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		<title>More of Wile E. Roadrunner</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2008/09/08/more-of-wile-e-roadrunner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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Just waiting for its next meal. . .
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		<title>Female Black-Chinned Hummer</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2008/08/23/female-black-chinned-hummer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<title>Wile E. Roadrunner</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2008/08/18/wile-e-roadrunner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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What, you ask, is the Greater Roadrunner, the State Bird of New Mexico, doing sitting on a fence?
It is hanging out, waiting for what it hopes will be its next meal to come to a bird feeder!  I was unaware that roadrunners ate other birds until a couple of weeks ago.  A roadrunner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Little Scrub Jay Continues to Grow</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2008/08/09/the-little-scrub-jay-continues-to-grow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<title>Broad-Tailed Hummingbird</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2008/08/09/broad-tailed-hummingbird/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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August is the best time of the year for hummingbirds in the Albuquerque region.
The wonderful little black-chinned hummers come in the spring, and are the last to leave in the fall.
But in August, we can also expect the rufous hummers and broad-tailed hummers to pass through on their migrations south for the winter.  Both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on the Fledgling Scrub Jay</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2008/08/01/update-on-the-fledgling-scrub-jay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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This &#8220;little&#8221; guy has really grown!  He&#8217;s not quite an adult, and he still has a few downy baby feathers, but the transformation in such a short period of time is amazing!
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		<title>Fledgling Scrub Jays Grow Really Rapidly!</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2008/07/27/fledgling-scrub-jays-grow-really-rapidly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I posted a photo of a young fledgling Western Scrub jay here.  That photo was taken 6 days ago.
Now, the bird is still a fledgling, and is still awkward, and is still getting its adult feathers.  But it has learned about peanuts, and just goes straight for them when they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The White Wing Dove</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2008/07/27/the-white-wing-dove/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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This dove was quite content this morning.
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		<title>This Is Why Gardeners Garden!</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2008/07/26/this-is-why-gardeners-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Roses]]></category>

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The reward for the time and effort spent gardening?  It is the simple joy of spending a morning like this enjoying the beauty of the flowers and the birds and the clouds and the sounds!
The rose in the foreground in &#8216;Cesar E. Chavez,&#8217; a hybrid tea.
The two larger birds are house finches.
The cute little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Greater Roadrunner</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2008/07/26/the-greater-roadrunner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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This guy (girl?) is the State Bird of New Mexico.  At least one family lives in my neighborhood, and they walk on the block walls, eat lizards in the woodpile, make very interesting sounds, and just entertain in general.
This one was sitting outside my bedroom window this morning, but I could not get a [...]]]></description>
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