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		<title>Re-Purposing Eide Road in Skagit County</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Short-eared Owl &#8211; Photographed by Marlin Greene The WDFW Leque Island Unit &#8211; more commonly known to birders as &#8220;Eide Road&#8221; &#8212; is a birding hotspot in Skagit County, Washington. I&#8217;ve visited Eide Road to see Snowy Owls, Short-eared Owls and Northern Harriers who find sustenance in this habitat of wetlands and agricultural fields. It&#8217;s an area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[Some] Birds Flying High &#8230; You Know How I Feel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pacific Northwest]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[My homage to Nina Simone, in the form of blurred wings and texturized Dunlins.] When thousands of shorebirds frolic on the mire, their wingbeats rattle like seashells strung in the wind &#8230; just the lightest of chimes, near silent except for the rush of air over 15,000 pairs of wings. They become a coil, spiraling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Wish I Was the Moon</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/04/i-wish-i-was-the-moon/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=i-wish-i-was-the-moon</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full moon rising orange over Seattle last night &#8230; the real moon, not Photoshopped into the background. I Wish I Was the Moon &#8211; Neko Case How will you know if you found me at last &#8216;Cause I&#8217;ll be the one, be the one, be the one With my heart in my lap I&#8217;m so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ReTerning to Bolsa Chica</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/04/reterning-to-bolsa-chica/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=reterning-to-bolsa-chica</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Area Posts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The foot bridge is a crossing over a moat, into a kingdom of feathers at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve. In this regenerated, re-planted Bolsa Bay, bird calls and murmurs bubble up from the terns, Sanderlings, scoters, avocets, grebes, plovers, pelicans, sparrows, Willets and egrets who call this haven home. The marsh is barely shielded from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Petaluma Cliff Swallows Caught in Caltrans Nets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Area Posts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update 4/28/13: On behalf of the Madrone Audubon Society, Lippe, Gaffney, Wagner LLP sent this letter to Caltrans and parties involved in the Cliff Swallow deaths: Federal Highway Administration Violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Added on 4/24/13: Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) has sent a cease and desist letter on the issue of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome Back, Osprey!</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/04/welcome-back-osprey/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=welcome-back-osprey</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 02:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four of our six Seattle neighborhood Ospreys returned last week from the long haul of their migration. If you haven&#8217;t seen the tracking maps showing Osprey travel routes, take a look at this website: Osprey migration maps. For these studies, Ospreys are fitted with light satellite transmitters that fall off after two to three years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Got Rats? Let Raptors Do Their Job</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/04/video-got-rats-let-raptors-do-their-job/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=video-got-rats-let-raptors-do-their-job</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pollution & Trash]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This relates to my recent post about Raptors Are the Solution (RATS). It&#8217;s a video from RATS, discussing the effects of rodenticides and the regulatory issues surrounding these poisons. Please continue to spread the word &#8230; that rodenticides are NOT the solution.]]></description>
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		<title>Herons + Friends With Totipalmate Feet</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/04/herons-friends-with-totipalmate-feet/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=herons-friends-with-totipalmate-feet</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/04/herons-friends-with-totipalmate-feet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Herons and Egrets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a re-post from the same time last year (with a few photos added), when I photographed the beginnings of nesting in our local heron rookery. The nesting is in progress right now, with the sleek silhouettes of herons visible through branches and buds &#8212; buds that will soon shield the nests with greenery, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raptors Are The Solution (RATS)</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/raptors-are-the-solution-rats/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=raptors-are-the-solution-rats</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/raptors-are-the-solution-rats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raptors Are the Solution (RATS) grew from the grassroots of my home turf &#8212; Berkeley and the East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area). The mission of RATS is to get anticoagulant rodenticides off the shelves. And, in affiliation with Earth Island Institute, they&#8217;re working with cities and counties in California to adopt resolutions which discourage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Kingfisher Wasn&#8217;t Born to Think About It</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/the-kingfisher-wasnt-born-to-think-about-it/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-kingfisher-wasnt-born-to-think-about-it</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/the-kingfisher-wasnt-born-to-think-about-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The kingfisher rises out of the black wave like a blue flower, in his beak he carries a silver leaf. I think this is the prettiest world &#8212; so long as you don&#8217;t mind a little dying, how could there be a day in your whole life that doesn&#8217;t have its splash of happiness? There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sea Lion Branding in Oregon</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/sea-lion-branding-in-oregon/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sea-lion-branding-in-oregon</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/sea-lion-branding-in-oregon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because this is happening a few hours from home, I&#8217;m posting to bring some attention to the issue. I haven&#8217;t included any graphic photos, but the subject matter is the hazing and &#8220;culling&#8221; of California sea lions. Just south of our Washington border, in Astoria, Oregon, the Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is trapping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On a happier note &#8230; Surfin&#8217; Seals!