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		<title>Update from Nine Mile Ranch (Okanogan Highlands)</title>
		<link>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/07/18/update-from-nine-mile-ranch-okanogan-highlands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a cool summer in the highlands so far, but the plant cycles are marching forward anyway &#8211; perhaps more slowly, but certainly in forward motion. The lupine have been setting seed into their pea-like pods, while still bearing some beautiful blossoms. Likewise, the noxious weeds are beginning to set seeds, prompting many locals to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex among the flowers</title>
		<link>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/07/07/sex-among-the-flowers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 7, 2011, Connecting With Nature, NCW Greenways by Dana Visalli Anyone who has struggled with learning the scientific name of a plant can pin the blame squarely on the Swedish scientist Carl Linneaus. He came up with the idea of using two Latin or Greek words to identify any given species almost 300 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pause to meet the pollinators</title>
		<link>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/07/07/pause-to-meet-the-pollinators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 7, 2011, Connecting With Nature, NCW Greenways by Nancy Warner The warm summer days and evenings ahead provide ample opportunities to slow down, take a closer look and get acquainted with the bumblebees, moths, butterflies and other insects that visit and pollinate the flowers of our region. Going on a walk with an expert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Share your summer sightings</title>
		<link>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/07/07/share-your-summer-sightings/</link>
		<comments>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/07/07/share-your-summer-sightings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://connectingwithnature.org/?p=825</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[July 7, 2011, Connecting With Nature, NCW Greenways by Nancy Warner We would like to invite all North Central Washington residents to join the Network of Naturalists and help create a nature journal for the region via our recently expanded Connecting With Nature website (connectingwithnature.org). With grant support from the “Connecting People With Nature” program of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backyard birds in Wenatchee</title>
		<link>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/06/21/backyard-birds-in-wenatchee/</link>
		<comments>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/06/21/backyard-birds-in-wenatchee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Buzz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 20, 2011 7 p.m. Slight breeze. Nancy and Chuck Warner. We were  surprised to see evening grosbeaks by the creek in our backyard. It seems like they would have moved on to their nesting location by now. Maybe they join the black-capped chickadees and robins and next in our yard this year.]]></description>
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		<title>Wildflower Resources</title>
		<link>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/04/06/wildflower-resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Get Out, Get Dirty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://connectingwithnature.org/?p=654</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Susan Ballinger&#8217;s suggestions for resources that can help in your wildflower explorations. April is a great month to explore our region’s shrub-steppe to see blooming wildflowers. A first step is to identify lands and trails that are open to the public. For the Wenatchee Foothills Trails, visit the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust (CDLT) website for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wildflowers: The season&#8217;s greeetings</title>
		<link>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/04/04/wildflowers-the-seasons-greeetings/</link>
		<comments>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/04/04/wildflowers-the-seasons-greeetings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIS</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://connectingwithnature.org/?p=643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[April 2011, Connecting With Nature, NCW Greenways by Susan Ballinger Soft hues of green carpet the foothills while bright spots of yellow, blue and white blossoms pepper the landscape that surround our central Washington valleys in the month of April. It is hard to find a more beautiful time of year to get out and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photos of Winter</title>
		<link>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/01/10/photos-of-winter/</link>
		<comments>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/01/10/photos-of-winter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIS</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://connectingwithnature.org/?p=635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[See Julie Ashmore&#8217;s January 4 comment on Snow Scorpion flies in Keeping an Eye on Nature (10/4/10). Photos from a ski trip in Moses Coulee on January 3, 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>Tracking Nature in NCW</title>
		<link>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/01/03/tracking-nature-in-ncw/</link>
		<comments>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/01/03/tracking-nature-in-ncw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIS</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://connectingwithnature.org/?p=599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual Christmas Bird Counts showed a decrease in the number of American robins in North Central Washington compared to recent counts, according to local birder David St. George. The drop is presumably due to the shortage of berries that make up much of their winter food. Other common winter birds such as dark-eyed juncos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Add birding to your life list</title>
		<link>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/01/03/add-birding-to-your-life-list/</link>
		<comments>http://connectingwithnature.org/2011/01/03/add-birding-to-your-life-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 2011, Connecting With Nature, NCW Greenways by Mark Oswood Birds are perhaps the most watchable wildlife — present everywhere, identifying characteristics visible at a distance and an achievable challenge. There are an estimated 60 million-plus birders in the United States, ranging from beginning backyard birdwatchers to experts who pursue hard-to-find birds in hard-to-get-to places. [...]]]></description>
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