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	<description>Discovering and enjoying nature - The Firefly Forest is a combination nature journal and plant and animal species identification guide</description>
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		<title>Birds At My Tucson, AZ Feeders</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/05/06/birds-at-my-tucson-az-feeders/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 19:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Listed below are the birds that I have seen at my bird feeders here in Tucson, Arizona, followed by the food that they prefer.

Gambel&#039;s Quail (Callipepla gambelii) - seed
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) - other birds
Cooper&#039;s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) - other birds
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) - seed
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) - seed
*Ringed Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia risoria) - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridled or Common House Gecko</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/04/30/bridled-or-common-house-gecko/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 01:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rican Reptiles and Amphibians]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although they are native to southern Asia and India, Bridled House Geckos or Common House Geckos (Hemidactylus frenatus) are now common in many tropical areas around the World. These sneaky little lizards were accidentally introduced to many other areas after they hid in cargo containers and stowed away on boats and ships. Bridled House Geckos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Website Hacked</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/04/30/arizona-sonora-desert-museum-website-hacked/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum&#039;s website (desertmuseum.org) has been hacked and some of the pages from their &#034;A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert&#034; are intermittently serving up Blogger-powered spam pages. Here is an example of what their Funnel-web Spider page (http://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd_funnelweb_spider.php) now looks like when clicked on from a Google search:

The script that the spam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloody Net-winged Beetle (Lycus sanguineus)</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/04/20/bloody-net-winged-beetle-lycus-sanguineus/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Beetles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here in Arizona, Bloody Net-winged Beetles (Lycus sanguineus) can be observed on short flights or perched in vegetation in riparian areas. In April of 2008, I observed this one in Agua Caliente Canyon in Arizona&#039;s Santa Rita Mountains. With the sun glowing through its red elytra, the colorful Bloody Net-winged Beetle flew past me and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pygmy Nuthatch</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/04/16/pygmy-nuthatch/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Pygmy Nuthatches (Sitta pygmaea) are found in pine forests in western North America from Canada down to central Mexico. These small nuthatches are especially fond of Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests, where their high-pitched peeping calls are a common sound. We spotted this Pygmy Nuthatch below and several others in the Ponderosa Pines at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bird Fight!  Battling Male Yellow Warblers</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/04/15/bird-fight-battling-male-yellow-warblers/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yellow Warblers (Dendroica petechia) can be found throughout most of the Americas, from Alaska down to the northern half of South America. Here in southeastern Arizona, Yellow Warblers are common summer residents in riparian woodlands with tall trees. They begin breeding here in April after the trees have leafed out and insects are plentiful.
During the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Western Bluebirds</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/03/30/western-bluebirds/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana) are found in western North America, and these colorful birds are year-round residents throughout much of the northern half of Arizona and mostly winter visitors in the southeastern and northwestern parts of the state. In southeastern Arizona, Western Bluebirds are uncommon summer residents in open pine forests in the mountains and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pink-spotted Hawkmoth</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/03/24/pink-spotted-hawkmoth/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Butterflies and Moths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pink-spotted Hawkmoths (Agrius cingulata, formerly A. cingulatus) are found in the southwestern U.S., Mexico, Central America, and throughout much of South America. However, Pink-spotted Hawkmoths are very strong fliers, and strays can be found great distances from their normal range. I captured this Pink-spotted Hawkmoth below inside my Tucson, Arizona house one evening in October [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sulphur-winged Parakeet</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/03/23/sulphur-winged-parakeet/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sulphur-winged Parakeets (Pyrrhura hoffmanni) are common in the middle to upper elevation mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama. They are especially common in the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountains) in Costa Rica, which is where I spotted all of these Sulphur-winged Parakeets in May of 2007.

