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isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7575</guid> <description><![CDATA[A great day out birding for the Comox Valley Nature spring bird count. Like Christmas Bird Counts, the spring count is an attempt to tally as many species as possible while trying to document the number of individual birds in the count area. Unlike Christmas Bird Counts, the weather is generally a little better. I [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/05/redhead/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>WildResearch Pelagic Trip to La Pérouse Bank</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2012/05/wildresearch-pelagic-trip-to-la-perouse-bank/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2012/05/wildresearch-pelagic-trip-to-la-perouse-bank/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 04:58:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Black-footed Albatross]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[La Pérouse Bank]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MV Frances Barkley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pelagic Birdwatching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pink-footed Shearwater]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sabine's Gull]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sooty Shearwater]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ucluelet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WildResearch]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7548</guid> <description><![CDATA[Despite a painfully stiff back (which I threw on Thursday wrestling with the kids), I made the trek to Ucluelet in order to join the April 29, 2012 WildResearch pelagic trip out to La Pérouse Bank. At the end of the day, this 7 hour off shore tour was nothing short of &#8220;shear&#8221; birding and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/05/wildresearch-pelagic-trip-to-la-perouse-bank/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Book Review &#8211; How to be a Better Birder</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2012/04/book-review-how-to-be-a-better-birder/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2012/04/book-review-how-to-be-a-better-birder/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:23:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Derek Lovitch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[How to be a Better Birder]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7513</guid> <description><![CDATA[How to be a Better Birder Derek Lovitch Princeton University Press Paperback 192 pages 2012 I&#8217;ve been birding ever since I moved to the West Coast nearly 20 years ago. Back then my strategy was pretty basic. My first field guide was a National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America (I think [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/04/book-review-how-to-be-a-better-birder/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Budget Pelagic Tour</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2012/02/the-budget-pelagic-tour/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2012/02/the-budget-pelagic-tour/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:37:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Alcids]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BC Ferries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Common Murre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nanaimo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pelagic Birdwatching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tsawwassen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uria aalge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
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