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	<title>Birding Alaska &#187; Shorebirds</title>
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		<title>Bristle-thighed Curlew</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/06/10/bristle-thighed-curlew/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just returned from leading two birding tours in Nome for Wilderness Birding Adventures. The two days that I get to spend each spring looking for Bristle-thighed Curlews are two of the best of the entire year. Here are a few shots of North America&#8217;s most beautiful shorebird. Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis, north of Nome, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long-billed and Long-staying</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/11/13/long-billed-and-long-staying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A single Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus in a flock of Rock Sandpipers Calidris ptilocnemis, Homer boat harbor, 13 November 2009. Dunlin Calidris alpina and Rock Sandpipers, Homer boat harbor, 13 November 2009. High tide today pushed a flock of about 2,500 Rock Sandpipers, 150 Dunlin and one stubborn Long-billed Dowitcher into the rocky corner of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Godwits Must Be Crazy</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/10/25/the-godwits-must-be-crazy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica baueri, near Green Timbers, Homer Spit, Homer 24 October 2009.  In addition to the barred tail, note the grayish plumage, checkered back pattern, distinct supercillium, shorter neck and legs, more compact shape and smaller size than the Marbled Godwit also present in Homer. One species of godwit in October is good&#8211;two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall Migration of the Marbled Godwit</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/10/21/marbled-godwit-in-fall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A rare fall Marbled Godwit in Homer]]></description>
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		<title>Fall Migration at Gambell</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/09/16/fall-migration-at-gambell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gambell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just returned from 12 days of birding in the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island with Wilderness Birding Adventures. Our fall tour was conducted from September 1st through the 7th, after which a few of us stayed on longer to see what else the island might produce.  As it turned out the bulk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southbound Shorebirds</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/08/14/southbound-shorebirds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Left to right: Wilson&#8217;s Snipe Gallinago delicata, Red Knot Calidris canutus, Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus, Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca and Short-billed Dowitcher (just barely in the shot) at Beluga Slough, Homer, 14 August 2009. Foul weather last night and today seemed to bring a few shorebirds into Beluga Slough and Mud Bay, Homer. The culvert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rarities from the Bering Sea</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/05/28/rarities-from-the-bering-sea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/05/28/rarities-from-the-bering-sea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 22:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pribilofs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few highlights from recent Wilderness Birding Adventures trips to Adak and St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs. Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni eunomus, St. Paul, Pribilofs, 22 May 2009. Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa, Big Polovina Lake, St. Paul Island, Pribilofs, 23 May 2009. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola, Polovina Wetlands, St. Paul Island, Pribolofs, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/05/10/shorebird-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/05/10/shorebird-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 06:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rare Birds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BBPL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The diversity and numbers of shorebirds moving through Homer were impressive this weekend for the 17th Annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival, May 7-10.  Here are a few shots from the weekend. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola, Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus, Dunlin Calidris alpina and Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica, Green Timbers, Homer, 10 May 2009. This photo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bar-tailed Godwit</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/05/08/bar-tailed-godwit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 07:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica with Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola at Mud Bay, Homer, 7 May 2009. This male Bar-tailed Godwit made an appearance at the Homer Shorebird Festival yesterday and today.  Bar-tailed Godwits are trans-Beringian migrants that breed in Western Alaska, but it&#8217;s a very good bird for the Kenai Peninsula.]]></description>
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