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<title>Shorebird Survey Project</title><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/index.html</link><description>Survey and website updates</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2007 S. Haviland</dc:rights><dc:date>2008-03-20T19:41:50-04:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:58:52 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>Barnegat Inlet&#x2c; 3-18-08</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-20T19:41:50-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/cdd49e18df74fd6866eb2c538dabdd66-84.html#unique-entry-id-84</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/cdd49e18df74fd6866eb2c538dabdd66-84.html#unique-entry-id-84</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Tuesday I headed to BI despite the gray skies/lack of sun, there was little wind which made for a nice day out on the jetty & beach.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Corson&#x27;s Inlet&#x2c; Stainton WR &#x26; Roosevelt Blvd Today</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-17T20:17:28-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/fb2ce23efdb5153e90a03850cd7a34d1-83.html#unique-entry-id-83</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/fb2ce23efdb5153e90a03850cd7a34d1-83.html#unique-entry-id-83</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[S of the bridge & from Corson's Inlet State Park I walked the shoreline along the inlet out to the ocean beach.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>3-14-08 FNWR</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-14T20:14:28-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/1f3359da27cfef91b5d1ad885d0c0d5f-82.html#unique-entry-id-82</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/1f3359da27cfef91b5d1ad885d0c0d5f-82.html#unique-entry-id-82</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Note: I did not see the osprey but a Jersey birder reported to me that she & her group spotted an Osprey flying over the (SW?, towards Somers Cove?)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>3-13-08 FNWR</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-13T20:13:08-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ecd36b2ef503432ba7840e43c1bc200e-81.html#unique-entry-id-81</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ecd36b2ef503432ba7840e43c1bc200e-81.html#unique-entry-id-81</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Also Tree Swallows, Snow Geese (those same 3 that hang @ the 1 corner near the NW side of the cross dike), WT Sparr's & RB Wdpker (M).]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Longport&#x2c; Malibu Beach &#x26; OC-Longport Fishing Pier (Mar. 11th&#x2c; 2008)</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-11T23:31:18-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/9f8b040f77e6f25349111300cd37404d-80.html#unique-entry-id-80</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/9f8b040f77e6f25349111300cd37404d-80.html#unique-entry-id-80</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[From the pier I got some good looks @ 1 Common Loon & 1 Red-throated Loon that must have come from under the pier as all the sudden there they were.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Thur.&#x2c; Mar. 6th&#x2c; 2008&#x2c; FNWR</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-06T18:37:02-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ac6775de5a5c647aab52b77592423d21-79.html#unique-entry-id-79</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ac6775de5a5c647aab52b77592423d21-79.html#unique-entry-id-79</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Species seen (& heard) today: Blue Jay, TT's, GBH (3), Tree Swallows, Mallards, YR warb's (M&F), CC's, RWB's, Fish Crows, N.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Friday&#x2c; Feb. 29th&#x2c; 2008 Great Bay Blvd. &#x26; FNWR</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-29T18:35:49-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/25f5d0a572d2f0a30a5a89eadd2135cc-78.html#unique-entry-id-78</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/25f5d0a572d2f0a30a5a89eadd2135cc-78.html#unique-entry-id-78</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I did see 4 or 6 Mute Swans (@ the same time saw 2 N side of SW Pool & 2 on Reed's Bay.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Forsythe Thur.&#x2c; Feb. 14&#x2c; 2008 &#x26; a February Osprey</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-14T22:10:26-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/d557de4de14f418542d7529689af0922-77.html#unique-entry-id-77</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/d557de4de14f418542d7529689af0922-77.html#unique-entry-id-77</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Harriers Blk Ducks CAN Geese Snow Geese SEO (1, maybe 2) Buffleheads Dunlin (group of 5 & 1 solo) RW Blkbirds Song Sparr's (3-4 AT Jen's Trail) N.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Council rejects moratorium on horseshoe crab harvesting</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-12T17:34:16-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/cd25be1dc4e230d60b56f768ff3fca6c-76.html#unique-entry-id-76</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/cd25be1dc4e230d60b56f768ff3fca6c-76.html#unique-entry-id-76</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The following are links to articles about the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council rejecting the moratorium on horseshoe crab harvesting, a link to Red Knot information as well as a link to horseshoe crab information.