The Sulphur-winged Parakeets were feeding on ripe apples in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Coast Lady</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/03/19/west-coast-lady/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Butterflies and Moths]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella) butterflies are found in western North America and throughout the entire state of Arizona. In early November, I spotted this autumn West Coast Lady on an Orange Eye Butterflybush (Buddleja davidii) in my Tucson, Arizona backyard. Lady butterflies (Vanessa spp.) are especially fond of this cultivated flower, and western gardens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giant Mesquite Bugs</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/03/18/giant-mesquite-bugs/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During early summer here in the Sonoran Desert, clusters of large, strange-looking, red and white bugs can be spotted on the foliage of mesquite trees (Prosopis spp.). These colorful bugs are the immature, wingless nymphs of the Giant Mesquite Bug or Leaf-footed Bug (Thasus neocalifornicus).

Giant Mesquite Bug nymphs are striped red and white and have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Network Unreachable and Robots.txt Unreachable</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/03/14/network-unreachable-and-robotstxt-unreachable/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Computer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are regularly getting URL unreachable errors like network unreachable and robots.txt file unreachable for Googlebot in Google&#039;s Webmaster Tools and you haven&#039;t altered anything major like your .htaccess file, CMS, or scripts, then it may be time to find a new web host. According to Google&#039;s URL unreachable errors page, these errors are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Figeater Beetle</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/03/08/figeater-beetle/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With their beautiful metallic green coloration, large size (more than 1 inch or 2.5 cm long), and loud, buzzing, bumblebee-like flight, Figeater Beetles (Cotinis mutabilis, formerly C. texana) are some of the most conspicuous beetles found here in the Sonoran Desert. Adult Figeater Beetles emerge in the summertime, and they are especially common during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Poppies at Picacho Peak State Park</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/02/27/california-poppies-at-picacho-peak-state-park/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Wild Plants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Depending on the weather and the amount and timing of the preceding winter&#039;s precipitation, spring wildflowers here in the Sonoran Desert can be either abundant enough to carpet the ground with color or sparse and hard to find. Happily, 2008 appears to be one of the better years for spring wildflowers here. Some of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palmer&#039;s Agave or Palmer&#039;s Century Plant</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/02/22/palmers-agave-or-palmers-century-plant/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Wild Plants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Palmer&#039;s Agave or Palmer&#039;s Century Plant (Agave palmeri) is a perennial succulent native to southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and northern Mexico. Here in southeastern Arizona, Palmer&#039;s Agaves grow at elevations between 3000 and 6000 feet (914 and 1829 m) in the mountain foothills, upland grasslands, and oak woodlands. With their towering, up to 20 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crab-eating or Long-tailed Macaque</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/02/20/crab-eating-or-long-tailed-macaque/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crab-eating or Long-tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) are native to the islands and some mainland areas of Southeast Asia. These monkeys are generally found along the edges of the tropical rain forest near rivers or along the coast in mangrove swamps and in coastal forests. These particular Crab-eating Macaques were scattered along the many limestone rocks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicobar Pigeon</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/02/09/nicobar-pigeon/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With its iridescent emerald green, copper, and blue plumage and long, ornamental neck feathers known as hackles, the Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) is one of the most beautiful species of Pigeon (Family Columbidae) in the World. Nicobar Pigeons are found on the Nicobar and Andaman Islands of India, the Solomon Islands, Palau, and on smaller [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunset and Twilight</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/02/05/sunset-and-twilight/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Weather and Sky]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite times of the day to go walking or exploring here in southeastern Arizona is the time just before sunset until the final lingering glow of twilight fades into darkness. At this time of day, the light takes on a beautiful, magical quality and there is still just enough light to spot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Variegated Fritillary</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/01/25/variegated-fritillary/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Butterflies and Moths]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) butterflies are found throughout much of North America and in all of Arizona. These common butterflies prefer more open, sunny areas and are usually not seen in densely forested habitats. In early November, I observed these Variegated Fritillary butterflies flying from flower to flower on a wide, sandy, autumn wildflower-covered bank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue-throated Toucanet</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/01/23/blue-throated-toucanet/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rican Birds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Blue-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis) is a small, green Toucan (Family Ramphastidae) found in the middle elevation forests and mountain cloud forests of Costa Rica and western Panama. Blue-throated Toucanets used to be considered a subspecies of the Emerald Toucanet (A. prasinus), but they are now considered to be a separate species. I observed this [...]]]></description>
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