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	Bird News with Vern Laux can be heard on WCAI every Wednesday morning at 8:35AM and Friday afternoon at 4:30PM.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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			<title>Snow and other winter weather</title>
			
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			<description>Winter weather is affecting bird life.&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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			<title>Snowy Owls</title>
			
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			<description>Vern shares his enthusiasm for snowy owls.&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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			<title>Water temperatures</title>
			
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			<description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&quot;&gt;Water temperatures are unusually high this month, and that has affected bird life on the Cape and Islands. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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			<title>2011 Christmas Bird Count III</title>
			
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			<description>Another look at the holiday bird county, plus a close look at a popular bird.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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			<title>2011 Christmas Bird Count II</title>
			
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			<description>More on the 2011 Christmas Bird Counts.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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			<title>2011 Christmas Bird Count I</title>
			
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			<description>The 2011 &lt;a href=&quot;http://massbird.org/birdobserver/cbc/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Christmas Bird Counts&lt;/a&gt; are underway.&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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			<title>Mid-December birding activity</title>
			
			<link>http://www.wgbh.org/programs/Bird-News-284/episodes/Mid-December-birding-activity-33752</link>
			<description>It&amp;#39;s a busy unseasonably warm December.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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			<title>Seasonal Activity</title>
			
			<link>http://www.wgbh.org/programs/Bird-News-284/episodes/Seasonal-Activity-33622</link>
			<description>Above-nomal temperatures prompting a lot of bird activity.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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			<title>Flying Machines</title>
			
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			<description>Birds are flying machines.&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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			<title>Nantucket Birding Festival</title>
			
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			<description>Vern says the first-ever &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.llnf.org/index.php?id=68&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nantucket Birding Festival&lt;/a&gt;, which ran from October 20-23, was a big success.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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			<title>Columbus Day birding</title>
			
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			<description>A review of Columbus Day birding, and a preview of the first-ever &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.llnf.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nantucket Birding Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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			<title>Absolutely the best birding weekend</title>
			
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			<description>Best Birding Weekend all year, according to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.llnf.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ornithologist Vernon Laux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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			<title>Vern&apos;s NASA connection</title>
			
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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			<title>Crazy time of birding</title>
			
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			<description>A crazy time of birding.  And reaction to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.massaudubon.org/StateoftheBirds/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mass Audubon&amp;#39;s State of the Bird report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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			<title>Tropical Storm Irene</title>
			
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			<description>Vern talks to WCAI&amp;#39;s Dan Tritle how the birding world fared following Irene.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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