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		<title>Survival and Productivity on Laysan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 22 &#8211; May 5, 2013 Michelle Wilcox Here on Laysan, survival and breeding productivity are two of the main pieces of information we are documenting for the Millerbirds translocated in 2011 and 2012.  Our observations show the birds surviving &#8230; <a href="http://abcbirds.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/survival-and-productivity-on-laysan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abcbirds.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14589957&#038;post=589&#038;subd=abcbirds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Photo 1. Masked Booby with chick on Laysan Island May 2013.  Photo by Michelle Wilcox.</media:title>
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		<title>Flurry of Activity on Laysan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 8 &#8211; April 21, 2013 Megan Dalton My first month on Laysan, where I’m helping to monitor the recently reintroduced Millerbird population, has been a bit of a whirlwind. So many new sights and sounds to take in and &#8230; <a href="http://abcbirds.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/flurry-of-activity-on-laysan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abcbirds.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14589957&#038;post=576&#038;subd=abcbirds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Nihoa Millerbird by Megan Dalton</media:title>
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		<title>Return to Laysan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[8 April 2013 Michelle Wilcox Editor’s Note: This post resumes our series with scientists on Hawai’i’s Laysan Island in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, where they are following up on a multiyear effort to establish a population of the critically &#8230; <a href="http://abcbirds.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/return-to-laysan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abcbirds.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14589957&#038;post=566&#038;subd=abcbirds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Millerbird by Robby Kohley</media:title>
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		<title>Evacuation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 29th-November 20th 2012 Michelle Wilcox On November 4th all personnel were evacuated from Laysan Island, and the camp was closed for the duration of the winter season.  The problem began with a medical issue (everyone is okay), but was &#8230; <a href="http://abcbirds.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/evacuation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abcbirds.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14589957&#038;post=561&#038;subd=abcbirds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Figure 1. Michelle Wilcox with a highly curious Laysan Finch (Photo by Robby Kohley</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Figure 2. The sun sets on this tour of Laysan Island, only to rise again in early 2013 (Photo by Michelle Wilcox)</media:title>
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		<title>Changing Seasons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 15- October 28 2012 Michelle Wilcox The Millerbirds and I bid bon voyage to Robby Kohley on October 16th. While he was here, he talked a lot about wanting to come full circle with Millerbirds by capturing an unbanded &#8230; <a href="http://abcbirds.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/changing-seasons/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abcbirds.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14589957&#038;post=555&#038;subd=abcbirds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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