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		<title>Garbage Browser</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 22:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lascut</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sequence of full-frame photographs showing a young raccoon browsing through a garbage can. Scroll down and click each photo to enlarge.






Hey buddy, whatcha doin&#39; in there?





Nothin&#39;&#8230; just browsing. What&#39;s up?
Ahem, you have a bit of milk on your nose&#8230; anyway&#8230;, I was hoping to get your photograph






I don&#39;t think so. I&#39;m having lunch.
Just a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hummingbird Feathers and Angle of Light</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 06:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lascut</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hummingbird&#8217;s feathers are fairly sophisticated. I got interested in learning more about these tiny birds a few years ago while shooting the fall migration at Holiday Beach. Studying their photographs at a higher magnification I noted that the same bird displayed different colours depending on the angle and intensity of the light. After reading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to photograph Chestnut-Sided Warblers? At Long Point, Ontario!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 01:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lascut</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long Point, a sandy peninsula found on the north shore of Lake Erie, provides the perfect location to observe and photograph a variety of birds. Less than 150 km from downtown Toronto, Long Point is a globally Important Birding Area (IBA) called home or migration stopover by 300+ bird species.
Beautifully coloured, the Chestnut-Sided Warbler is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to Photograph Hummingbirds? At Holiday Beach!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lascut</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holiday Beach Conservation Area, Ontario, Canada is located near the western tip of Lake Erie, just east of where the Detroit River empties into Lake Erie. In 2000, Holiday Beach received international recognition by being designated as a globally significant Important Bird Area (IBA).
So why is Holiday Beach such a good location to observe hummingbirds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to Photograph House Wrens? At Guelph Arboretum!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lascut</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[House Wrens]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[University of Guelph Arboretum, Ontario, Canada &#8211; Spanning 408 hectares, the Guelph Arboretum is crisscrossed with 8.2km of trails. Taking a leisurely walk on these trails, visitors can enjoy a large variety of species including, 38 species of mammals, 188 species of birds, 39 species of butterflies, 18 herptiles (reptiles and amphibians) and 1,700 types [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to Photograph Gray Jays? At Algonquin Park!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lascut</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Algonquin Park]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada &#8211; As the third largest provincial park in Ontario, Algonquin is situated in a transition zone between the evergreen boreal forests of the north and the deciduous (shedding foliage at the end of the growing season) forests of the south. Due to its location, Algonquin Provincial Park is characterized by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ants Like Flower Nectar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lascut</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>

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Ant approaching the Ornamental Pear flower to feed on nectar.
In the 70s, scientists believed that flowers repel ants and that ants do not feed on flower nectar as it contains chemicals that are unattractive and indigestible. In the following years, new studies have shown quite the opposite. Several flower species have specialized to attract ants. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Siamese Cat Versus Eastern Garter Snake</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lascut</dc:creator>
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Today, I witnessed a strange encounter &#8211; Kicia vs Garter snake. If you didn&#39;t read my previous post, Kicia is my neighbours&#8217; blue-eyed Siamese cat. It all started in the morning.
While sipping a latte in the backyard, my attention is drawn to some unusual noise coming from last-year leaves still covering the ground between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Siamese Cat, Seal Points, Blue Eyes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lascut</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artistic Stimuli]]></category>

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I love cats and recently I had the pleasure to encounter a Siamese female making the rounds through our backyard. Her name is Kicia. Not sure what&#39;s her age, but Kicia, like any Siamese cat, is very loving, very talkative, and comes for petting even if you&#39;re a complete stranger. She now visits our backyard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to Photograph Yellow Warblers? At Rondeau Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lascut</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yellow Warbler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
9.5
million

Visitors to Ontario parks each year.
Data: Ontario Parks

Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada - Hosting one of Canada&#39;s largest Carolinian forests, Rondeau is the second oldest Provincial Park, formed in 1894 just one year after the creation of the Algonquin P.P.. The park is also home to a variety of rare and endangered species of plants [...]]]></description>
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