfect-volunteer-activity-for-the-slow-lifestyle-project-feederwatch-012008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have finally found the perfect wildlife conservation project—and all I have to do is sit in my favorite chaise and count birds. It’s for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Project FeederWatch. Okay, I also have to enter some data into the Project FeederWatch database, but that’s a cinch. Oh. And I have to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Gross of Grosbeaks</title>
		<link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2007/12/14/a-gross-of-grosbeaks-121407/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2007/12/14/a-gross-of-grosbeaks-121407/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call me silly or naive, but I feel honored when a special bird visits my bird feeding station. This fabulously beautiful and interesting bird is the Evening Grosbeak. The flock is, indeed, a gross of grosbeaks&#8211;I didn&#8217;t just invent that. Until today I had only seen a single Evening Grosbeak. That was about a year [...]]]></description>
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