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		<title>Frog Foray:  Fish frantic.</title>
		<link>http://dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/frog-foray-fish-frantic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night brought tumultuous weather—winds, rain, thunder, lightening.  Early this morning, the clouds began to dissolve in the bright sun.  The air was still thick on my skin though, a lingering reminder of the tempest of the previous night.  It’s been a stormy summer, but the storms typically don’t have much impact on the behavior [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8542182&amp;post=124&amp;subd=dragonwycksanctuary&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;d Like a Side of Goldfinches with my Sunflowers, Please.</title>
		<link>http://dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/id-like-a-side-of-goldfinches-with-my-sunflowers-please/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A family of goldfinches has taken over the sunflower patch.  Luckily, the bees don’t seem to mind.  The birds flit from flower to flower, nibbling on the sunflower seed hearts.  There is usually at least one male and one female present.  Sometimes they bring Junior, who waits patiently on the top-most flower for mom or dad [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8542182&amp;post=118&amp;subd=dragonwycksanctuary&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Day of Grapes and Cardinals</title>
		<link>http://dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/a-day-of-grapes-and-cardinals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We should all do what, in the long run, give us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.&#8221; E. B. White The grapevines at Dragonwyck Sanctuary were heavy with sweet, white grapes.  As such, we spent much of today picking (and eating) grapes.  And we were not alone.  In the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8542182&amp;post=106&amp;subd=dragonwycksanctuary&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>13 Ways To Make A Bee Feel At Home</title>
		<link>http://dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/13-ways-to-make-a-bee-feel-at-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[bee garden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another BEE-autiful Day!  (I’m sorry, I just couldn’t resist!)  No signs of bee depopulation at Dragonwyck. The sun was bright throughout most of the day, and a light breeze blew through the trees.  Once again, bees were all over  Dragonwyck Sanctuary.  The bumblebees seemed to prefer the pond plants, specifically the purple flowers of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8542182&amp;post=85&amp;subd=dragonwycksanctuary&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bee-witched, Bothered, and Bewildered</title>
		<link>http://dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/bee-witched-bothered-and-bewildered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gambusia affinis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many bumblebees and honeybees congregate around the pickerel rush and black-eyed susan flowers.  Mosquitofish continue to elude us.  Dragonfly larva found in the pond.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8542182&amp;post=68&amp;subd=dragonwycksanctuary&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Return of the Night Heron</title>
		<link>http://dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/return-of-the-night-heron/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Night Heron]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com/?p=59</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[He&#8217;s baaaaack! This morning, about 6:30 a.m., we crept outside to see if we could spy some very tiny frogs that we have been glimpsing as they dart away from us in a flash.  As we approached the Ponderosa, our friend the night heron flew into this tree.  He just sat there, staring down at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8542182&amp;post=59&amp;subd=dragonwycksanctuary&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Pete the Toad</title>
		<link>http://dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/meet-pete-the-toad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We discovered a newly emerged toad, smaller than a dime, in the garden bed.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8542182&amp;post=39&amp;subd=dragonwycksanctuary&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Natural Swimming Pool at Dragonwyck Sanctuary:  The Story of the People Pond</title>
		<link>http://dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/the-story-of-the-people-pond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long journey from an old aluminum pool to a natural swimming pool.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8542182&amp;post=27&amp;subd=dragonwycksanctuary&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just how much did he eat?</title>
		<link>http://dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/just-how-much-did-he-eat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Frogs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bullfrog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are worried that the night heron ate some of our frogs yesterday.  At least two of them are missing.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8542182&amp;post=18&amp;subd=dragonwycksanctuary&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Morning Surprise</title>
		<link>http://dragonwycksanctuary.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/hello-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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