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		<title>Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Anchor River Mouth</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2011/08/22/buff-breasted-sandpiper-at-anchor-river/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homer birder Michelle Michaud discovered this Buff-breasted Sandpiper at the mouth of the Anchor River yesterday and it was still present today, 22 August 2011. Buff-breasted Sandpiper breeds on the Arctic coastal plain and migrates primarily through the interior of the continent. In southcoastal Alaska they occur only as casual fall migrants primarily in August [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Least Sandpipers Have Arrived</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2011/04/30/least-sandpipers-have-arrived/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The largely underrated, ignored, and unappreciated smallest shorebird in the world&#8211;the Least Sandpiper. A flock of 13 Least Sandpipers arrived in Beluga Slough, Homer yesterday&#8211;the first report of the spring. The small size, yellow legs, neatly contained bib, uniformly marked upperparts and short bill that narrows to a point and slightly droops identify this bird [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black-bellied Plover and Northern Harrier in Homer</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/12/08/black-bellied-plover-and-northern-harrier-in-homer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola, Homer Spit, 5 December 2010. It&#8217;s turning into a very interesting fall and winter birding season in Homer! Martin Renner and I were birding the Homer Spit on Sunday when this Black-bellied Plover flew in and landed on the beach in front of us. This is the first winter record of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wintering Rock Sandpipers in Homer</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/12/02/wintering-rock-sandpipers-in-homer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Identification Topics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis, probably tschuktschorum, Homer Boat Harbor, 13 November 2009. Click to enlarge. The winter flock of Rock Sandpipers in Homer (usually 2,500-5,000 birds) is predominately made up of the darker plumaged race tschuktschorum, but may also be contain a few of the Aleutian race couesi (Dan Ruthrauff, USGS, pers. comm.) Banding studies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack Snipe in Homer</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/10/16/jack-snipe-in-homer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 05:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus, Beluga Slough, Homer, 16 October 2010. In the last photo (which is terrible) the bird is flying to the left with the wings below the body. I posted it to show the tail, which was dark centered, paler on the edges, but which lacked an orange subterminal band. Click on any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long-distance Migrants and Hitchhikers</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/08/30/long-distance-migrants-and-hitchhikers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/08/30/long-distance-migrants-and-hitchhikers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aberrant Birds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m currently on board the NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson in the Bering Sea. The last few days in the eastern Bering Sea have produced some interesting birds. In addition to the usual variety of tubenoses, alcids and larids a number of southbound migrants have passed the ship this week. Some are birds that have adapted [...]]]></description>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Nome]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/11/13/long-billed-and-long-staying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homer]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/10/25/the-godwits-must-be-crazy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/10/21/marbled-godwit-in-fall/#comments</comments>
		<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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