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><channel><title>Island Nature&#187; Sandy McRuer</title> <atom:link href="http://islandnature.ca/author/sandymcruer/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://islandnature.ca</link> <description>Nature Writing and Photography on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:28:18 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator><itunes:summary>Nature Writing and Photography on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada</itunes:summary> <itunes:author>Island Nature</itunes:author> <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit> <itunes:image href="http://islandnature.ca/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/itunes_default.jpg" /> <itunes:subtitle>Nature Writing and Photography on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada</itunes:subtitle> <itunes:keywords>Nature, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Birding, Botany</itunes:keywords> <image><title>Island Nature&#187; Sandy McRuer</title> <url>http://islandnature.ca/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg</url><link>http://islandnature.ca</link> </image> <itunes:category text="Education" /> <item><title>Top Five Birding Spots in the Alberni Valley</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2010/06/top-five-birding-spots-in-the-alberni-valley/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2010/06/top-five-birding-spots-in-the-alberni-valley/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:48:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sandy McRuer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Central Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alberni Valley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Burde Street Ponds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kitsuksis Dyke]]></category> <category><![CDATA[McCoy Lake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Port Alberni]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Somass Estuary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Taylor River Estuary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
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