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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Aberrant Birds]]></category>
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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>New Birding Blog and a Few Bird Highlights</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2011/12/22/new-birding-blog-and-a-few-bird-highlights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been out of the country for the last three weeks, leading a birding trip to Bhutan for Wilderness Birding Adventures. I&#8217;ve been trying to catch up with the happenings in Alaska birding while I&#8217;ve been gone and since returning home I&#8217;m very happy to see that Seward birder, Carol Griswold, has a new blog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska&#8217;s first REDWING!</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2011/11/21/alaskas-first-redwing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my vote for Alaska&#8217;s Bird of the Year 2011. Redwing Turdus iliacus, Seward, 17 November 2011. This Redwing was found by Carol Griswold in Seward on 16 November 2011. I was fortunate enough to have time and clear roads to head over there on the morning of the 17th and get a look at [...]]]></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>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>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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