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	<title>Three Star Owl - Functional and Sculptural Clay Artwork with a Natural History &#187; Papago Park</title>
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		<title>Bendire&#8217;s thrasher in Papago Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some things always amaze me.  One of them is why there are so many different Thrasher species in the arid Southwestern U.S.
Most of us who live in the Low Desert are used to two of the more common thrashers: the ubiquitous Northern mockingbird, its slender gray-and-white profile often seen  on high perches, singing its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aerial talon-show over Papago Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Had a nice morning walk in Papago Park (Phoenix AZ) this morning &#8212; the spring air was breezy and clear, and the high skies brought out a number of aerial show-offs.  The main attraction was a Peregrine falcon, spiraling and soaring between the two largest buttes in the Park and the Army National Guard reservation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A first year Cooper&#8217;s hawk&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;is bent on both mayhem and mischief.
She was lurking at the north entrance to Papago Park early Saturday morning, in the low spot where the White-crowned sparrows, House finches, and Mourning doves are usually found in great numbers on chilly winter mornings.  She even swooped over our heads on her way up to the top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Morning of Birds in Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Easter mornings are often spent focused on the ground in an Easter Egg hunt, a ritual seeking delightfully chthonic goodies on a day of rising up.  But our Easter walk in Papago Park was filled with airy trophies instead: birds in trees.  And the birds were obliging. Once seen perched safely on high, they stayed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poor Old Papago Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my simple pleasures is going on early morning walks with E around the buttes in Papago Park.  We can walk there from our house, and though the walks are for health, we always make note of birds and the other animals we see.

 A first impression of this landscape is accurate: a [...]]]></description>
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