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		<title>Red-Headed Woodpecker &#8211; Skowhegan (Map 21)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was very excited to have a Red-headed woodpecker visiting for a day last week. JF]]></description>
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		<title>Vixen &#8211; Carroll (Map 45)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We watched this vixen through the brush in Carroll early Saturday morning. She was sitting with her eyes closed, seeming to nap in the sunshine. She heard my husband walk up behind me, turned to look, then closed her eyes again. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Horse Hair Worm</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 10:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Follette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This horsehair worm was in a puddle on a dirt road. Also known as gordian worms, the horsehair worm is a parasite to insects, arthropods, and other invertebrate animals in its immature state. As adults, they don&#8217;t require a host. They&#8217;re harmless to humans. They can grow up to 14&#8243; long, though this worm was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature in the Quoddy Region</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 19:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Gralenski</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[brown nose bat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snowshoe hare]]></category>

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		<title>Blue Eyed Moose &#8211; Topsfield (Map 45)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 17:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Moose]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While hiking in Topsfield, Emma and Ricky Irish were surprised to see this blue-eyed moose this week. What a treat! Thanks to Emma for allowing me to publish her photo.]]></description>
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		<title>Black Fly Report &#8211; May 9</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 09:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Black Flies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Signs of Spring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I expected a lot more reports this week but it looks like we&#8217;ve been given a break. I&#8217;m sure it won&#8217;t last but for now, it&#8217;s very nice. I spent four hours outside without black flies today. Lincolnville. 3. I went out on the deck to enjoy my coffee and before two steps they were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quoddy Nature Notes &#8211; Tree Swallows</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Gralenski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Old man winter is finally defeated when the Tree swallows nest.  The Canada geese may already have goslings; the ravens have three pretty homely heads sticking out of the brush pile way up in a spruce near our house, and the robins have set up housekeeping on a shelf I built on the side of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Wild Flowers at Woodbury Nature Sanctuary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 23:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stanton Bird Club]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wildflowers of Maine bloom before the leaves of the forest block the sun. Come find these delicate, pastel treasures while enjoying an easy walk along the trails of Stanton Bird Club’s Woodbury Sanctuary in Monmouth. Susan Hayward (782-5238) will lead the walk on Sunday, May 20, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Meet at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early Spring Butterflies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 02:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Gralenski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Lady and the Red Admiral apparently don&#8217;t hibernate here but migrate from the south. I have not been able to find out how far south. The Mourning cloak does hibernate here. In anticipation of two more summers of butterfly survey work, we are considering another Saturday MBS training workshop this coming June (date [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Fly Report &#8211; May 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 10:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Black Flies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Fly Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The weekend is coming. How are the black flies in your area? On a scale of 1 to 3, please rate these biting menaces and let us know where they are. Please include the map number from the Gazetteer if you know it. It makes compiling the report into a map a lot easier for [...]]]></description>
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