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isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7235</guid> <description><![CDATA[Another early morning and I was on my way north to Campbell River to do my second (and last) Christmas Bird Count of the 2011/12 count period. I didn&#8217;t do the Campbell River count last year (substituting it with the Nanaimo CBC) and, since I was able to do the Comox count this year, I [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/01/campbell-river-christmas-bird-count-january-2-2012/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Nanaimo Christmas Bird Count 2011</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/nanaimo-christmas-bird-count-2011/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/nanaimo-christmas-bird-count-2011/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:32:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christmas Bird Count]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Duke Point]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Holden Creek]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jack Point Trail]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nanaimo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nanaimo Estuary Conservation Area]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
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