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Save the Horseshoe Crab&#x2c; Save the Red Knot</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-05T22:17:31-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/8d6a67b97a7d461a9791e83a5e3a7e05-74.html#unique-entry-id-74</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/8d6a67b97a7d461a9791e83a5e3a7e05-74.html#unique-entry-id-74</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The link is http://www.nj.gov/dep/rules/notices/120307b.html Other link of interest: Asbury Park Press article about the film http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200802040410/NEWS01/802040353 Directions to Batsto Visitors Center: http://www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/parks/wharton.html.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Great Bay Blvd. on Thursday&#x2c; 1-31-08</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-02T11:48:03-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/7fb0a02c02e1e5419b0907e81ac07e04-73.html#unique-entry-id-73</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/7fb0a02c02e1e5419b0907e81ac07e04-73.html#unique-entry-id-73</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Chickadees -RB Gulls, Herring Gulls, GBB Gulls -Black Ducks, Common Loon (at Rand's marina), Hooded Mergs, more RB Mergs, Horned Grebe (on various creeks along GBB) -Fish Crows, Turkey Vultures, N.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Brigantine/Forsythe   Jan. 23&#x2c; 2008 (slide show)</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-25T21:24:49-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/d0a48609cdb4a007adc1ca3ae9ceb0ac-72.html#unique-entry-id-72</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/d0a48609cdb4a007adc1ca3ae9ceb0ac-72.html#unique-entry-id-72</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A bit quieter out there with the frozen pools & ponds but the Short-eared owl provided a good 20 minutes of observation/entertainment.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Brigantine/Forsythe   Jan. 10&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-11T18:28:23-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/fedf8ecf75e2fcef4ef5a24ebc48d4d8-71.html#unique-entry-id-71</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/fedf8ecf75e2fcef4ef5a24ebc48d4d8-71.html#unique-entry-id-71</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I also saw a Song Sparrow, Tree Sparrow & a Fox Sparrow all along the woodsy side of Gull Pond Road.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Barnegat Light / Barnegat Inlet 1/07/08</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-08T12:09:51-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/0a9e587ea2419a49579c84c03b9d8267-70.html#unique-entry-id-70</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/0a9e587ea2419a49579c84c03b9d8267-70.html#unique-entry-id-70</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For our time frame & just along the jetty & ocean beach area we saw the following: Harlequin ducks (M's & F's ~ = #'s) (~ 15-20) Red-breasted Mergansers (6, 3 M, 3 F) Common Loon (1) Purple Sandpipers (~ 100) Ruddy Turnstones (~ 50) Sanderlings (~ 50) Dunlin (~ 25) Brant (10) Gr. Blk-backed gulls (3 in flight & 1 soaking up some sun on the jetty) Herring Gull city!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Harbor Seal at GBB</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-29T17:26:27-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/bec393de01b083328a211d081a872b9f-69.html#unique-entry-id-69</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/bec393de01b083328a211d081a872b9f-69.html#unique-entry-id-69</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Yesterday I got an amazing treat while out on a shorebird winter survey at GBB, I got to observe a Harbor Seal on the sod banks facing Shooting Thorofare/ Little Egg Inlet.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The 2007 Audubon WatchList</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-02T17:02:10-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/0a2763ee8966328fa4265948fb5fb669-68.html#unique-entry-id-68</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/0a2763ee8966328fa4265948fb5fb669-68.html#unique-entry-id-68</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA["One quarter of U.S. birds need our help to keep them from slipping toward extinction" (National Audubon Society)...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>More photo&#x27;s added</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-02T16:29:42-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/7d3cbcbd61af06911ff27b47a955cbca-67.html#unique-entry-id-67</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/7d3cbcbd61af06911ff27b47a955cbca-67.html#unique-entry-id-67</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I also put up photo's of a White-Throated Sparrow that I shot today in the rain.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Some Yard Birds from today</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-11-30T18:10:32-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/7b683c7ea538582bff3a4222f95fe705-66.html#unique-entry-id-66</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/7b683c7ea538582bff3a4222f95fe705-66.html#unique-entry-id-66</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Mid-afternoon I ventured out in our yard with the camera & snapped some photo's.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Great Bay Blvd. survey 11-21-07</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-11-29T18:17:57-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/9b63124277690ed5d501c4c396a1d235-65.html#unique-entry-id-65</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/9b63124277690ed5d501c4c396a1d235-65.html#unique-entry-id-65</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Species seen were: SBD (1), SPP (3), LYL (3), GYL (4), a group of 100** Dunlin; a group of 7 Dunlin & a group of 8 unidentified (hidden in grass & hindered by direct sunlight) but most likely Dunlin.