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	<title>Jim Block Photography</title>
	
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		<title>Yellowthroat Feeding Cowbird</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 12:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brown-headed Cowbird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Yellowthroat]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[August 2006, George Clark was showing me some nice spots to bird in Vermont. In Hartford near its border with Pomfret we spotted a small bird feeding a much larger chick. It was a common yellowthroat working overtime trying to satisfy a young cowbird. Since there have been related discussions recently on the local listserv, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Blue Heron</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimblock</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Great Blue Heron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heron]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jimblockphoto.com/?p=6968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While trying to photograph something else recently, several Great Blue Herons put on a show. For years I tried to get decent photos of GBHs, mainly from our canoe as Jann and I paddled local lakes and rivers. I got a few, not many,  and burned a lot of  slide film  in the process. Then we traveled to Florida [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Horned Owl Chick</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great horned owl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[owl]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jimblockphoto.com/?p=6956</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dave Merker alerted me a an owl nest not too far from where I live. So I had to go and check it out. One very cute, but not all that active, great horned owl chick was present in what looked like a very ample nest, perhaps one built by a great blue heron. Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windsor Warblers and Red-tailed Hawk Nest</title>
		<link>http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2012/05/windsor-warblers-and-red-tailed-hawk-nest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimblock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black-and-White Warbler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue-winged Warbler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magnolia Warbler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red-tailed Hawk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vermont]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windsor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jimblockphoto.com/?p=6943</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A trip to Marton Road in Windsor yesterday yielded some colorful warblers, but no golden-winged. Heading home along County Road I spied a hawk nest with at least two chicks. The arrival of a parent confirmed they were a red-tailed hawks. Here is a brief slide show with two photos of each species: blue-winged, magnolia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>King Bird Sanctuary</title>
		<link>http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2012/05/king-bird-sanctuary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black-and-White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chestnut-sided]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chipping Sparrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Yellowthroat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eastern Bluebird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gray Catbird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Wren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Least Flycatcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nashville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruby-crowned Kinglet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wabler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilson's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yellow-rumped]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jimblockphoto.com/?p=6872</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Blooming crab-apple and other trees made for a colorful setting for photographing birds at the King Bird Sanctuary in Etna, NH this past weekend. Here is a slide show of the birds I was able to photograph: Wilson&#8217;s, Nashville, Black-and-White, Chestnut-sided, Common Yellowthroat, and Yellow-rumped Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Gray Catbird, House Wren, Eastern Bluebird, Chipping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back from Nepal</title>
		<link>http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2012/05/back-from-nepal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 20:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bluebird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broad-winged Hawk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chipmunk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[danfe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[danphe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eastern Bluebird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hawk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kinglet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nashville Warbler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruby-crowned Kinglet]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jimblockphoto.com/?p=6855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A small group of hearty souls spent a month trekking around the hills and mountains of Nepal recently. Rather than take the easy route&#8212;flying to Lukla&#8212;we walked from Jiri and then took a loop over two high (almost 18,000 ft) passes. We reached the summit of Kala Patthar, where we looked down at Everest Base [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annapurna Images Posted</title>
		<link>http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2012/03/annapurna-images-posted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimblock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annapurna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annapurna Circuit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jimblockphoto.com/?p=6847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have posted photos and words from the first 70% of our 2011 trek around the Annapurna range in Nepal HERE. There are quite a few photos on the pages linked to that page. If you only have a short time, here is a brief slide show.]]></description>
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		<title>Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway with SRKG</title>
		<link>http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2012/03/monadnock-sunapee-greenway-with-srkg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimblock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outdoors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew's Brook Trail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake Solitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moose sign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mount Sunapee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newbury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SRK Greenway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SRKG]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jimblockphoto.com/?p=6200</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Up Andrew&#8217;s Brook Trail and south on the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway, we hiked in beautiful though slightly-crusty snow. Gerry Gold led three of us on the most challenging of the SRKG winter hikes. It was snowing lightly as we set out. Gerry confided the &#8220;secret&#8221; of this hike to Lucia&#8217;s Lookout&#8212;groups never make it all the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cattle Egrets in Nepal</title>
		<link>http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2012/03/cattle-egrets-in-nepal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimblock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cattle egret]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[egret]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathmandu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pokhara]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jimblockphoto.com/?p=6186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During my first two trips to Nepal I would go to the balcony of the Hotel Tibet in Kathmandu and watch many flocks of birds fly away from the main part of the city at dawn and back toward the city at dust. Occasionally I would see white birds in the distance that I guessed were egrets. Those two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar and Wood</title>
