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		<title>Help monitor aerial insectivores and other nesting birds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine the majestic grace of a Tree Swallow in flight or the aerial acrobatics of a Barn Swallow over a grassy meadow on a warm summer evening. Now imagine a world without these lovely birds. Tree Swallows and Barn Swallows, along with Violet-green Swallows, Purple Martins, and Eastern Phoebes, belong to a group of birds [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectfeederwatch.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18251137&#038;post=1002&#038;subd=projectfeederwatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BirdSpotter Photo Contest: Week 16 Winner!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Toni Pulvermacher of Dane, WI , this week&#8217;s winner of the BirdSpotter Photo Contest sponsored by Bob’s Red Mill! The theme this week was &#8220;birds at the feeder.&#8221; It&#8217;s fantastic to see Toni&#8217;s son&#8217;s deep interest in the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds &#8212; now that’s FeederWatching! Are you wondering why Toni&#8217;s son has a helmet [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectfeederwatch.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18251137&#038;post=995&#038;subd=projectfeederwatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BirdSpotter Photo Contest: Week 15 Winner!</title>
		<link>http://projectfeederwatch.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/birdspotter-photo-contest-week-15-winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Robert Martinez of Denver, CO, week 15&#8242;s winner of the BirdSpotter Photo Contest sponsored by  Bob’s Red Mill! The theme this week was &#8220;Birds in Flight&#8221; &#8212; Robert captured the aerial beauty of these American Avocets quite nicely! Here&#8217;s a word from Robert about how he captured the shot: I was walking around [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectfeederwatch.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18251137&#038;post=983&#038;subd=projectfeederwatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Project FeederWatch in Action in Baton Rouge, LA!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fourth grade science class at the Westdale Heights Academic Magnet in Baton Rouge, LA, has been participating in Project FeederWatch this season and loving it! Pamela Fry&#8217;s class, with the help of volunteer Dennis Demcheck, have been learning about birds through Project FeederWatch. &#8220;Several science teachers&#8230; have come to me and remarked that the students&#8217;  intense [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectfeederwatch.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18251137&#038;post=969&#038;subd=projectfeederwatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BirdSpotter Photo Contest: Weeks 13 and 14 Winners!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gary Rasmussen of Anchorage, AK was the winner of the 13th week of our BirdSpotter Photo Contest sponsored by Bob’s Red Mill! The theme for the thirteenth week was &#8220;the unexpected&#8221; &#8212; this shot of a Costa&#8217;s Hummingbird taken in Patagonia, AZ in an aerial dance with a honeybee fits the bill! Gary explains: I was on vacation [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectfeederwatch.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18251137&#038;post=962&#038;subd=projectfeederwatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BirdSpotter Photo Contest: Week 12 Winner!</title>
		<link>http://projectfeederwatch.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/birdspotter-photo-contest-week-12-winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Steve Shelasky, a FeederWatcher from Longmeadow, MA, our winner for the twelfth week of the BirdSpotter Photo Contest sponsored by Bob’s Red Mill! The theme for the week was “birds and water”– Steve was lucky enough to capture this male Yellow Warbler taking a bath. Steve explains how he got the shot: I was lucky [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectfeederwatch.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18251137&#038;post=956&#038;subd=projectfeederwatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BirdSpotter Photo Contest: Week 11 Winner!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Cissy Beasley of Beeville, TX, our winner for the eleventh week of the BirdSpotter Photo Contest sponsored by Bob’s Red Mill! The theme for the week was “natural foods”– Cissy caught this fantastic moment of a juvenile male Vermilion Flycatcher about to swallow a dragon fly. Here&#8217;s Cissy&#8217;s story about this shot: As a proponent of nature [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectfeederwatch.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18251137&#038;post=948&#038;subd=projectfeederwatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BirdSpotter Photo Contest: Week 10 Winner!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Tyler Smith of Dallas, TX, our winner for the tenth week of the BirdSpotter Photo Contest sponsored by Bob’s Red Mill! The theme for the week was “birds at the feeder”– what a wonderful capture of a male Northern Cardinal about to indulge! As it turns out, Tyler was actually hoping for a painted bunting [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectfeederwatch.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18251137&#038;post=944&#038;subd=projectfeederwatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BirdSpotter Photo Contest: Week 9 Winner!</title>
		<link>http://projectfeederwatch.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/birdspotter-photo-contest-week-9-winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Eileen Chorba of Beach Lake, PA, our winner for the ninth week of the BirdSpotter Photo Contest sponsored by Bob’s Red Mill! The theme for the week was “birds in flights”–Eileen did a fantastic job of catching this Great Blue Heron duo mid-flight! The tenth week of our BirdSpotter Photo Contest is already underway! This week’s theme [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectfeederwatch.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18251137&#038;post=938&#038;subd=projectfeederwatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BirdSpotter Photo Contest: Weeks 6, 7, and 8 Winners!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got a little behind on posting our BirdSpotter photo contest winners on the FeederWatch blog with the recent holiday break, so we&#8217;re going to give you the last three weeks in one whirlwind post! Week 6: Birds and Water Debi Rabin of Phoenixville, PA snapped the winning photo for week 6, of a Bald [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectfeederwatch.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18251137&#038;post=930&#038;subd=projectfeederwatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Debi Rabin won Week 6 with this photo of a Bald Eagle at Conowingo Dam in MD.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Holly VandenBrink caught this brief interaction between squirrel and Cooper&#039;s Hawk.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">This Indigo Bunting photo by Diane Marshman won week 8 of the BirdSpotter photo contest.</media:title>
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