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Flash slideshow Forsythe on 11-05-07</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-11-11T13:41:00-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/fc1f6db238bb79d5605c6112bbe3a9ba-64.html#unique-entry-id-64</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/fc1f6db238bb79d5605c6112bbe3a9ba-64.html#unique-entry-id-64</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I took a spur of the moment ride out to Brig/Forsythe on Monday (11-05-07) afternoon from probably 1:30 til 4:30-5pm.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Flash slideshow: OC&#x2c; NJ Sanderlings &#x26; Gulls &#x27;2&#x27;</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-11-02T20:56:20-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/cc50c665c2e90220d8eff658ee06071c-63.html#unique-entry-id-63</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/cc50c665c2e90220d8eff658ee06071c-63.html#unique-entry-id-63</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Here's a collection of pix from the south end of OC late Tuesday afternoon.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>GBB 10-29-07 Slideshow</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-11-02T16:43:57-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/982d93c6258230651f099b58ebb23071-62.html#unique-entry-id-62</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/982d93c6258230651f099b58ebb23071-62.html#unique-entry-id-62</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Here's a collection of pix from my last survey @ GBB WMA...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Final October/fall shorebird survey</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-10-31T10:28:54-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/f2e1aa3c62dc57d62cc614af8f0b9be1-61.html#unique-entry-id-61</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/f2e1aa3c62dc57d62cc614af8f0b9be1-61.html#unique-entry-id-61</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Totals in 3.5 hrs for 10 different areas along GBB included: 12 BBP; a group of 43 SBD; 244 Dunlin (1 group was 178, another group was 52, the rest in smaller #'s); 37 LYL and 5 SPP.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2 NC slideshows are up.</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-10-25T11:39:02-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/add240ef63100ea94dfb8391d6917fd3-60.html#unique-entry-id-60</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/add240ef63100ea94dfb8391d6917fd3-60.html#unique-entry-id-60</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Sorry there isn't a great variety of species but there wasn't much to see on the beach where we were staying.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Back from Frisco&#x2c; NC</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-10-21T15:40:34-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/a7055eecbde2756601508e8f00b312c3-59.html#unique-entry-id-59</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/a7055eecbde2756601508e8f00b312c3-59.html#unique-entry-id-59</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There wasn't a whole lot of shorebirds along the section of beach where we stayed (just south of Frisco Pier) but I managed to get some decent pix.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Slideshow: Sanderlings &#x26; Gulls</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-10-03T14:40:27-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/a287d891a0b4dbf755c5b45c06455437-58.html#unique-entry-id-58</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/a287d891a0b4dbf755c5b45c06455437-58.html#unique-entry-id-58</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The slideshow of Sanderlings & Gulls can be found on the Flash Slideshow page or click on the photo below.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>OC Beach&#x2c; Sanderlings &#x26; Gulls</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-10-03T10:11:01-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/9535b3de6b4757575df060d6dfeb7312-57.html#unique-entry-id-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/9535b3de6b4757575df060d6dfeb7312-57.html#unique-entry-id-57</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I should have a Flash slideshow up on the site in the next few days, if not later today.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Great Bay Blvd. WMA survey 9-28-07</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-28T20:11:25-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/591c8992b5465339580c2fd7c5929e32-56.html#unique-entry-id-56</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/591c8992b5465339580c2fd7c5929e32-56.html#unique-entry-id-56</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Like my last survey out @ GBB there wasn't much to see in the way of shorebirds except for the group of Lesser Yellowlegs that was again in the marsh area across the road from Capt'n Mike's.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Article on the NY Times website on Migration</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-27T17:59:52-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/48a3a1fad1082c6e87255eb09b463d70-55.html#unique-entry-id-55</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/48a3a1fad1082c6e87255eb09b463d70-55.html#unique-entry-id-55</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A smartly written article on fall migration called "Songs and Sojourns of the Season" written by Natalie Angier is currently on the NY Times website.