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		<title>ABO Fundraiser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WIN an original handcrafted table!! Nancy Hausle-Johnson and John Wright have again combined their talents and created a beautiful table!  We are raffling this item off with all proceeds to benefit the Alaska Bird Observatory. This spectacular table features White-fronted Geese, a common spring migrant to the Fairbanks area.  Tickets are available at ABO&#8217;s Center for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alaskabird.org/?p=5592</link>
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		<title>Research Updates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Research Crews Have Returned!! The Petroleum Reserve Crew (Biologist Peter Elstner and Intern Luke Eberhart-Phillips) had difficult terrain to negotiate, but were successful! The ALMS crew on Kodiak Island completed their Uganik Island, Wide Bay and Dog Salmon River points. After a day of inhospitable weather &#8211; things cleared and they could work! Go to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alaskabird.org/?p=5294</link>
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		<title>New Cards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ABO has a large selection of individual and boxed cards from many local artists like Amy Noon, Jill Marshall and Christy Yunker Happ.  Stop by ABO or go to the cards page to see them.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alaskabird.org/?p=5609</link>
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		<title>Sign up for fall field trips to ABO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sign up for fall field trips at the Alaska Bird Observatory Visit ABO&#8217;s bird banding station with your students this fall!  Observe songbirds up close while learning about scientific research and conservation. Your class will also learn about the natural and human history of Creamer&#8217;s Field, explore different habitats on the refuge, and visit the historic farmhouse.  The sign [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alaskabird.org/?p=5526</link>
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		<title>Summer Newsletter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Summer Arctic Warbler Newsletter is out! ABO Board of Directors Jeff Walters tells about his volunteer time with the National Park Service and the Alaska Region Inventory &#38; Monitoring Program, carrying out bird surveys along the Noatak River in northwest Alaska. The Species Spotlight is the Arctic Tern (the little bird with the longest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alaskabird.org/?p=5509</link>
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		<title>Are birds flying into your windows?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are birds flying into your windows? Baby birds are out and about and they aren&#8217;t very experienced fliers yet. Some of them may fly into windows. A simple, effective deterrent has been developed by the folks at the Bird Screen Company. These screens can be mounted a number of ways, all simple and quick. ABO [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alaskabird.org/?p=1404</link>
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		<title>2010 ALASKA BIRD CONFERENCE, 16-18 November 2010, Anchorage, AK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2010 ALASKA BIRD CONFERENCE, 16-18 November 2010, Anchorage, AK Call for Abstracts: Presentations by both professional and amateur ornithologists are welcome. Topics can relate to any aspect of Alaska birds, such as behavior, community ecology, conservation, education and outreach, evolution, contaminants, genetics, habitat, migration, physiology, population ecology, systematics, or others. Since the primary objective of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alaskabird.org/?p=5289</link>
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		<title>Research Updates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Research Updates ABO has field projects on the Tanana Flats, Yukon Flats, Creamer&#8217;s Refuge, Kodiak Island, Alaska Peninsula/Becharof, Arctic, and Innoko National Wildlife Refuges, the BLM’s National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, and the BLM&#8217;s White Mountains. Check the Research Updates page to learn what our field biologists, interns, and volunteers are finding. Rusty Blackbird – Yukon Flats [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alaskabird.org/?p=5274</link>
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		<title>2010 Birdathon Results &amp; TY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you Birdathon Supporters and Participants! Thank you to all who participated in the Farthest North Birdathon by doing a Birdathon or a Big Sit or by pledging to someone who was! A good time was had by all while raising money for Arctic Audubon Society and ABO. This year&#8217;s Birdathon was sponsored by Beaver [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alaskabird.org/?p=5242</link>
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		<title>Birds and Climate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Go here to explore a new set of pages &#8211; Birds and Climate -  on the ABO web site. This information was compiled and the pages designed undergraduate student Nicole Torre (Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska, Fairbanks) and funded by the Alaska Space Grant Fellowship Program through the Institute of Arctic Biology. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alaskabird.org/?p=5206</link>
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