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	<title>A Passion for Nature</title>
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	<description>WinterWoman's Observations of the Natural World</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>More Experiments with the 70-300</title>
		<link>http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/more-experiments-with-the-70-300/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m thinking I could like this lens, though it will take me some more practice, and some coaching, to understand all the features and idiosyncrasies&#8230;

The white Large-flowered Trillium turns pink as it ages.
 

Fresh Maple leaves look as &#8220;teneral&#8221; as a new dragonfly&#8217;s wings.
 

Do you recognize this proud fellow?  He and his friends gave my Lolli [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Aging Trillium</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Maple Leaves</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Familiar Silhouette</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Ferns</media:title>
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		<title>I Love My Bluebirds!</title>
		<link>http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/i-love-my-bluebirds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 23:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first started working at Audubon, I took a workshop on attracting and caring for Eastern Bluebirds.  We put lots of boxes out all over the place.  I don&#8217;t monitor them as often as I could and I don&#8217;t submit the data, because I just don&#8217;t have time in the Spring.  But I do [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Female Bluebird on Box - actually last year's picture... but the bluebirds are using the same box this year!</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Bluebird Eggs</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Eastern Bluebird Female on the Nest</media:title>
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		<title>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day!</title>
		<link>http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/happy-mothers-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 16:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winterwoman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Canada Goose]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Eastern Bluebird]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Canada Goose Babies (How many can you see?)
 

Eastern Bluebird Mother on the Nest

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			<media:title type="html">Goslings - Gaggle</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Eastern Bluebird Female on the Nest</media:title>
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		<title>Friends with Lenses</title>
		<link>http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/friends-with-lenses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 23:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned to my friends at Photo Club that I plan to rent a couple of lenses in the next few weeks to see how I like them, before I invest in one of my own.  Terry Lorenc was kind enough to loan me his Canon 70-300 f4.5-5.6 IS.

I spent some time Friday and Saturday [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Some kind of fly near the creek</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">New Leaves</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">West Virginia White on leaves</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Canada Goose</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Ladybug</media:title>
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		<title>Ewww&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/ewww/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 23:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winterwoman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[insects]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I posted this photo on my Flickr site, I got two comments:

Blech! - makeupanid

And:

Yuck!  I hate these things! - craftermom

The nests are created by Eastern Tent Caterpillars (Malacosoma americanum).  The eggs overwintered and hatched in spring.  The larva are social and live in this shelter they build together, emerging to eat tree leaves when [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Tent Caterpillars</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Eastern Tent Caterpillars</media:title>
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		<title>Monday Hike at Timbercrest</title>
		<link>http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/monday-hike-at-timbercrest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 23:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winterwoman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday was the only day in this week&#8217;s forecast that showed sun.  Since I didn&#8217;t have to be to work until 2:00pm, I decided to hop in the car at 7am and head for my favorite place in the world:  Girl Scout Camp Timbercrest.  I thought I&#8217;d see what was blooming and take advantage of [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Pin Cherry</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">False Hellabore in Keyser Lake</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Early Lowbush Blueberry</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Large-flowered Trillium Closeup</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Wintergreen Closeup</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Fiddlehead</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Golden Saxifrage Closeup</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Prickly Gooseberry or Dogberry Closeup</media:title>
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		<title>Birdathon</title>
		<link>http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/birdathon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 23:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winterwoman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For several years running, the education staff at Jamestown Audubon, along with some stalwart and dedicated friends, has gone out birding for bucks.  Early in April, we begin begging friends, acquaintances, and strangers for pledges.  They can give a set amount, or they can be brave and pledge per species.
We pick a day early in [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher by Jim Gilbert at Flickr</media:title>
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		<title>Three Buttercups</title>
		<link>http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/three-buttercups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 23:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winterwoman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Buttercup Family is called Ranunculaceae.  It&#8217;s a big family.  In the last week, three different species have been catching my eye.

Marsh Marigolds (Caltha palustris) are spilling out of wet places into the ditches on the sides of roads where I drive to work.  They are under the bridges of the trails at Audubon.  They [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Marsh Marigolds in the Afternoon Sun</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Everybody Likes Marsh Marigolds</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Swamp Buttercup</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Kidney-leaved Buttercup</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Kidney-leaved Buttercup Closeup</media:title>
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		<title>Clusters of Four-Petalled Flowers</title>
		<link>http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/clusters-of-four-petalled-flowers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 09:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winterwoman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my, there are several plants with clusters of four-petalled flowers - usually white, or pinkish - that are blooming now.  A bunch of them are called Toothworts, also Pepperroot, or Crinkleroot.  I was curious where these names came from and turned up this bit from The Encyclopedia of Shade Perennials by Wolfram George Schmid:

Many [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Could it be Large Toothwort?</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Is it Slender Toothwort?</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Mountain Watercress</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Mountain Watercress Leaves</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Cuckoo Flowers</media:title>
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		<title>Dragon Season Begins</title>
		<link>http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/dragon-season-begins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 23:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been seeing Common Green Darners for weeks - migrants, back from the south.

And lots of Eastern Forktails emerging all over the place - locals, all&#8230;  travelling not far from their birth ponds. Perhaps other forktail species, too. I haven&#8217;t looked that closely, yet.

 
It surprised me, though, to see this teneral on the bark of [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Common Green Darner - Female Teneral Closeup</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Eastern Forktail by Jeremy Martin</media:title>
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