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Website Updated</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-27T12:05:15-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/d31ef9656ab9dfec61b50956c3a1dc4e-54.html#unique-entry-id-54</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/d31ef9656ab9dfec61b50956c3a1dc4e-54.html#unique-entry-id-54</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Yesterday while sitting on the beach in OC, NJ watching small groups of Sanderlings feeding and a few being territorial I wish I had my digital video camera with me to capture the action.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Great Bay Blvd. WMA survey 9-18-07</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-19T18:46:01-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/3306e64c5e39e39120dd399cc20e7995-53.html#unique-entry-id-53</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/3306e64c5e39e39120dd399cc20e7995-53.html#unique-entry-id-53</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This is odd for me to have to post that this is my 1st survey of the fall season, not to mention 1st survey of 2007 but I'll just add it was good to be back out again!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Oystercatchers at Malibu Beach</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-17T18:38:00-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/d47fa1e44341d79deeb05c444e312d14-52.html#unique-entry-id-52</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/d47fa1e44341d79deeb05c444e312d14-52.html#unique-entry-id-52</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was in the area of Malibu Beach on 9-17-07 and stopped for a quick look.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Good reference article on BirdCapeMay.org</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-17T10:57:01-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/2b4fa33b053f9f561765624f2ed05411-51.html#unique-entry-id-51</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/2b4fa33b053f9f561765624f2ed05411-51.html#unique-entry-id-51</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On BirdCapeMay.org website is an article under the Tigrina Times Magazine, Birding Fieldcraft, by Don Freiday "Using Size in the Field".]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Forsythe 9-12 &#x26; 9-13</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-14T10:48:54-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/41a90a08fe43060fb2999b5e35700403-50.html#unique-entry-id-50</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/41a90a08fe43060fb2999b5e35700403-50.html#unique-entry-id-50</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The American Avocets (3) & the American White Pelican (perched on the same log way out off the SW pool tower) were seen both days.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Resource Links for Shorebirds</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-09T13:12:23-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/bccd343d5aa6438ded9af09b9250c228-49.html#unique-entry-id-49</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/bccd343d5aa6438ded9af09b9250c228-49.html#unique-entry-id-49</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There are also a few other species included that are seen in our survey areas as well as a few links to other helpful shorebird references.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2nd Flash slideshow - Forsythe</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-08T15:57:20-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/5a745a208561d07033f6f79bd0218ce5-48.html#unique-entry-id-48</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/5a745a208561d07033f6f79bd0218ce5-48.html#unique-entry-id-48</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I just put up a 2nd Flash slide show of photos that I shot while @ Brigantine/Forsythe on 9-01-07.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Good Article on Ruby-throated Hummingbirds</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-08-23T11:47:18-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/c3d61dacc8bb3a8525caf2a5cd8ef33e-47.html#unique-entry-id-47</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/c3d61dacc8bb3a8525caf2a5cd8ef33e-47.html#unique-entry-id-47</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Click on the link below & it'll take you to an article by Clay & Pat Sutton...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>BirdLife International article: Contributing factors sought as Red Knot population plummets</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-08-15T11:43:25-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/1c077a5dee18975e84019ae8d44526b6-45.html#unique-entry-id-45</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/1c077a5dee18975e84019ae8d44526b6-45.html#unique-entry-id-45</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Malibu Beach</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-08-14T19:00:45-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/247e8e1a0129c6045e419cd6a5485872-46.html#unique-entry-id-46</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/247e8e1a0129c6045e419cd6a5485872-46.html#unique-entry-id-46</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I wasn't out on any 'official' shorebird counting but had an appointment near by Malibu Beach & decided to take a short walk along the blvd (beacuse MB is a posted/restricted beach) & see what birds were on the sod banks since it was low tide.