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	<title>Birding Alaska &#187; Homer</title>
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		<title>Great Gray Owl</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2012/01/22/great-gray-owl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa, mile 3, East End Road, Homer, 22 January 2012. It seems like Great Grays are being reported everywhere in southcoastal Alaska this winter, including at least three in Homer. This bird was hunting along East End Road this morning (22 January 2012). Thanks Carol Griswold and Anne Crane for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hybrid Goldeneye</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2012/01/09/hybrid-goldeneye/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Common X Barrow&#8217;s Goldeneye Bucephala clangula X islandica, Homer Spit, 8 January 2012. This bird was hanging out at the &#8220;fishing hole&#8221; on the Homer Spit on 8 January 2012. It has an intermediate amount of white on the scapulars and a facial spot that is intermediate in shape between the oval of a Common [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Final Birds of 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2012/01/06/the-final-birds-of-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 06:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A day of birding Homer with Luke DeCicco and Wendy Holman made for a very memorable final day of 2011. All photos by Luke DeCicco. Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa, Homer, 30 December 2011. Photo by Lucas DeCicco. Great Gray Owls make birding headlines anywhere on the Kenai, especially Homer. This winter has been an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Late Rufous Hummingbird in Homer</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2011/10/28/rufous-hummingbird/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rufous Hummingbirds are common breeding birds in the coastal rainforest that covers the coast of Alaska north to the south side of Kachemak Bay. Most Rufous Hummingbirds migrate south by mid August and they become very rare after late August. This male has been in our yard east of Homer for the last two days, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anna&#8217;s Hummingbird in Homer</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2011/09/15/annas-hummingbird-in-homer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of southcoastal Alaska&#8217;s breeding Rufous Hummingbirds head south by early August and any hummingbird seen on the Kenai Peninsula after then should be carefully checked. Anna&#8217;s Hummingbird is a casual fall visitor to southcoastal Alaska where it has been recorded in Homer, Seward, Cordova, Palmer and Anchorage. This bird arrived at a private residence [...]]]></description>
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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>Long-billed Murrelet still in Kachemak Bay!</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2011/08/06/long-billed-murrelet-still-in-kachemak-bay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix, near Aurora Lagoon, Kachemak Bay, 6 August 2011. Dave Sonneborn, Rich MacIntosh and I finally relocated one of the Long-billed Murrelets in Kachemak Bay that had been found on 4 June and 23 July 2011.  We found the bird about 1/2 mile offshore of Aurora Lagoon in Kachemak Bay. More details [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yard Birding: Warblers</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2011/08/03/yard-birding-warblers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Passerines are starting to flock up and move around in Homer. This afternoon a mixed flock of at least 75 birds moved through my backyard. The deck made a perfect canopy tower for photography as the birds foraged in a nearby elderberry. The flock contained six species of warblers&#8211;not too bad for an Alaskan mixed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long-billed Murrelet Update</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2011/07/31/long-billed-murrelet-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 23 July 2011, while conducting murrelet surveys in Kachemak Bay, Kathy Kuletz, Liz Labunski, and Tamara Zeller of the US Fish and Wildlife Service found and photographed THREE Long-billed Murrelets. The birds were in the same area where Karl Stoltzfus photographed the Kenai Peninsula&#8217;s first record of Long-billed Murrelet on 4 June 2011. Long-billed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LONG-BILLED MURRELET near Homer!</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2011/06/08/long-billed-murrelet-near-homer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.birdingak.com/2011/06/08/long-billed-murrelet-near-homer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix, near Glacier Spit, Kachemak Bay, 2 June 2011. Photo by Karl Stolzfus of Bay Excursions. Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix, near Glacier Spit, Kachemak Bay, 2 June 2011. Photo by Karl Stolzfus of Bay Excursions. On Saturday, 2 June 2011, Homer birder Karl Stozfus found and beautifully photographed this Long-billed Murrelet in [...]]]></description>
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