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		<title>Kon-ka-reeeee!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you been hearing it?  Kon-ka-reeeee!  That&#8217;s our Red-winged Blackbird and what a great sign of spring! I started hearing the call in the last few days of February but more recently have had a few come to our platform feeder for sunflower seeds.
You can listen to their calls here.
The Red-winged Blackbird is occasionally seen here in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.loudounwildlife.org/blog/2010/03/kon-ka-reeeee/</link>
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		<title>Checklist for Creating a Bird Friendly Yard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an excerpt from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Book series, “Bird Gardens.”  I came across it through the National Wildlife Federation’s Habitat Steward Program and it’s such a nice succinct checklist that I wanted to share it with you. I’ll also add my own commentary in brackets next to each tip, I just can’t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.loudounwildlife.org/blog/2010/03/checklist-for-creating-a-bird-friendly-yard/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Nature Quote&#8230;Anonymous</title>
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When ere wee froggie wakes,
en struggles outa the muck, gaspin
fer breth, clingin ta sticks en reeds,
suckin up warm sun en at lass
calls out ta ‘nother wee froggie,
“Peeeeeeeep!, tiz spring, me thinks,
en time fer fun en frollik!
- Anonymous
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		<link>http://www.loudounwildlife.org/blog/2010/03/weekly-nature-quote-anonymous/</link>
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		<title>Great Blue Herons and the Ashburn Rookery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I stopped by the viewing spot along Loudoun County Parkway last weekend to check on the Great Blue Herons. 
This is a great time to view the roost because the trees have not leafed out yet and you can see the birds finely silhouetted against the sky.
Along the different tree clusters, I counted around 50 nests [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.loudounwildlife.org/blog/2010/03/great-blue-herons-and-the-ashburn-rookery/</link>
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		<title>Swamp Walk &#8211; Yep, It was Wet!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday we had our first amphibian foray of the year and headed over to Algonkian Park to explore the amazing network of seasonal waters and swampland that is over there.
The good news about all that snow that we had this year is that the swamp area and the vernal pools that run through [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.loudounwildlife.org/blog/2010/03/swamp-walk-yep-it-was-wet/</link>
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		<title>Butterflies Belly Up to the Bar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mona Miller, the &#8220;Butterfly Lady&#8221;, just sent over her secret recipe for attracting butterflies and it&#8217;s the perfect time to give it a try! This time of year, Mourning Cloaks, Question Marks and Commas can often be seen. They overwintered as adults in the leaf litter and will be out looking for some sweets to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.loudounwildlife.org/blog/2010/03/butterflies-belly-up-to-the-bar/</link>
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		<title>Big Night! Coming Soon!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those interested in Amphibians this will be an exciting week!  I was just checking the weather and there&#8217;s a chance of rain Wednesday through Friday and the temps are supposed to be around 50 degrees!!  PERFECT!!
We still have room in our Amphibians Afoot Class and Field Trip so if anyone is interested please sign [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.loudounwildlife.org/blog/2010/03/big-night-coming-soon/</link>
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		<title>Chimney Swifts hit the Gulf Coast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I LOVE this time of year!  Our amphibians are waking up, tree sap starts to run, groundhogs start to stir, and birds are on the MOVE!  It&#8217;s so exciting! So alive!  and yet still the signs are subtle for now, and then in a few weeks, Whoooooosh &#8211; the full chorus of Spring is singing and all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.loudounwildlife.org/blog/2010/03/chimney-swifts-hit-the-gulf-coast/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Nature Quote&#8230;Emerson</title>
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Nature is a mutable cloud, which is always and never the same. She casts the same thoughts into troops of forms, as a poet makes twenty fables with one moral. Beautifully shines a spirit through the bruteness and toughness of matter.
- Emerson
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		<link>http://www.loudounwildlife.org/blog/2010/03/weekly-nature-quote-emerson-2/</link>
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		<title>Eagle Trapping!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a really neat Bald Eagle project going on right now in Fauquier and Loudoun Counties and it&#8217;s just too cool not to tell you about! Furthermore, our own Liam McGranaghan and Laura Weidner will be involved in this as they help monitor sites, 3 of which are located in Loudoun.
Basically what they do is identify areas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.loudounwildlife.org/blog/2010/03/eagle-trapping/</link>
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