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		<title>Barrow with Wilderness Birding Adventures</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2011/10/16/barrow-with-wilderness-birding-adventures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; From October 6-8th I was in Barrow leading a trip for Wilderness Birding Adventures. While bird diversity in Barrow at this time of year is low, we were interested in quality, not quantity, and hoped to be there to witness the Ross&#8217;s Gull migration. Going to Barrow in early October is without a doubt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gambell with Wilderness Birding Adventures</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2011/10/04/gambell-with-wilderness-birding-adventures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a bit late on this post, but thought it worth posting just the same. A few weeks ago I returned from leading two trips to Gambell with Wilderness Birding Adventures September 1-13. Gambell is on the northwest tip of St. Lawrence Island in the northern Bering Sea and is a hotspot for Asian vagrants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLYTH&#8217;S REED WARBLER</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/09/09/warbler/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gambell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update, 22 November 2010: Further study of this bird and images and consultation with experts have shown that the identity of this bird is most probably a Blyth&#8217;s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum, which would be a first for North America. A manuscript detailing the sighting and identification of this bird has been submitted to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bears of Katmai National Park</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/07/26/katmai-national-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below are a few pictures of brown bears from Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, on the Alaska Peninsula. I had the great fortune of going to Brooks Camp on 23 July while leading a birding and natural history trip for Wilderness Birding Adventures, in conjunction with The Nature Conservancy.  At least 14 bears were fishing [...]]]></description>
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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>
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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>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>
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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>Pallas’s AND Yellow-breasted Bunting!</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/09/03/pallass-and-yellow-breasted-buntings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/09/03/pallass-and-yellow-breasted-buntings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note from Gambell to post these photos of two great birds, present together!  They were here only yesterday in the far boneyard at Gambell!  When I get more time on-line (too much time birding to post much) I&#8217;ll post photos of Brambling, Common Rosefinch, and hopefully much more to come. Yellow-breasted Bunting [...]]]></description>
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