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		<title>December Trivia Question</title>
		<link>http://wingsbirds.com/blog/2010/12/december-trivia-question-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What group of familiar birds was once assigned to the genus Urinator&#8211;and why? Post your answer as a comment here at The Wingbeat: The WINGS Birding Blog. The first correct answer, and the wittiest (yet still tasteful) response, will win their authors a WINGS cap, which they can wear with a pride shared by last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New WINGS Website</title>
		<link>http://wingsbirds.com/blog/2010/12/the-new-wings-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve always been proud of the clean look and easy &#8220;navigation&#8221; of the WINGS website, but over the past couple of weeks, a good thing has got even better. In addition to all the usual information about upcoming tours, the redesigned website now offers &#8220;real-time&#8221; reports from WINGS leaders in the field, alerts of new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October Trivia Question: An Answer</title>
		<link>http://wingsbirds.com/blog/2010/11/october-trivia-question-an-answer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We asked: You encounter a flock of exactly 100 small sandpipers; careful inspection proves that they are all of the same species. On a whim, you count the toes, coming up with an absolutely accurate total of 602. What is the species? Famously, the only small sandpiper lacking a hind toe is  Sanderling. Thus, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Ivory Gull</title>
		<link>http://wingsbirds.com/blog/2010/11/california-ivory-gull/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://wingsbirds.com/blog/2010/11/tiger-striped-dreams/</link>
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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>October 2010 Trivia Question</title>
		<link>http://wingsbirds.com/blog/2010/10/october-2010-trivia-question/</link>
		<comments>http://wingsbirds.com/blog/2010/10/october-2010-trivia-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s stretch our mathematical muscles this month: You encounter a flock of exactly 100 small sandpipers; careful inspection proves that they are all of the same species. On a whim, you count the toes, coming up with an absolutely accurate total of 602. What is the species? Leave your answer as a comment below. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September Trivia Question: Our Answer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We asked: What is the connection between Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow, and Napoleon? We&#8217;d expected the Californians to jump on this one. Both the Modesto Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia mailliardi and the Bicolored Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus mailliardorum are West Coast subspecies named for California&#8217;s Mailliard brothers (in the case of the sparrow, for Joseph [...]]]></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>
		<link>http://wingsbirds.com/blog/2010/10/the-latest-from-gambell/</link>
		<comments>http://wingsbirds.com/blog/2010/10/the-latest-from-gambell/#comments</comments>
		<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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