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		<title>The Red-breasted Sapsucker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Red-breasted Sapsucker (Syphyrapicus ruber) photo by Larry Jordan Please check out my latest West Coast Beat Writer post over at 10000 Birds to learn about the Red-breasted Sapsucker and leave a comment if you are so inclined! Also, if you use Google Friend Connect, please consider joining my site via the widget in the right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Let Obama Shut Out Endangered Species</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Northern Saw-Whet Owl photo by James D. Thompson ACTION ALERT FROM THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY Right now, the Obama administration is accepting comments on a draft policy interpreting the phrase &#8220;significant portion of its range&#8221; (SPOIR), which specifies that if a species is at risk of extinction in any significant portion of range, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Friendly Loggerhead Shrike Ends My Drought</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) photos by Larry Jordan It all started with the Fall River Christmas Bird Count (CBC) back on December 17th. Well actually it started a week or so before that with the rare bird alert of the Falcated Duck at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. Then there were the unusual sightings of Surf [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hermit Thrushes Dining on Berries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) photos by Larry Jordan One of my favorite things about winter in northern California is seeing my first Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) and hearing their short little tchup, tchup, tchup call, which I usually seem to think is an American Robin calling. They come down from their breeding grounds in the higher elevations, where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Environment Is Under Attack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gray Wolf (Canus lupis) photo courtesy of Rocky Mountain Tracking Our environment is under attack by the United States Congress! Current members in the U.S. House of Representatives have cast the most anti-environment votes of any Congress in history. You can read the minority report in its entirety from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce here. The conclusion [...]]]></description>
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