</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/on-a-happier-note-surfin-seals/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=on-a-happier-note-surfin-seals</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/on-a-happier-note-surfin-seals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This great seal-pup video has been making the rounds. In case you haven&#8217;t seen it yet &#8230; Ethan Janson, a local windsurfer from Three Tree Point (south of Seattle) noticed that harbor seals were hauling out on a surfboard he&#8217;d tied to a buoy out in Puget Sound. He hooked up a GoPro camera, remotely, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Exposé of USDA Wildlife Services</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/another-graphic-expose-of-usda-wildlife-services/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=another-graphic-expose-of-usda-wildlife-services</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/another-graphic-expose-of-usda-wildlife-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received an email recently, asking if I&#8217;d heard any updates on the Jamie Olson situation, the one I posted about in November. As you may recall, Jamie Olson is the USDA Wildlife Services trapper who posted about his wildlife &#8220;work&#8221; &#8212; with graphic images depicting his treatment of wolves and other predators, including pictures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>She, the Fusiform One</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/she-the-fusiform-one/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=she-the-fusiform-one</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/she-the-fusiform-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Mammals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;She&#8221; could be a &#8220;he,&#8221; this harbor seal, and only she knows &#8212; stirring from the depths and shallows of Elliott Bay, gliding, reflected alongside us. She rounds the rock bend &#8230; she, the fusiform one, tapered and sleek &#8230; propelled through the tide by hind flippers. In a pinniped world where there&#8217;s no strong, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Cootville &#8211; Seattle Style</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/american-cootville-seattle-style/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=american-cootville-seattle-style</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/american-cootville-seattle-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t see enough American Coots. That&#8217;s a comment you probably don&#8217;t hear much in regular conversation &#8212; or even from birdy people. The coot is not a bird that inspires viewing frenzies the way an owl does. I&#8217;ve heard some people call coots &#8220;trash birds&#8221; &#8212; a pejorative I never use for any animal, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle Birds on a Wire</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/seattle-birds-on-a-wire/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=seattle-birds-on-a-wire</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like a bird on the wire, Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free. Like a worm on a hook, Like a knight from some old fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons for thee. If I, if I have been unkind, I hope that you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Bird, Winter Light</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/seattle-city-bird-winter-light/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=seattle-city-bird-winter-light</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/seattle-city-bird-winter-light/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewildbeat.com/?p=15496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photographed at Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle • Olympus E-3 + Zuiko 50-200mm + EC14 I&#8217;m tracking, with my lens, a Yellow-rumped Warbler who&#8217;s bouncing around her kingdom. She stops then hops, as warblers often do. And, for a split second, she clears the branches and looks back at me, bearing the criss-cross shadows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Many Songbirds Didn&#8217;t Have to Die?</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/how-many-songbirds-didnt-have-to-die/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-many-songbirds-didnt-have-to-die</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/how-many-songbirds-didnt-have-to-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewildbeat.com/?p=15483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[** Note: There is no graphic visual content in this post. The subject matter, is, however disheartening for anyone who cares about birds. How many? That&#8217;s a legitimate question. I don&#8217;t know and I&#8217;d like to &#8212; but there&#8217;s no verifiable nor practical way to find out. It&#8217;s an issue that came up for me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Extended Art of Goose Stipple</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/the-extended-art-of-goose-stipple/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-extended-art-of-goose-stipple</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/the-extended-art-of-goose-stipple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewildbeat.com/?p=15453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After the Snow Geese stippled our little Honda with their version of a Pollack drip painting, I waited a while before heading to the car wash, thinking it would be a waste of resources when the rain would just wipe the body clean within a day or two. But, faithful to Northwestern climate patterns, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Red-Winged Way</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/03/the-red-winged-way/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-red-winged-way</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewildbeat.com/?p=15398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Red-Wing Blackbird The wild red-wing black- bird croaks frog- like though more shrill as the beads of his head blaze over the swamp and the odors of the swamp vodka to his nostrils ~ William Carlos Williams I notice spring birds before spring buds &#8230; and just the other day, the Red-winged Blackbirds were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>She&#8217;s a Hum Dum Dinger Pigeon</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/02/shes-a-hum-dum-dinger-pigeon/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=shes-a-hum-dum-dinger-pigeon</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/02/shes-a-hum-dum-dinger-pigeon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) courtship play &#8230; photographed on the Seattle waterfront, in the magic hour of a winter evening. Music by Jimmie Davis &#8211; in the public domain Photographed with the Olympus OM-D E-M5 + Lumix 100-300mm (micro four thirds) • Edited in iMovie]]></description>
