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	<title>Nature's Corner</title>
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	<description>Wildlife in Our Backyards</description>
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		<title>Gophers are Stubborn</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Johner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mammals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Problem Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gophers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richardson's Ground Squirrels]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Late in August, I discovered a loose pile of fresh dirt beside a hole that was about five inches deep and just big enough around to accommodate a tennis ball. It was close to the foundation of my house and less than 10 feet from a ground-level pond. My first thought: gophers!


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		<title>Seven Surprising Facts about Robins</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Johner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bird Behaviour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Robin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In some ways, we are probably more familiar with American Robins than with any other backyard bird species. But how much do we really know about our wildlife neighbours? Here are seven facts about robins that may surprise you.


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		<title>Our Love-Hate Relationship with Pigeons</title>
		<link>http://naturescorner.brentjohner.com/blog/our-love-hate-relationship-with-pigeons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Johner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invasive Species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Problem Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mourning Dove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passenger Pigeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rock Pigeon]]></category>

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Rock Pigeons, known to most people simply as pigeons, have a long history with humans. They were, in fact, the first bird to be domesticated some 6500 years ago. Since then pigeons have served us as pets, as war heroes and even, occasionally, as food.
Like magpies and other species whose life cycles are closely tied [...]


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		<title>Five Things You Probably Didn&#8217;t Know About Magpies</title>
		<link>http://naturescorner.brentjohner.com/blog/five-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-magpies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Johner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bird Behaviour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Problem Wildlife]]></category>

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1. Magpies are more than black and white.
Black-billed Magpies are medium-sized perching birds with extremely long tails. Black feathers cover their heads, breasts and backs. They have white feathers at the base of their wings, on their bellies and on their upper and lower outer-wings. The rest of their wings and their long tails are [...]


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		<title>Coping with Winter</title>
		<link>http://naturescorner.brentjohner.com/blog/coping-with-winter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Johner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bird Behaviour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mammal Behaviour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black-capped Chickadee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monarch Butterflies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trumpeter Swans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
For anyone or anything living outdoors, winter is a tough time of year. The low angle and short duration of the little sunlight that is available makes warmth hard to come by. 
Food is also in short supply. Seeds, frozen fruits, hay and the occasional dried fungus can be had if you know where to [...]


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		<title>Canada&#8217;s Goose</title>
		<link>http://naturescorner.brentjohner.com/blog/canadas-goose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Johner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bird Behaviour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parks & Natural Areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Problem Wildlife]]></category>

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In spite of the fact that some regions of Canada have lost as much as 70 per cent of their original wetlands in the past 100 years, the Canada Goose continues to thrive in North America.





It&#8217;s hard to believe, now, that the species was once in serious decline. Formerly victims of the deadly duo of [...]


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		<title>Garbage for One is Food for Another</title>
		<link>http://naturescorner.brentjohner.com/blog/garbage-for-one-is-food-for-another/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Johner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attracting Birds & Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mammals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pets & Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Problem Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Crow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Skunk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black-billed Magpie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Raven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coyote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deer Mouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Mouse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
By the time we reach the month of August, nature&#8217;s mating cycle is largely complete. Migrating birds, bats and insects have journeyed to their mating grounds. Eggs have hatched. Nestlings have fledged. Young mammals have left the den.
Breeding colours, so vivid just weeks ago, have given way to the non-breeding plumages. Mammals are in the [...]


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		<title>Common Myths about Baby Birds</title>
		<link>http://naturescorner.brentjohner.com/blog/common-myths-about-baby-birds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Johner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baby Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nestlings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nests]]></category>

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Every year at this time, I am bombarded with questions about orphaned baby birds that people find in their backyards. Rarely are these birds actually orphaned; most, in fact, are there because their parents guided them there.





So what should be done when baby birds are found? In almost every case, the best thing to do [...]


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		<title>One Week In August</title>
		<link>http://naturescorner.brentjohner.com/blog/one-week-in-august/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Johner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attracting Birds & Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calliope Hummingbird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruby-throated Hummingbird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rufous Hummingbird]]></category>

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No single bird species generates as much interest at this time of year (measured by emails sent and received) as hummingbirds. It seems that everyone in Calgary these days is trying to attract these tiny wonders to their backyards and gardens.
Most people do not appear to be having much luck, though. At least, they seem [...]


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		<title>Bird Gadget Consumerism</title>
		<link>http://naturescorner.brentjohner.com/blog/bird-gadget-consumerism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Johner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attracting Birds & Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bird Behaviour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bird Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bird Houses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birdbaths]]></category>

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As a volunteer webmaster for one of the busiest nature oriented websites in this part of the world, I get a lot of email. In fact, I spend much of every morning answering questions sent to me from around the globe.
What most people want to know about are birds. How to attract them. How to [...]


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