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AC Press article: Piping plover pairs thrive&#x2c; but not in N.J.</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-08-04T15:06:42-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/2e4ac6f16f596605b6f812a35b02f868-44.html#unique-entry-id-44</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/2e4ac6f16f596605b6f812a35b02f868-44.html#unique-entry-id-44</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Piping plover pairs thrive, but not in N.J.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Forsythe 7-25-07</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-07-25T16:23:28-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/edf3dd45d9ece97008baf6fc49656c80-43.html#unique-entry-id-43</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/edf3dd45d9ece97008baf6fc49656c80-43.html#unique-entry-id-43</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Even though the only "pink" we saw was the explosion of Marsh Mallows in bloom (we didn't get to see the Roseate Spoonbill) there were plenty of birds to see.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Important Bird Areas Program:&#xd;A Global Currency for Bird Conservation</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-06-29T20:07:46-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/5b2175aca93d7ae0ccd0acfa82d31f19-41.html#unique-entry-id-41</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/5b2175aca93d7ae0ccd0acfa82d31f19-41.html#unique-entry-id-41</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[http://www.audubon.org/bird/iba/]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Earth Day 2007&#x21; Green Up Everyone&#x21;</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-04-22T09:44:38-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/af92e3c2c2dd84dc4256aa77793f9a55-40.html#unique-entry-id-40</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/af92e3c2c2dd84dc4256aa77793f9a55-40.html#unique-entry-id-40</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Here at our home, we've been working on "Greening Up" for quite some time now, a step at a time but definitely in a healthy and environmentally sound direction.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Shorebird Stewards Protect Shorebirds and Tell Us Why.</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-04-16T09:01:55-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/021c42dc2fcb2f990403b0ef2f05f386-39.html#unique-entry-id-39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/021c42dc2fcb2f990403b0ef2f05f386-39.html#unique-entry-id-39</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For information please visit this link...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Reminder: 2007 Spring Shorebird Surveys</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-03-30T22:41:21-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/6b0e504c31d5bdcc91149089ae3dc638-38.html#unique-entry-id-38</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/6b0e504c31d5bdcc91149089ae3dc638-38.html#unique-entry-id-38</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[2007 Spring Shorebird Surveys NJAS Citizen Science is recruiting competent volunteers to survey beaches from Cape May to Sandy Hook and along the Delaware Bay, and collect data on shorebird abundance.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sunrise On Nacote Creek</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-03-14T07:53:27-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/40a52de7592a2718bb35c2d5a4dedc2b-37.html#unique-entry-id-37</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/40a52de7592a2718bb35c2d5a4dedc2b-37.html#unique-entry-id-37</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Nothing to note bird wise but was just a beautiful morning yesterday along the Nacote Creek, here's a shot during sunrise.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Winter&#x27;s Day at Forsythe</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-19T18:27:40-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/519fec009e885c2132aa861867b99e78-36.html#unique-entry-id-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/519fec009e885c2132aa861867b99e78-36.html#unique-entry-id-36</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Despite the gray of the day when the sun started to set it provided some great views with awesome colors painted across the evening sky.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Winter Pond Birds</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-11T16:23:12-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/bd0fd374384d3bb862bd455218080b15-35.html#unique-entry-id-35</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/bd0fd374384d3bb862bd455218080b15-35.html#unique-entry-id-35</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Of course on the pond Mallards were present but so were the usual winter visitors including 25 Hooded Mergansers & 8 (4 pairs) Ring-Necked Ducks.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Red Knot Expedition</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-02T21:26:02-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/fd20304faa29cc9f089ab54bb048396f-34.html#unique-entry-id-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/fd20304faa29cc9f089ab54bb048396f-34.html#unique-entry-id-34</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[While browsing the Stockton College website I came across some info for a Red Knot Expedition stating that researchers from The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and The Wetlands Institute will journey to Tierra del Fuego.