		<link>http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2012/03/solar-and-wood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimblock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annapurna Circuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marpha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mustang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wood]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jimblockphoto.com/?p=6172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Solar and wood are often used together in cold climates. Last year I came across an interesting example in the Mustang district of Nepal two days after crossing the nearly 18,000 foot high Thorung La. A group of friends were trekking around the Annapurna range, doing the parts of the Annapurna Circuit that haven&#8217;t been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marshall Brook Wetlands with Hanover Conservancy</title>
		<link>http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2012/02/marshall-brook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimblock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outdoors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bobcat tracks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hanover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hanover Conservancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marshall Brook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marshall Brook Wetlands]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jimblockphoto.com/?p=6137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alcott Smith gave a very educational seminar as a dozen participants hiked the Marshall Brook Wetland in NE Hanover. Sponsored by the Hanover Conservancy, we hiked on fresh snow in a beautiful and varied habitat. Here is Alcott examining a tree where a pileated woodpecker feasted on carpenter ants. After an interesting crossing of Marshall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3rd Vermont Pond Hockey Championships</title>
		<link>http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2012/02/3rd-vermont-pond-hockey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimblock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake Morey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake Morey Resort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pond hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vermont]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vermont Pond Hockey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jimblockphoto.com/?p=6123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Lake Morey Resort hosted the 3rd Vermont Pond Hockey Championships February 11 and 12, 2012. Held on beautiful Lake Morey in Fairlee, Vermont, this event had the largest turnout so far. Here is a brief sampling of the action. To see many more photos from the 3rd Championships, click HERE. To get to a page [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bog Mountain with SRKG</title>
		<link>http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2012/02/bog-mountain-with-srkg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimblock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SRK Greenway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SRKG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilmot]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jimblockphoto.com/?p=6058</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A beautiful early spring day in mid-February found a group of 15 hiking SRKG Trail 7 in Wilmot, NH yesterday. The hike was led by Nick Baer who provided interesting information on the natural world we were experiencing: animal habits and tracks, moose browse, bear-clawed beech trees, forest types, sugar maple groves. We paused briefly for a group photo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evening Grosbeaks in Etna</title>
		<link>http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2012/01/evening-grosbeaks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimblock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evening Grosbeaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ice Storm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jimblockphoto.com/?p=6014</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A half dozen Evening Grosbeaks visited my still-ice-covered yard today&#8212;three of each sex. They stayed for only a brief time, but fortunately I was able to find a camera before they left. Here are two photos taken with very different cameras followed by a slide show. Just to show you don&#8217;t need expensive equipment to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sun Dogs, Pillar, Halo, and Arc</title>
		<link>http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2012/01/sun-dogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outdoors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[22 degree halo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[circumhorizontal arc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[halo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sun dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sun pillar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jimblockphoto.com/?p=5982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An amazing light show appeared, faded,  then reappeared in greater glory along I-89  in the general area of Grantham, NH yesterday morning. Jann and I were &#8220;car pooling&#8221;&#8212;I had an assignment to photograph a yoga teacher, and Jann would drop off a quilt to be quilted in Newport on the way home. Jann first noticed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing with an iPhone Camera</title>
		<link>http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2012/01/playing-with-an-iphone-camera/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimblock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Outdoors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[panorama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[True's Brook]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jimblockphoto.com/?p=5941</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I purchased a new 8MP camera that came with a phone attached. It is called a 4S. I&#8217;ve used the phone a few times, but I have been mostly learning how to use the camera. It has a f/2.4 lens with digital zoom (which I can turn off so I do not accidentally use it), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red-tailed Hawk in West Lebanon</title>
		<link>http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2011/12/red-tailed-hawk-in-west-lebanon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimblock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exposure compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hawk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo tip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red-tailed Hawk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Lebanon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jann spied an &#8220;owl&#8221; high up in a bare tree far across the parking lot of the &#8220;K-mart Plaza&#8221; in West Lebanon yesterday. As we drove over to investigate it turned into a hawk. I got a few poor shots out my window (did not have my long lens in the car) before the hawk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut River]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mink Brook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days before Christmas we had 6 visitors. Here are four of them. We took a hike along Mink Brook to the Connecticut River. Ice was just starting to form. We heard the loud insistent call of a tufted titmouse and found it among the chickadees high overhead. A red ornament graced the walk. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Wonderland</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimblock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning brought a few inches of wet snow. It turned our yard into a winter wonderland. You can spin this iPhone panorama around and around. Just click and flip.]]></description>
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		<title>Manang Simplified</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimblock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The village of Manang located in Nepal north of the Annapurna range and south of Mustang abounds with fascinating stone structures. This brief slide show has versions of some of the photos I took where I have simplified some of the detail. This technique often allows the viewer to better focus on important details. I found [...]]]></description>
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