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	<description>Essential Bird Watching &#38; Gardening Information &#38; Inspiration</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>OK, I Am Jealous</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t usually get especially jealous.  It isn&#8217;t in my nature. But, after a Lenten Service at our church tonight, my hubby and I got to chatting with a friend who is almost as into bird watching as I am.  He recently had me pick up some suet for him at the store. 
It was obvious that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Chickadee, Happy Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this video on YouTube and had to share.  We have so many black-capped chickadees at our feeders.  Scotts did a great job on the video.  It tickled me pink to see it eating at the squirrel proof bird feeder too.  Enjoy!

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		<title>Sailing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Smith</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Binoculars & Optics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I think of sailing, I picture water, boats - sail boats, that is.  Today however, as the sun gleamed and brighted, there was one of the clearest views I have ever enjoyed of birds sailing over head and over the hill and field abouve my house.  There was a hawk, too high to identiful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>His Eye Is On The Sparrow</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Smith</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Become a Better You]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Sunday, everyone!  What a glorious day.  It sure beat out the dark and dismal cold and snowy days of our previous weekends.  So, what&#8217;s with the title, you ask?  It is one of my favorite hymns, and it has been running through my head since church this morning.
&#8220;I sing because I&#8217;m happy; I sing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Browsing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Smith</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Bird Essentials]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bird Feeders]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Absolute II]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Heritage farms]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kay Home Products]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Passing pleasantries with lots of browsing customers came easy today.  It was the first weekend day in ages that we have had totally blue skies not to mention the upper 55 + degrees of wonderful warmth.  The store was bustling most of the day with people who mostly just wanted to be out and about.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Touch Of Blue</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Bird Essentials]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bird Houses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Decorative & Novelty Bird Houses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The bluebird carries the sky on his back&#8221;. Henry David Thoreau

It was a gray mornning,  I tried to find blue skies, and they just weren&#8217;t there.  The temperatures are rising though and the enormous piles of snow are disappearing leaving in their wake a glimpse of green grass.
As I peered out the sliding glass door [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Nests In Your Hair</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[choose your mood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. Chinese Proverb  
Chinese proverbs are filled with  profound wisdom.  This one churned up memories of when the birds of sorrow found their way into my life.  Do you let them build nests in your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Very Very Strange</title>
		<link>http://www.birdessentialsblog.com/bird-essentials/1693-very-very-strange/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Smith</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[All About Birds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bird Essentials]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bird Houses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blue Bird Houses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some things never cease to amaze me. Yesterday when I was doing my blog and looking for a picture of the brown-headed cowbird I discovered that this small member of the blackbird has some very strange nesting habits.  They have a larger head than some of the other blackbirds and a shorter tail.
These rather distinctive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Definite Signs</title>
		<link>http://www.birdessentialsblog.com/bird-essentials/1689-definite-signs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Mealworm feeders & mealworms]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[red-winged blackbird]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was a sunny morning, and I actually had a few more minutes than usual to watch as the birds came and went for thier morning meal.  At first it was just another day, and then all of a sudden I realized that the Goldfinches were here in mass and actually starting to show signs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Ready</title>
		<link>http://www.birdessentialsblog.com/bird-essentials/1684-are-you-ready/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Hummingbird Feeders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you, but I am sick of snow, cold, wind, sloppy streets, mud, dirty cars and everything that is part of winter.  I am tired of the dark mornings and the early dark evenings.  I am more than ready for spring. 
I am anxious to take my overhauled wren&#8217;s nest out and get [...]]]></description>
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