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spring 2007 Shorebird Survey&#x2c; Volunteers Needed</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-11-21T21:05:11-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/f35927d894d7f0c37551ae9a6bbffaf6-33.html#unique-entry-id-33</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/f35927d894d7f0c37551ae9a6bbffaf6-33.html#unique-entry-id-33</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Please visit NJAS website for information...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>November News: Horseshoe Crab Harvest Banned</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-11-21T20:18:47-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/c2500a4a866c0fe17d9de3d72d1b7c6d-32.html#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/c2500a4a866c0fe17d9de3d72d1b7c6d-32.html#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/explorations/]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Red Knot Winter Survey&#x2c; help needed</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-10-25T17:19:31-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/037cbacc3b808c74ea24636878df53ba-31.html#unique-entry-id-31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/037cbacc3b808c74ea24636878df53ba-31.html#unique-entry-id-31</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Last year we caught knots in NJ until November so we would expect that the knots we just banded may be moving to wintering sites at least until then.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Red Knot News</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-09-13T14:16:36-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/1ce15e89fb172184ca87d113eb83c21c-30.html#unique-entry-id-30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/1ce15e89fb172184ca87d113eb83c21c-30.html#unique-entry-id-30</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Barnegat Light beach nesting areas</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-06-13T20:31:16-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/5747fc3f5bcc299cd3e7f9cec8c028a6-29.html#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/5747fc3f5bcc299cd3e7f9cec8c028a6-29.html#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This afternoon I headed up to LBI & went with my sister and nephew to check on 1 of the beach areas they helped to fence in back in April.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Survey wk 6: GBB Tu&#x2c; June 6th&#x2c; 2006</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-06-06T17:20:26-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/0e14f20b9942a5afdebcf8af94984172-28.html#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/0e14f20b9942a5afdebcf8af94984172-28.html#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[week of spring shorebird surveys and knowing the few shorebirds I did see today, I wish I had made last week's survey so I could compare weeks 4, 5 & 6 but so it goes.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Missed survey week 5</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-06-04T21:25:27-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/34fab44fbb15f8a4e8c8a52f6929ec5b-27.html#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/34fab44fbb15f8a4e8c8a52f6929ec5b-27.html#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I would have been curious to see what kind of numbers GBB had in comparison to week 4 & this last week of surveying, week 6.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Survey wk 4: GBB Tu&#x2c; May 23rd&#x2c; 2006</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-05-26T14:52:55-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/87780315128de8611ae09e8acbb0455e-26.html#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/87780315128de8611ae09e8acbb0455e-26.html#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[= 69 (40 of which were group of Ruddy T's, largest group of RT's that I have seen out @ GBB) - A mixed group of Duns (31), SBD (27), SPS (1), LS (2) & a Spotted S - A group with 1 SBD, Dunlin (20) & SPS (11) - & 1 last group of 22 SBD]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>NJ F &#x26; W / ENSP Spring 2006 Conserve Wildlife Newsletter Online</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-05-25T12:20:50-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/b4ec963abf8f43985c4f209050fdc3c0-25.html#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/b4ec963abf8f43985c4f209050fdc3c0-25.html#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The link below will take you to their Spring 2006 Conserve Wildlife Newsletter in PDF format.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Red Knots @ Great Bay Blvd. WMA today&#x21;</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-05-23T21:19:07-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/8e10a37314c8e3aaf18743ce7aeb9deb-24.html#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/8e10a37314c8e3aaf18743ce7aeb9deb-24.html#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[From 4:15pm until 5:15pm (HT for Shooting Thorofare was 5:50pm) I spent my time at the beach that looks out on Shooting Thorofare at the end of GBB WMA, as well as out in the marshes.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>GBB May 15th pix up</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-05-18T17:12:21-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/d37dd933cc139597fd31d9226a6307ff-23.html#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/d37dd933cc139597fd31d9226a6307ff-23.html#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The digiscoping with a handheld digital camera makes focused & properly lighted shots a challenge but on a sunny day there's bound to be some decent ones.