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		<title>All in a Day&#8217;s Work: Visiting ABC Project Sites in Peru</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[20 February, 2012 Daniel Lebbin In November, I visited Peru to check on the progress of some ABC projects and partners, and in the process, had the pleasure of visiting several field sites. In northern Peru, I helped lead an &#8230; <a href="http://abcbirds.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/all-in-a-days-work-visiting-abc-project-sites-in-peru-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abcbirds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14589957&amp;post=408&amp;subd=abcbirds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Feast or Famine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[31 January &#8211; 13 February 2012 Cameron Rutt and Robby Kohley If our previous work period was a “feast,” then this most recent one, unfortunately, would fall under “famine.” It seems that our fickle Millerbird friends are trying (and succeeding, &#8230; <a href="http://abcbirds.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/feast-or-famine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abcbirds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14589957&amp;post=361&amp;subd=abcbirds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Figure 2. Laysan albatross chick. Photo: R. Kohley</media:title>
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		<title>Red-fronted Macaw being embraced by Bolivian Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[8 February 2012 Benjamin Skolnik The gorgeous Red-fronted Macaw is known only from central Bolivia, where perhaps only about 1,000 remaining birds inhabit vast expanses of dry, scrub forest. The bird is most easily observed along the cliffs of several &#8230; <a href="http://abcbirds.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/red-fronted-macaw-being-embraced-by-bolivian-community/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abcbirds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14589957&amp;post=344&amp;subd=abcbirds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>20/20 Vision</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[17 &#8211; 30 January 2012 Cameron Rutt and Robby Kohley Just one work period after reveling in the accomplishment that was 20 birds in 21 days, we somehow managed to drastically increase the efficacy of our efforts this past work &#8230; <a href="http://abcbirds.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/2020-vision/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abcbirds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14589957&amp;post=335&amp;subd=abcbirds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hiding in Plain Sight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3 &#8211; 16 January 2012 Cameron Rutt and Robby Kohley The once reticent millerbirds at last appear ready to announce their emergence from hibernation.  Not quite garrulous, but decidedly more chatty than their muted monotony of November and December, which &#8230; <a href="http://abcbirds.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/hiding-in-plain-sight/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abcbirds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14589957&amp;post=329&amp;subd=abcbirds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Beginnings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[20 December 2011 &#8211; 2 January 2012 Cameron Rutt and Robby Kohley Twenty-twelve &#8211; a new year.  What better chance to participate in the decidedly human act of extracting ourselves from the present, to simultaneously reflect upon the past and &#8230; <a href="http://abcbirds.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/new-beginnings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abcbirds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14589957&amp;post=312&amp;subd=abcbirds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Figure 1. “Brewster’s” Brown Booby, showing whitish head and neck. This subspecies of Brown Booby nests on islands in the Gulf of California and off the western coast of Mexico south to the Revillagigedo Islands, and is an occasional visitor and rare breeder in the Hawaiian Islands. Photo: Cameron Rutt.</media:title>
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		<title>Local Conservation and Conservationists in Peru</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local Conservation and Conservationists in Peru, Aug.-Nov. 2011 Daniel Lebbin Undulated Antpitta by Greg Homel During recent trips to Peru, I met local people who are working to conserve birds and start birdwatching ecotourism operations in many unexpected places. At &#8230; <a href="http://abcbirds.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/local-conservation-and-conservationists-in-peru/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abcbirds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14589957&amp;post=288&amp;subd=abcbirds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Nest that Eclipsed the Rest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nest That Eclipsed the Rest 6 &#8211; 19 December 2011 Cameron Rutt and Robby Kohley It is not without disappointment that we tentatively wrap up the 2011 fall/winter breeding season. Despite our best wishes and increasingly hopeful expectations, it &#8230; <a href="http://abcbirds.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/the-nest-that-eclipsed-the-rest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abcbirds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14589957&amp;post=252&amp;subd=abcbirds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Figure 1. Lunar eclipse photo credit Cameron Rutt.</media:title>
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		<title>Nestling in for the Winter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nestling In For The Winter 22 November &#8211; 5 December 2011 Cameron Rutt and Robby Kohley Like any good fireworks, the finale of the 2011 fall/winter millerbird breeding season was well worth the wait.  At least one pair has successfully &#8230; <a href="http://abcbirds.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/nestling-in-for-the-winter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abcbirds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14589957&amp;post=274&amp;subd=abcbirds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hide-and-Seek</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[8 &#8211; 21 November 2011, Robby Kohley and Cameron Rutt Although childhood memories of this game are undoubtedly nostalgic, the Millerbirds’ version is much less memorable &#8211; plenty of the usual hiding and seeking, not so much finding (Figure 1).  Lately, &#8230; <a href="http://abcbirds.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/hide-and-seek/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abcbirds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14589957&amp;post=253&amp;subd=abcbirds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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