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		<title>Rock Cut Christmas Bird Count (112) Final Results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the results from the Rock Cut Christmas Bird Count [12/28/11] (CBC #112). I was delayed tallying them do to the CBC website being upgraded. The big highlights were a GOLDEN EAGLE and a ROSS&#8217;S GOOSE. We also tallied 7 more species than our high year (the first year of the count). Notable misses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merlin found at Greenwood Cemetary- 2-6-2-12</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joyce and I checked the area around Page Park School for Crossbills and Redpolls. None were found, but on the way home, we cruised through Greenwood Cemetery. A Merlin was perched in the large deciduous tree next to Easley&#8217;s tall monument gravestone just north of the hemlock trees near gravestone for Emersons. The bird was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/merlin-found-at-greenwood-cemetary-2-6-2-12/</link>
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		<title>White-winged Crossbills at Anna Page Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning, a flock of 16 White-winged Crossbills flew over while I was out along Safford Road getting the newspaper. They came from the direction of Page Park School. There is a stand of hemlocks on the west side of the school driveway, and I suspect that they had been in the hemlocks. I advise [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/white-winged-crossbills-at-anna-page-park/</link>
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		<title>Redpolls, Crossbills at Klehm Arboretum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I walked the full loop at Klehm from 12:00-1:00 p.m. today. I found the flock of Common Redpolls at the west end of the west loop in the birch catkins. They responded to pishing and came to perch at the top of a spruce, then returned to the catkins to feed. I counted 35 of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/redpolls-crossbills-at-klehm-arboretum/</link>
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		<title>Longspurs Galore!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I needed to make a suet run to Eickman&#8217;s in Seward this afternoon, so I took the &#8220;Longspur Highway&#8221;, better known as Kelly Road, from Meridian Road to Pecatonica Road. I anticipated that yesterday&#8217;s snow would bring a lot of birds to the roadside, and my expectations were not disappointed. The first few flocks were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/longspurs-galore/</link>
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		<title>Bong S. W. A. field trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear NCIOS members, I am sorry that I have to cancel the field trip to the Bong SWA in Wisconsin that was to take place tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. I am in a descending spiral with a terrible cold that I have caught. Additionally, there was a report of a Short-eared Owl about two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/bong-s-w-a-field-trip/</link>
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		<title>Tonight&#8217;s NCIOS meeting cancelled</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Due to the weather predictions, steady snowfall and the poor condition of the Rockford roads at 1:30 p.m. the officers of the NCIOS have decided to cancel tonight&#8217;s meeting. Please spread the word if you know of others who are planning to attend. Thank you Barbara Williams]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/tonights-ncios-meeting-cancelled/</link>
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		<title>NCIOS meeting 1-12-12</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The NCIOS (bird club) meeting scheduled for Thursday 1-12-12 has been cancelled due to inclement weather. Joyce Armstrong- Steve Gent]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/ncios-meeting-1-12-12/</link>
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		<title>Kishwaukee Christmas Bird Count results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year is different, and it&#8217;s interesting to see how bird numbers vary from year to year. I would not have guessed that by Dec. 31, 2011 we would have had no snow cover and only moderate episodes of freezing temperatures. The count day was foggy all morning but the temperature was normal, there was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/kishwaukee-christmas-bird-count-results/</link>
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		<title>Redpolls at Klehm; shrike NW of Rockford</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Around 2:15 p.m. today, I found a flock of 37 Common Redpolls at Klehm Arboretum in Rockford. The birds were feeding on Birch seeds at the far west end of the west loop trail. Also in the vicinity were 10 Cedar Waxwings. Waxwings are scarce at Klehm this winter, the likely result of a paltry [...]]]></description>
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