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>DEP Closes Sections of Bay &#x26; Ocean Beaches for Protection of Rare Migratory Shorebirds</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-05-18T10:13:51-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/07586e377e2251038bac50ad27b6144b-22.html#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/07586e377e2251038bac50ad27b6144b-22.html#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On the Atlantic Ocean, the northeast end of the Malibu Beach Wildlife Management Area in Egg Harbor Township and Stone Harbor Point/Champagne Island in Stone Harbor Borough/Middle Township, located on Ocean Drive west of Longport, is closed to all access now through Oct. 15.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Shore-birding OC &#x26; Malibu</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-05-16T19:04:59-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/3bf2f9c8753edb2f7c6bd08eee20fcf8-21.html#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/3bf2f9c8753edb2f7c6bd08eee20fcf8-21.html#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I also made a quick stop at 41st street beach, of which there were fewer Sanderlings but more people on the beach there, where as 57th to Corson's Inlet was pretty much just me.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Survey wk 3: GBB Mon&#x2c; May 15th&#x2c; 2006</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-05-15T22:05:42-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/c34e16de7d121173cea35dfa0708216f-20.html#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/c34e16de7d121173cea35dfa0708216f-20.html#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I could make out the BBP's no problem & what appeared to be Sanderlings running in & out with the waves coming up on the sandy beach.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Latest Photo Album</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-05-11T21:18:57-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/73e0c7b8fe017221382257a2419cb9fc-19.html#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/73e0c7b8fe017221382257a2419cb9fc-19.html#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Note: There won't be any photos or videos for my May 9th (week 2) survey as the lack of light and strong winds didn't allow for any viable media.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Survey wk 2: GBB&#x2c; Tu&#x2c; May 9th&#x2c; 2006</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-05-09T17:04:21-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/a979bfa64166a2c0079fd9af3df5f790-18.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/a979bfa64166a2c0079fd9af3df5f790-18.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Today was mostly a gray day with very strong winds so no video today and the digiscoping photography was pretty much a bust without good sunlight and the winds moving me as I tried to hold the dig cam steady to the birding scope.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Survey wk 1: GBB&#x2c; Tu&#x2c; May 2nd&#x2c; 2006</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-05-02T22:58:32-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/c1b851f864c106fa8662580fa5bfa0f9-17.html#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/c1b851f864c106fa8662580fa5bfa0f9-17.html#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The 2000** Dunlin were 1/2 way between the last traffic light bridge & Rutgers' Research Station on the west side of Gr. Bay Blvd.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>GBB April 25th pix up</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-04-27T20:32:52-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ea8bffd3a8172fdd8e2abab1b00923f3-16.html#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ea8bffd3a8172fdd8e2abab1b00923f3-16.html#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This site is best viewed on Macs with Safari or Firefox and best viewed on PC's with Firefox.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>More to see @ GBB today</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-04-25T23:15:56-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/6d0446f717c669c6495f1470970baff4-15.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/6d0446f717c669c6495f1470970baff4-15.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Along the marsh bank of the boat ramp area (across from Rutgers' weather station) 1 AO & a group of Forster's terns.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Eastern Meadowlark in our yard&#x21;</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-04-19T18:20:14-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/f34cfd18bc705fc4eaac1788c63f0b4e-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/f34cfd18bc705fc4eaac1788c63f0b4e-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So we are fortunate to see a wide variety of birds pass over, pass through and visit, and of course those that stay.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Barnegat Light&#x2c; fencing of beach nesting areas</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-04-17T20:40:47-04:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/f8c2a54c9bb2a8b8bf0c67ade8da9e12-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/f8c2a54c9bb2a8b8bf0c67ade8da9e12-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'd like to say thank you to my nephew Ronny & the members of his scout troop, Troop 65 of Manahawkin, that participated with him this past Saturday (April 15th) as they volunteered their services to help with the Barnegat Light fencing project to protect shorebird beach nesting areas.