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		<title>Notes on an unidentified lestes found in yard on July 12, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m learning that identification of individuals in the genus lestes presents a bit of a challenge, and that some simply can&#8217;t be identified in the field. This young male that came to the yard last summer is a case in &#8230; <a href="http://www.urbanbirder.net/2011/09/24/notes-on-an-unidentified-lestes-found-in-yard-on-july-12-2010/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbanbirder.net/2011/09/24/notes-on-an-unidentified-lestes-found-in-yard-on-july-12-2010/</link>
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		<title>Picking back up after a bit of a break</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A break of more than a year, actually, so this post will be brief. Wouldn&#8217;t want to strain any under-used writing parts. Birds Common Yellowthroats are back in the yard&#8212;and some newcomers, all this past week: Swainson&#8217;s Thrush (on the &#8230; <a href="http://www.urbanbirder.net/2011/09/24/picking-back-up-after-a-bit-of-a-break/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbanbirder.net/2011/09/24/picking-back-up-after-a-bit-of-a-break/</link>
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		<title>Sightings in brief, 7.27.2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Damsels and dragons Around 2:00 this afternoon while working on a project, I glanced at the window of my second-floor office and saw a tiny odonate hovering outside looking in. The abdomen was very slender, and the creature had the &#8230; <a href="http://www.urbanbirder.net/2010/07/27/sightings-in-brief-7-27-2010/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbanbirder.net/2010/07/27/sightings-in-brief-7-27-2010/</link>
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		<title>Cemeteries as habitat remnants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St. Louis&#8217;s Calvary Cemetery was featured in this segment on NPR this morning.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbanbirder.net/2010/07/27/cemeteries-as-habitat-remnants/</link>
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		<title>Yard Checkered White</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a Checkered White in the yard late this morning. I almost missed it. Chuck and I were listening to &#8220;Wait, Wait, Don&#8217;t Tell Me&#8221; when I saw a white butterfly come into the yard. I always pick up &#8230; <a href="http://www.urbanbirder.net/2010/07/24/yard-checkered-white/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbanbirder.net/2010/07/24/yard-checkered-white/</link>
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		<title>Yesterday’s (7.23.2010) yard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night roughly 40 Chimney Swifts were flying over 11th Street, a nice sight! Dragons and Damsels On the 21st and the 23rd there was a dragonfly in the yard that I&#8217;m almost certain is a teneral Blue Dasher, but &#8230; <a href="http://www.urbanbirder.net/2010/07/24/yesterday%e2%80%99s-7-23-2010-yard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbanbirder.net/2010/07/24/yesterday%e2%80%99s-7-23-2010-yard/</link>
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		<title>Scissor-tailed Flycatchers in Laclede County (and the value of the game Bird Bingo)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago I gave my grand-niece Tatyanna the game Bird Bingo (either for Christmas or her birthday&#8212;I don&#8217;t remember which). She&#8217;s since played it many times with me, her grandparents, and her great-grandmother. My brother called me two days &#8230; <a href="http://www.urbanbirder.net/2010/07/22/scissor-tailed-flycatchers-in-laclede-county-and-the-value-of-the-game-bird-bingo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbanbirder.net/2010/07/22/scissor-tailed-flycatchers-in-laclede-county-and-the-value-of-the-game-bird-bingo/</link>
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		<title>Morning roundup, 7.22.2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[Butterflies and In bloom updated below] First, sightings from yesterday morning and evening Morning A hummingbird visited the yard and nectared her way through various species, finishing with the single remaining Buttonbush bloom. Evening While I was wandering around the &#8230; <a href="http://www.urbanbirder.net/2010/07/22/morning-roundup-7-22-2010/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbanbirder.net/2010/07/22/morning-roundup-7-22-2010/</link>
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		<title>More yard odonates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There was another hard-to-identify (for me) damsel in the yard yesterday evening. It and a Fragile Forktail seemed to be settling in for the night in the patch of switchgrass in the northeast corner of the backyard. I&#8217;m guessing that &#8230; <a href="http://www.urbanbirder.net/2010/07/15/more-yard-odonates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbanbirder.net/2010/07/15/more-yard-odonates/</link>
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		<title>Yard odonates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve begun taking a closer look at various insects that visit the yard and have been paying special attention to the dragonflies and damselflies. There has been a minimum of four species of dragonfly, including the saddlebags that fly overhead, &#8230; <a href="http://www.urbanbirder.net/2010/07/14/yard-odonates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbanbirder.net/2010/07/14/yard-odonates/</link>
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