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		<title>Juncos arrive</title>
		<link>http://www.sandhillnature.com/journal/2012/03/juncos-arrive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Van Zoeren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The yard is suddenly full of Dark-eyed Juncos passing through on their way to breeding grounds in Canada. These dapper-looking little birds feed mostly on the ground. Listen for their gentle trills and watch for the flash of white along the outer edges of their tails when they fly.]]></description>
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		<title>Tundra Swans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Van Zoeren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past two days large flocks of Tundra Swans have been passing overhead on their way to nesting grounds in the arctic. Last night over 300 spent the night on Big Glen Lake. Their calls, reminiscent of high-pitched geese carry a long distance over water. This morning I could hear them from the far side [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yellow Warbler</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 20:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Van Zoeren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warblers are beginning to return to northern Michigan. Over the next few weeks many of these brilliant little birds will pass through and some will stay to make their nests and raise young. Yellow Warblers, one of the summer residents, have begun to return the past few days. Listen for their soft repetitive song &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merlins nesting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 21:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Van Zoeren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Merlin is a small falcon. It&#8217;s just a little bit bigger than the American Kestrel.  A Kestrel in flight is buoyant and bouncy. In contrast a Merlin flies like a fighter jet. Merlins are known for going out of their way to harass other birds in the sky during migration. They hunt smaller birds, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Song Sparrows</title>
		<link>http://www.sandhillnature.com/journal/2011/04/song-sparrows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Van Zoeren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most common songs outside my house in the mornings at this time of year are those of Song Sparrows. This small, striped, brown bird with a big voice is one of our most common breeding sparrows. They soon will be building grass nests on the ground, often under a juniper bush. Note [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Piping Plovers return</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Van Zoeren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great Lakes Piping Plovers are beginning to return! Four individuals have been seen so far at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Males are the first to return and set up territories. BO:X,g has been among the first group back 4 out of the last 5 summers. He&#8217;s back on the territory he&#8217;s held since 2006. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bald Eagles Nesting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 01:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Van Zoeren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s nesting time for Bald Eagles in northern Michigan. One pair in Benzie County began incubation over the past week. They&#8217;ve been hanging around the nest for the past two months, bringing sticks and grasses to spruce it up. Now they&#8217;re taking turns keeping the egg(s) warm. (there&#8217;s no way to see how many) On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maple Syrup!</title>
		<link>http://www.sandhillnature.com/journal/2011/03/maple-syrup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Van Zoeren</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[spring events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The snow and cold this week seem like winter but maple trees know that spring is on the way. This year sap began flowing in mid-February, and we began the yearly ritual of turning their sap into maple syrup. So far 2011 has brought several short sap flows, separated by cold spells, when no sap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red-winged Blackbirds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Van Zoeren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a sure sign of spring &#8212; Male Red-winged Blackbirds have returned and are singing in area cattail marshes. They sing to declare their “ownership” of a section of land. In a few weeks the striped, brown females will return and choose nest sites. The male who has laid claim to the location she chooses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red-shouldered Hawk Nest</title>
		<link>http://www.sandhillnature.com/journal/2011/03/red-shouldered-hawk-nest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Van Zoeren</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nests]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sandhillnature.com/journal/?p=345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our neighborhood Red-shouldered Hawks are back and fixing up their nest. I watched this week as one snapped a branch off a nearby tree and brought it to their nest. This pair has been using the same nest for over 5 years now. At the beginning of the breeding season Red-shouldered Hawks decorate the edge [...]]]></description>
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