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	<title>The Birding Blog &#8211; Prdseed</title>
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		<title>Sharp-shinned Hawk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2022 23:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes our bird feeders attract unintentional visitors. I’m not talking about mammals like deer, bear or squirrels. I’m talking about birds that are looking for food but not the wild bird seed variety. These birds – hawks – are looking for other birds for their meal. My  husband and I were sitting on our deck<br/><a href="https://prdseed.com/sharp-shinned-hawk/" class="read_more_button">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Spring is Calling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2022 16:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy First Day of Spring, otherwise known as the Vernal Equinox, which means that the sun is directly above the equator and the hours in the day are divided equally between daylight and darkness. Here in the northland as we near the end of March, the promise of spring grows louder each day for us<br/><a href="https://prdseed.com/spring-calling/" class="read_more_button">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Planting for Birds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2022 16:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The seed catalogs have been arriving like clockwork for the past month and it is delightful to look through all the beautiful and colorful pictures of flowers and vegetables at a time when the ground is covered by two feet of snow. We can paint images in our brains of warmer days and the bounty<br/><a href="https://prdseed.com/planting-birds/" class="read_more_button">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Good Is A Bird?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2022 18:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here are some unexpected or little known benefits that birds provide for us and the environment.  Maybe you’ve heard someone say, “What good is a _____?” Insert the name of an insect, mammal or bird. For people who are not interested in nature these other creatures that share the earth with us may just seem<br/><a href="https://prdseed.com/good-bird/" class="read_more_button">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>National Bird Feeding Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2022 23:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[February was designated National Bird Feeding Month on February 23, 1994 by Congressman John Porter. This is a portion of what he had to say,  ‘‘I would like to recognize February, one of the most difficult months in the United States for wild birds, as National Bird-Feeding Month. During this month, individuals are encouraged to<br/><a href="https://prdseed.com/national-bird-feeding-month/" class="read_more_button">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>True Grit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the challenges of winter life in many parts of the country is periodic storms that bring precipitation in the form of freezing rain and ice. It makes for dangerous driving and walking conditions. We live in Minnesota and thankfully see fewer ice storms than states to the south, but inevitably ice will form<br/><a href="https://prdseed.com/true-grit/" class="read_more_button">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Audubon Christmas Bird Count</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 02:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Throughout our lives we develop new traditions over the Christmas holiday season; some with our families, some with friends, and some for our own pleasure.  A new tradition that can begin at any age is to join a Christmas Bird Count (CBC).  The time frame every year is between December 14th and January 5. Begun<br/><a href="https://prdseed.com/audubon-christmas-bird-count/" class="read_more_button">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stormy Weather</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2021 23:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Minnesota just experienced a record breaking storm, which included a couple of potential tornados. The National Weather Service is sending a team to determine if the damage was caused by tornados or straight line winds. Either way it was a day and night of unprecedented weather. We had a high of 52F, and we watched<br/><a href="https://prdseed.com/stormy-weather/" class="read_more_button">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Turkey Tracks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 17:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Thanksgiving morning our neighbors looked out their window and saw thirteen wild turkeys nonchalantly strutting through their yard, stopping occasionally to peck at some seeds or acorns that grabbed their attention.  In ignorant bliss they gradually made their way down the trail into the State Forest, while millions of their domesticated relatives roasted in<br/><a href="https://prdseed.com/turkey-tracks/" class="read_more_button">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Helping Nesting Birds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 17:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nest Watch is a citizen science program offered by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  Like Feederwatch it depends on volunteers who agree in this case to regularly check nest boxes of certain birds to monitor and record the number of eggs in the nest and the resulting chicks. By doing this and reporting results, citizens<br/><a href="https://prdseed.com/helping-nesting-birds/" class="read_more_button">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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