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		<title>California Ivory Gull</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 02:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California&#8217;s second, believe it or not, Ivory Gull is an adult hanging out on Pismo Beach near San Luis Obispo. Gonna be a few birders there in the morning!]]></description>
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		<title>Tiger-striped Dreams</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re birders all, of course, but wouldn&#8217;t you look away from the feathered folk for just a moment if you saw that face looking up at you? Looking &#8220;up&#8221; because you&#8217;d be elephant-back, close enough for the thrill, far enough for safety. Paul Holt writes about the excitement of our latest tour to Ranthambhore, Nainital, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gambell: Wow&#8211;As Always</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Lehman looks back on a spectacular fall at Gambell: I am now back home in San Diego, but Luke DeCicco et al. continue to soldier on at Gambell for another two weeks. After counting 4,375 Spectacled Eiders on 27 Sep, we added another 3,520 birds (again, almost all adult males) on 28 Sep, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Latest from Gambell</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Lehman writes: The news out of Gambell the past 5 days includes the following: Spectacled Eiders continue to pass by in reduced numbers, with the recent high being 715 birds on 4 Oct. The ratio of females to males in slowly increasing. Some impressive late dates being set (despite the cold and strong northerly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Bird Fair 2010</title>
		<link>http://wingsbirds.com/blog/2010/09/british-bird-fair-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many familiar WINGS faces can you find? Have a look especially at the roundup video from Day Two! http://www.birdfair.tv/]]></description>
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		<title>Plain-capped Starthroat in Arizona</title>
		<link>http://wingsbirds.com/blog/2010/06/plain-capped-starthroat-in-arizona/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Plain-capped Starthroat appeared Sunday at the Casa de San Pedro B&#38;B in Hereford, AZ. Jon Dunn&#8217;s tour Arizona: Second Spring spends three nights here next month. Will the starthroat still be there? No way to say, but historically, individuals of this species have lingered long and shown considerable &#8220;feeder fidelity&#8221; in southeast Arizona.]]></description>
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		<title>Another Solitary Snipe for Alaska</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 11:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Solitary Snipe, North America&#8217;s second, was collected on Attu May 24. The continent&#8217;s first was found by Gavin Bieber on a WINGS tour in September 2008&#8211;who knows what this year&#8217;s trip will turn up?]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-Day</title>
		<link>http://wingsbirds.com/blog/2010/05/pre-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 13:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Wright e-mails from Rome: It&#8217;s always tantalizing for a leader to show up the day before a tour begins. It&#8217;s essential, of course: there are always last-minute arrangements to attend to, always last-minute emergencies to fix. But once all that&#8217;s out of the way (and thanks to the yeoman work done by the Tour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birding the Lower Rio Grande</title>
		<link>http://wingsbirds.com/blog/2010/04/birding-the-lower-rio-grande/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NYT has a good-looking and very timely slide show from &#8220;The Valley&#8221; on line. If you&#8217;ve never been, this should whet your appetite&#8211;along with the most recent reports from Gavin Bieber&#8216;s spring and winter tours to one of the great meccas of American birding. Among the brilliant beauties lurking in the Rio Grande&#8217;s narrow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Santa Marta Sabrewing Lives!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rediscovery of the Santa Marta Sabrewing holds out hope for the many other &#8220;Santa Marta endemics&#8221; of Colombia. You can read all about it in today&#8217;s NYT.]]></description>
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