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		<title>A Personal Account from the Gulf</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dchilds13</dc:creator>
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Lesser Yellowlegs heavily rely on the Gulf Coast for wintering habitat
Credit: Glen Tepke
We&#8217;ve posted a couple times on the likely effects the Gulf oil spill will have on migratory birds (here and here), who will soon be flooding the Gulf in large numbers for both wintering habitat and stopover habitat for those en route to destinations further [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Unknown Fate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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Green-winged Teal
Credit: Tye Gregg, Ducks Unlimited
You might recall we did a post a while back on the negative impacts the Gulf Coast oil spill could have on migratory birds. We recently submitted and published another piece on the Ducks Unlimited website highlighting these threats, which include direct contact with oil, contaminated habitat, and weakened food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Mushuanipi Adventure</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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Credit: Jeff Wells
My trip to the place the Innu call Mushuanipi on the George River in the Innu lands of northern Quebec was amazing! Flying for seven hours in a small Cessna float plane from near Quebec City all the way to the George River gave an incredible opportunity to see a vast transect of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hooked on Labrador Parks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dchilds13</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of our friends at the Canadian Boreal Initiative (our Canadian partner and ally) recently embarked on a trip to Labrador&#8217;s Boreal Forest. Specifically, they were visiting the newly announced Mealy Mountains National Park and adjacent Eagle River proposed provincial waterway park.
Here&#8217;s a map of the two areas from the Globe and Mail:

CBI&#8217;s Larry Innes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Headed North, Way North</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dchilds13</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all -
I thought I would provide you with a brief update from Jeff about his trip up to Northern Quebec this week (he tried to write something before heading up but packing and last-minute details got in the way!). This short update via phone messages he left:
Early Sunday morning Jeff began the long drive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More from James Bay</title>
		<link>http://www.borealbirds.org/blog/?p=540</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dchilds13</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little over a week ago we posted an update from Ron Pittaway, who has been writing up the bird counts from Jean Iron up in in the James Bay region of Canada and posting them on the Ontario Birding listserv. Jean is part of a group that heads up to this remote part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to do with pigeon geese?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dchilds13</dc:creator>
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While this Canada Goose lives and migrates in the wild, certain sub-populations have sprung up in urban areas and have become quite the nuisance.
Credit: Ashley Hockenberry
While most Canada Geese spend the spring and fall migrating back and forth between their winter and summer habitat, some sub-populations of the Canada Goose have sprung up in many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A James Bay Survey, the Northern Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Correction: We originally posted that the following report was written by Jean Iron. It was written by Ron Pittaway based on communications with Jean via satellite phone. The original post was featured on the Ontario Birds listserve.
As you may or may not know, the James Bay coastline (a southeastern extension of the Hudson Bay in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lovely Labrador</title>
		<link>http://www.borealbirds.org/blog/?p=523</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friend and member of the International Boreal Conservation Science Panel Dr. John Jacobs, Professor of Geography at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, recently took a trip to some remote parts of Labrador. He was able to take some great photos of unique boreal ecosystems, which I’m sharing below:

Grand Lake at North West River &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The World’s (Quietest) Leader on Conservation</title>
		<link>http://www.borealbirds.org/blog/?p=514</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dchilds13</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a quick guess – what is the most protected large forest landscape in the world?

Credit: Garth Lenz
Hint: It’s not the mighty Amazon, and it’s not the humid tropical forests painted across much of Southeast Asia.
If you guessed Canada’s Boreal Forest give yourself a pat on the back.
Last week at the 24th International Congress for [...]]]></description>
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