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>More Videos Added</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-03-31T15:55:06-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/076ea48aded7693f0b3c8d8698d61d60-12.html#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/076ea48aded7693f0b3c8d8698d61d60-12.html#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This site is best viewed on Macs with Safari or Firefox and best viewed on PC's with Firefox.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Another Nice March Day @ GBB</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-03-30T16:56:24-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/4b1ddbf9393514f6e08660a8d57ebef5-11.html#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/4b1ddbf9393514f6e08660a8d57ebef5-11.html#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I also saw 1 Black-Bellied Plover of which was too far away for the naked eye but when I reviewed some video, as the plover shaped bird took flight, the black axillary patches became evident and were the ID factor needed.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Nice March Day @ GBB</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-03-13T20:37:50-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ea3287745dc3a73d0e6150e07ae1b419-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ea3287745dc3a73d0e6150e07ae1b419-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It was overcast with sun breaking through later on. A strong wind from the South and temperatures ranged from 60's to 70's later on. During my time out @ GBB the tide was heading out (Shooting Thorofare HT 7:03am/ LT 1:27pm; Little Sheepshead Creek HT 7:17am/ LT 1:49pm).]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Added podcast episode</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-02-13T20:38:48-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/a03acb98767ec02319450c4edfb92cda-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/a03acb98767ec02319450c4edfb92cda-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For more info on what Podcasts are and how to subscribe click the link below...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Podcast now available in iTunes Music Store</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-02-07T14:22:43-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/0292944a0ee57cd59cb8c20f9997896a-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/0292944a0ee57cd59cb8c20f9997896a-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[One can find it by clicking Podcast, Browse and then typing in haviland, birding, shorebird or citizen science (and a few other keywords) in the search window.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Podcast feature has been added</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-02-05T17:50:11-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/c67c872b933173386568358a72b658be-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/c67c872b933173386568358a72b658be-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[At this point in time it is under review by Apple.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Site changed again&#x21;</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-02-03T23:37:13-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ffc1e95f93374108033d024c74b48d33-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ffc1e95f93374108033d024c74b48d33-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So that means fewer reasons for me to be a slacker on keeping it updated!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Another program&#x2c; another look</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-02-02T22:58:59-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ad0ec9ca5261dc0374a6e69e0f8f92fc-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ad0ec9ca5261dc0374a6e69e0f8f92fc-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ok, iWeb was great for building ease & a decent looking site but the "publishing" was a pain without having a .mac site.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Spring like Jan. day @ GBB</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-01-31T14:50:49-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ee8d11f7b06eeea972cd94fe305e5f61-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ee8d11f7b06eeea972cd94fe305e5f61-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As much as it was a beautiful day out there & the bay had some cool fog rolling across it & mist rising up ...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Movies are back up</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-01-23T16:09:17-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/6b4d645775df311f653c6fb19227a3d7-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/6b4d645775df311f653c6fb19227a3d7-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Sorry they are the same movies as before but hopefully soon I will edit more tape and put up some new movies.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New look for the site</title><dc:creator>S. Haviland</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-01-22T18:22:20-05:00</dc:date><link>http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ae5907ed725dfed32f73e0367bf81884-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://susan.thespikeranch.com/page10/files/ae5907ed725dfed32f73e0367bf81884-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Hopefully in the next few weeks I will have sorted through the old (2004) survey photo albums narrowed them down to just the better shots and placed them in this new website.]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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