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	<title>Birding Alaska &#187; Butterflies</title>
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		<title>Yellow-bellied Flycatcher in Alaska</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the frenetic spring and summer breeding season is over and my schedule has eased up I have some time to post photos of this summer&#8217;s adventures. One of the highlights of my summer was a short trip that Bob Dittrick and I took to a nondescript ridge called Deadhorse Pass on the Eureka [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birding the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just returned from three weeks (June 13-July 2) in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge where I led two birding trips for Wilderness Birding Adventures.  Below is a brief photo tour through some of the many highlights. Fledgling Gray-headed Chickadee Poecile cincta, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 16 June 2010. The large white cheek patch, gray [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milbert&#8217;s Tortoiseshell</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 06:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Milbert&#8217;s Toroiseshell, Aglais milberti, Homer, 9 April 2010. Despite the piles of snow still in the yard, the first butterfly of the spring came out today.]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Blue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Northern Blue Lycaeides idas resting on last year&#8217;s Yarrow Achillea millefolium at Kenny Lake, 15 July 2009. A flashy little dude. I thought I should post another butterfly photo since I&#8217;m now on board the NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson and will be in the Bering Sea for the next 18 days.  I probably won&#8217;t see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dorcas Copper</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dorcas Copper Lycaena dorcas, Tern Lake, Kenai Peninsula, 8 July 2009. The birding was a bit slow today, but the butterflies picked up the slack.  I photographed these Dorcas Coppers at Tern Lake on the Kenai Peninsula this evening.  There were several cavorting along the lake edge at the main pull-out on the Sterling Highway.]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Butterflies</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/07/05/arctic-butterflies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update 24 July 2009. I&#8217;ve edited the information here since the original post on July 5th based on feedback that I received from members of the Western Canada Butterflies List-serve.  Several members, most notably Norbert Kondla, provided expertise and guidance on the identification of many of these butterflies. You can read my original post to [...]]]></description>
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