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		<title>The Spirit of Nature Photography: A Postscript</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/02/the-spirit-of-nature-photography-a-postscript-to-post-processing/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-spirit-of-nature-photography-a-postscript-to-post-processing</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/02/the-spirit-of-nature-photography-a-postscript-to-post-processing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewildbeat.com/?p=15356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Long-billed Curlew photographed at sunset, on the dunes at Morro Strand State Beach in California. These thoughts are an extension of the discussion that began under my piece on post-processing. Thanks to my blogging friends who shared their methodologies and perspectives, initiating some thought-provoking explorations of realism in photography. I heard a lecture recently where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nisqually Board-Walking</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/02/nisqually-board-walking/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nisqually-board-walking</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/02/nisqually-board-walking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewildbeat.com/?p=15343</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote about a grassroots effort in which I&#8217;m involved &#8212; to expand the scope of funding for our National Wildlife Refuges. We&#8217;ve started the Wildlife Conservation Stamp project to generate public interest and promote the idea and implementation of a birders&#8217;, photographers&#8217;, and wildlife watchers&#8217; stamp for our Refuges. The details are at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Much Post-Processing Do You Do?</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/02/how-much-post-processing-do-you-do/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-much-post-processing-do-you-do</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/02/how-much-post-processing-do-you-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend linked to this story in her Facebook feed today: Why do Photo Contest Winners Look Like Movie Posters? Post-processing is obviously not a new topic &#8230; and it&#8217;s one that&#8217;s been evolving alongside digital photography and darkroom skills. This particular piece questions the lighting on the winning image in the World Press contest, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Countdown to Liftoff</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/02/countdown-to-liftoff/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=countdown-to-liftoff</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/02/countdown-to-liftoff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 06:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This photo series shows the calm before the Snow Goose storm &#8230; and the ripple effect that sends thousands of geese into the air within seconds, at just the slightest provocation. They may call out, sending audio waves through the flock before erupting into goose mayhem. Or, they may fall unexpectedly silent for a split [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support a New Wildlife Conservation Stamp</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/02/join-the-project-a-new-wildlife-conservation-stamp/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=join-the-project-a-new-wildlife-conservation-stamp</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/02/join-the-project-a-new-wildlife-conservation-stamp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewildbeat.com/?p=15247</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WildlifeConservationStamp.org is a collaborative effort to promote a new wildlife stamp and funding stream for our National Wildlife Refuges. We are birders, photographers, conservationists, wildlife rehabilitators, scientists, teachers and artists &#8230; joined by a common passion and concern for our nation’s wildlife and wild habitats. We propose the Wildlife Conservation Stamp to provide a consistent source of income [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Studies in Ghost Geese</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/02/studies-in-ghost-geese/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=studies-in-ghost-geese</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first time I witnessed a blast of Snow Geese I described it this way: The sound of flocking snow geese is sometimes described as a “cacophony,” a “symphony,” a “storm” — a “baying of hounds,” a “noise blizzard.” The sound, in fact, varies. There’s a comfortable warbling of goose grumbles and calls as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rafts of Dreaming Birds</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/02/rafts-of-dreaming-birds/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rafts-of-dreaming-birds</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stepped out of a mist and I knew I am. I am what I am. And then I thought, &#8216;But what have I been before?&#8217; And then I found that I had been in a mist, not knowing to differentiate myself from things; I was just one thing among many things.&#8221; ~ Carl Jung, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re-Capturing the Clapper Rail</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/02/re-capturing-the-clapper-rail/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=re-capturing-the-clapper-rail</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The show Bird Note just posted an audio piece on California Clapper Rails in San Francisco Bay.  Bird Note covers an eclectic array of bird stories, from behavioral questions to ecological issues. The stories are short audio bits with related blog posts and resources to flesh out the subject matter. As an adjunct to the Clapper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fellow Prisoners of Splendor</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/01/fellow-prisoners-of-splendor/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fellow-prisoners-of-splendor</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/01/fellow-prisoners-of-splendor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewildbeat.com/?p=15102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In a world older and more complete than ours, [animals] move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren; they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Blog Name &#8230; Slightly New Focus</title>
		<link>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/01/new-blog-name-slightly-new-focus/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=new-blog-name-slightly-new-focus</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewildbeat.com/2013/01/new-blog-name-slightly-new-focus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally did what I&#8217;ve been dancing around for months: I changed my blog name and migrated The Free Quark to my new domain, The Wild Beat. I started The Free Quark more than four years ago as a casual photo chronicle, not knowing how it would bloom or maybe even wilt in the bloggish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mondo Maple</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 05:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flora]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For perspective, Hugh&#8217;s shoe in this photo is about 12 inches. I photographed the fallen leaf in our local green space, Discovery Park. It wasn&#8217;t until I started looking at world-record maple leaves that I realize this particular one &#8212; although not a record setter &#8212; is in the ballpark (or tree park) of some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warining [sic]: Shoots Flaming Balls</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, my apologies if you&#8217;re disappointed by the lack of flaming balls in this post. Scroll to the photo gallery for the title&#8217;s inspiration. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; I don&#8217;t know if you&#8217;ve seen this video making the rounds in the socialnetworkosphere. If you haven&#8217;t, just beware that it is not uplifting (to say the least). It&#8217;s an [...]]]></description>
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