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><channel><title>Island Nature</title> <atom:link href="http://islandnature.ca/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>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:12:03 +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</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>Campbell River Christmas Bird Count &#8211; January 2, 2012</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2012/01/campbell-river-christmas-bird-count-january-2-2012/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2012/01/campbell-river-christmas-bird-count-january-2-2012/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:12:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Black Oystercatcher]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brandt's Cormorant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Campbell River]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christmas Bird Count]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Double-crested Cormorant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pelagic Cormorant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7223</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was up at around 5:30 this morning and, after a quick breakfast, was on the road and heading south to Nanaimo for the city&#8217;s 2011 Christmas Bird Count. I have to admit that I wasn&#8217;t too optimistic about the weather  but I was pleasantly surprised to see clear skies and stars when I loaded [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/nanaimo-christmas-bird-count-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Eurasian Collared-Doves</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/eurasian-collared-doves/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/eurasian-collared-doves/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:12:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Backyard Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Introduced Species]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Deep Bay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eurasian Collared-Dove]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Streptopelia decaocto]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7206</guid> <description><![CDATA[Western Hemlock Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) is one of coastal BC’s most common conifers. It is also a very beautiful tree, with fine needles and attractive downward-sweeping boughs. Early settlers called the tree “hemlock” because they thought that the odour of the crushed needles resembled a European plant. “Tsuga” translates from Japanese as “tree mother,”and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/heres-to-hemlocks/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bird on a Wire #2 &#8211; American Kestrel</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/bird-on-a-wire-2-american-kestrel/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/bird-on-a-wire-2-american-kestrel/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:40:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bird Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Falcons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[American Kestrel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Courtenay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Falco sparverius]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
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