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		<title>Bison at Fort Worth Nature Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Coakley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These photos are from my trip last July&#8230;
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		<title>Lunch Lesson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Coakley</dc:creator>
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I took a lunch break while trekking through the park the other day. I thought it would be fun to sit next to the pond and see whatever there was to see while I ate my granola bars. I wasn&#8217;t the only one with that idea &#8211; I shared my lunch break with this female [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I didn&#8217;t see a name on it&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Coakley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pretty sure that this bird house was intended for a Screech Owl&#8230;but it looks like this squirrel didn&#8217;t see a name on it.  

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		<title>A Peek at Winter Park, Florida</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Coakley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be sharing photos of Florida wildlife this week, while visiting family for the holidays. Here are just a few images, a preview of the flora and fauna flourishing in this tropical-feeling  place:

The city of Winter Park, FL is near Orlando, and the dominant tree is the Live Oak, (Quercus virginiana). Acorns are falling from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: How You Can Help</title>
		<link>http://www.birderslounge.com/2010/05/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-how-you-can-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 22:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Coakley</dc:creator>
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Eleven days ago, an offshore drilling operation near the Louisiana coast and the Mississippi River delta exploded, killing 11 people. The British Petroleum (BP) well began pouring millions of gallons of oil into the ocean waters and has been pouring steadily ever since. This oil spill has already cost human lives and &#8211; at this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Migratory Bird Day 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.birderslounge.com/2010/03/world-migratory-bird-day-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Coakley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bird migration was the theme of my last post, hosting IATB #121. I just learned about the annual World Migratory Bird Day:
World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) was initiated in 2006  and is a annual awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the  protection of migratory birds and their habitats. On the second weekend  each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snow Day Birds In My Back Yard</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Coakley</dc:creator>
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I had some time a couple of weeks ago to shoot some pictures of the activity in my back yard on a highly unusual snow day. I always put out a scoop of peanuts-in-the-shell each day, and I hang a thistle/nyjer feeder in the winter. Needless to say, my back yard was busy!
This photo is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Still Love the Squirrels Who Ruined My Truck</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Coakley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yep, that&#8217;s right &#8211; squirrels ruined my truck. Granted, it was an old truck (1995 F150), but it was MY old truck, and I really liked it. I bought it several years ago so that I could use it for hauling rock, dirt, mulch, and building materials. The truck has helped me turn my suburban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 is the Year of Biodiversity</title>
		<link>http://www.birderslounge.com/2009/12/2010-is-the-year-of-biodiversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.birderslounge.com/2009/12/2010-is-the-year-of-biodiversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Coakley</dc:creator>
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The New Year is fast approaching, and we all have ideas about what we want to change, start, or stop. New Year&#8217;s resolutions abound during this time of renewal and general cleaning of slates. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has sponsored an initiative called Countdown2010 &#8211; Save Biodiversity. The problem of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conscientious Coffee Consumption</title>
		<link>http://www.birderslounge.com/2009/12/conscientious-coffee-consumption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Coakley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a year ago, I was inspired by Julie at Coffee and Conservation, to keep track of the coffee I purchased for a year. I purchase only shade-grown (no slashing forests), organic (no synthetic pesticides), and fair-trade (honest wage for honest work)- certified coffee beans from the fantastic roaster, Grounds for Change. For 2009, this [...]]]></description>
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