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<title>Boulder County Nature Almanac</title>
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<copyright>&#x2117; &amp; &#xA9; 2011 Ruth Carol Cushman &amp; Stephen Jones</copyright>
<description>Boulder County Nature Almanac is a discussion of natural events in Boulder County</description>
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<itunes:summary>Boulder County Nature Almanac features discussions of natural events in Boulder County,
	including birds and other animala, flowers and other plants in their seasonal changes.</itunes:summary>
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<!-- May 2012 -->
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<title>Dippers</title>
<itunes:author>Ruth Carol Cushman and Steve Jones</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Early Spring</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Effects of the very early spring in 2012</itunes:summary>
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<description>Effects of the very early spring in 2012</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 08:06:00 MDT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:31</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, Boulder county, Boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- April 2012 -->
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<title>Dippers</title>
<itunes:author>Ruth Carol Cushman and Steve Jones</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>American Dippers</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Watching nesting American Dippers at Boulder Creek</itunes:summary>
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<description>Watching nesting American Dippers at Boulder Creek</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:06:00 MDT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:28</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, Boulder county, Boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- March 2012 -->
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<title>Early spring flowers</title>
<itunes:author>Ruth Carol Cushman and Steve Jones</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Spring flowers</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Seeking early spring flowers</itunes:summary>
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<description>Seeking early flowers in Shadow Canyon</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:06:00 MDT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:18</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, Boulder county, Boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- February 2012 -->
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<title>Snowy Owls</title>
<itunes:author>Ruth Carol Cushman and Steve Jones</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Snowy Owls</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Finding Snowy Owls in Boulder County</itunes:summary>
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<description>Snowy Owls in Boulder County are extremely rare</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:06:00 MDT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>7:32</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, Boulder county, Boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- January 2012 -->
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<title>Uncommon winter birds</title>
<itunes:author>Ruth Carol Cushman and Steve Jones</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Changes of wintering birds</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Wintering birds in Boulder County have changed in recent years</itunes:summary>
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<description>Wintering birds in Boulder County have changed in recent years</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:06:00 MDT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>2:32</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, Boulder county, Boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- December 2011 -->
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<title>Wintering Raptors</title>
<itunes:author>Ruth Carol Cushman and Steve Jones</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Wintering raptor surveys</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Wintering raptor surveys in Boulder County</itunes:summary>
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<description>Wintering raptor surveys in Boulder County</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:06:00 MDT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:21</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, Boulder county, Boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- November 2011 -->
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<title>City Bears</title>
<itunes:author>Ruth Carol Cushman and Steve Jones</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Autumn bears in Boulder</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Autumn bears in Boulder</itunes:summary>
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<description>Baby sitting" in-town bears in Boulder</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:06:00 MDT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>4:50</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, Boulder county, Boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- October 2011 -->
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<title>Spiders</title>
<itunes:author>Ruth Carol Cushman and Steve Jones</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Observing spiders at Walden Ponds</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Observing spiders at Walden Ponds</itunes:summary>
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<description>Observing spiders at Walden Ponds</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:06:00 MDT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:34</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, Boulder county, Boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- September 2011 -->
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<title>Bus Birding</title>
<itunes:author>Ruth Carol Cushman and Steve Jones</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Bus Birding in Boulder</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Bus Birding in Boulder with the JUMP bus</itunes:summary>
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<description>The Bus Birding program encourages people to be aware of the birds they can see when riding the bus</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:06:00 MDT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:05</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, Boulder county, Boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- August 2011 -->
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<title>Long Canyon Butterflies</title>
<itunes:author>Ruth Carol Cushman and Steve Jones</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Butterflies in Long Canyon</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Long Canyon is a good place to find butterflies</itunes:summary>
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<description>There are many butterflies in Long Canyon because of the variety of flowers</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:06:00 MDT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:29</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, Boulder county, Boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- July 2011 -->
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<title>Marsh Wrens</title>
<itunes:author>Ruth Carol Cushman and Steve Jones</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Marsh Wrens at Union Reservoir</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Marsh Wrens are rare along the Front Range</itunes:summary>
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<description>Marsh Wrens do amazing things with their songs</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:06:00 MDT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:01</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, Boulder county, Boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- June 2011 -->
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<title>Barn Owls</title>
<itunes:author>Ruth Carol Cushman and Jan Chu</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Barn Owls in Boulder County</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Barn Owls have become more common in Boulder Countyin the past decade</itunes:summary>
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<description>Observing Barn Owls with chicks. They have become more common in Boulder County in the past decade.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 08:06:00 MDT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>2:52</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, Boulder county, Boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- May 2011 -->
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<title>White Pelicans</title>
<itunes:author>Ruth Carol Cushman and Jan Chu</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>White Pelicans</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>White Pelicans at Sawhill Ponds</itunes:summary>
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<description>White Pelicans feediing at Sawhill Ponds, but not nesting there.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 08:06:00 MDT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>2:33</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, Boulder county, Boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- April 2011 long-->
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<title>More butterflies</title>
<itunes:author>Ruth Carol Cushman and Jan Chu</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>More about butterflies</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Expanded discussion of butterflies and upcoming butterfly related events</itunes:summary>
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<description>Expanded discussion of butterflies and upcoming butterfly related events.</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:06:00 MDT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>8:38</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, Boulder county, Boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- April 2011 short-->
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<title>Boulder Butterflies</title>
<itunes:author>Ruth Carol Cushman and Jan Chu</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Seeing butterflies</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Finding butterflies in Boulder County</itunes:summary>
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<description>Finding butterflies in Boulder County.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:06:00 MDT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>2:52</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, Boulder county, Boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- March 2011 -->
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<title>Calling owls</title>
<itunes:author>Steve Jones and Ruth Carol Cushman</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Calling owls with Mike Henwood</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Seeking small owls in Jefferson County Open Space</itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:06:00 MST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>4:41</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, boulder county, boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- February 2011 -->
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<title>Valmont Gullapalooza</title>
<itunes:author>Steve Jones and Ruth Carol Cushman</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Waterbird fest at Valmont Reservoir</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Current and future wintering waterbirds at Valmont</itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:06:00 MST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>2:57</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, boulder county, boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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<!-- January 2011 -->
<item>
<title>CBC Saw-whet Owl</title>
<itunes:author>Steve Jones and Ruth Carol Cushman</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Rare bird on Christmas Bird Count</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Rare Saw-whet Owl on Christmas Bird Count</itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:06:00 MST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:10</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, owls, boulder county, boulder almanac</itunes:keywords>
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