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		<title>Birding the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/07/04/birding-the-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge/</link>
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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>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>Caspian Terns near Nome!</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/06/01/caspian-terns-near-nome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nome]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia, Safety Lagoon, near Nome, 1 June 2010. Caspian Terns have been expanding their range in recent decades and have now colonized several areas in southcoastal, southeast, and western Alaska.  There are a very few records for the Seward Peninsula, all of which come from Safety Sound/Lagoon near Nome and represent the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adak Island, May 13-20</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/05/31/adak-island-may-13-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 19:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adak]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From May 13-20 I was on Adak Island in the central Aleutians leading a birding trip for Wilderness Birding Adventures. The Asian rarity highlights from the trip were a female Smew and a Hawfinch. Least Sandpiper and Northern Wheatear were very good finds from an island perspective. Rarities aside, Adak has an interesting list of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thayer&#8217;s Gull</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/02/27/thayers-gull/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gulls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First cycle Thayer&#8217;s Gull Larus thayeri, Homer Spit, 25 February 2010. Thayer&#8217;s Gull is a good find in Homer in the winter.  This first cycle bird was in a flock of 4,000 gulls at the offal discharge site on the end of the Homer Spit.  It was first reported by Martin Renner on 21 February.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day Owl</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/02/15/valentines-day-owl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus, Seaside Farm, Homer, 14 February 2010. There have been quite a few reports of Saw-whet Owl from Homer this winter, many coming from Seaside Farm.  This bird was quietly sleeping in a spruce tree in the middle of the day.  Unlike the Saw-whets seen at Seaside Farm earlier in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emperor Goose in Homer</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/01/02/emperor-goose/</link>
		<comments>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/01/02/emperor-goose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emperor Goose Chen canagica, Homer, 1 January 2010. Originally found on the Homer Christmas Bird Count (CBC) on 19 December 2009, this Emperor Goose was a dandy way to ring in the new year. It is of less than annual occurrence on the Kenai Peninsula. Other Alaska CBC totals for Emperor Goose this year include: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Saw-whet Owls</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/12/12/northern-saw-whet-owls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus, two of three present at Seaside Farms, Homer, 12 December 2009. The migratory habits of Northern Saw-whet Owls are far from understood.  A banding study in Homer this fall captured and banded 179 Saw-whets from one site!  It&#8217;s clear that many Saw-whets do move further south for the winter months, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Townsend&#8217;s Solitaire and Cedar Waxwing</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/12/06/cedar-waxwing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/12/06/cedar-waxwing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Townsend&#8217;s Solitaire Myadestes townsendi, Homer, 7 December 2009. Townsend&#8217;s Solitaires are uncommon to rare breeders at treeline on the Kenai Peninsula.  They are rare and erratic winter visitors to Homer.  This individual has  been frequenting chokecherries and mountain ash trees on Fernwood since at least 3 December. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum, Seaside Farms, Homer, 5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mountain Bluebird in Homer!</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/11/18/mountain-bluebird-in-homer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides, Homer, 18 November 2009. Perched alone on the top of a birch, I pulled over to take a look at what I was expecting to be an American Robin.  Instead, this Mountain Bluebird made for a big surprise on my way home from town today.   It moved around frequently, but [...]]]></description>
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