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		<title>David Attenborough &#8211; Darwin Lecture 2011, &#8216;Alfred Russel Wallace and the Birds of Paradise&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight I joined the 2011 Darwin Lecture, with Sir David Attenborough speaking on &#8216;Alfred Russel Wallace and the Birds of Paradise&#8217;,  organised and hosted by the Royal Society of Medicine in association with the Linnean Society of London. Fresh back from a trip to Borneo &#8211; no less, the spritely 85-year-old was introduced by Professor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cygnets and Swan Necks &#8211; a Case of Lead Poisoning?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet the new arrivals.  At a pool close to where I live in the south of England, I&#8217;ve been following the progress of these cygnets since their birth five weeks ago; the  picture and the video were taken about a week after hatching. The same breeding pair has built a nest in the same spot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waddle you make of this?  Mallard has 16 chicks.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Royal Society for the Protection of birds (RSPB) says: &#8220;the normal clutch size for mallard is 12 eggs, laid at one to two day intervals.&#8221; Which makes the mother of this 16 strong brood paddling past our appartment yesterday something of a dynamic duck. I&#8217;ve heard the record is 21 &#8211; so she still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Woodpeckers (notes from an accidental ornithologist)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through a combination of photography and a creeping fascination with avian behaviour and taxonomy (thanks to my wife giving me Colin Tudge&#8217;s The Secret Life of Birds for my birthday) I think I&#8217;m turning into some sort of accidental ornithologist.  Point being, you can expect the occasional photo-flavoured birdy post; and today &#8211; it&#8217;s woodpeckers! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giraffe Feeding Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are just fun.  Giraffe feeding time at Santa Barbara Zoo. Photos copyright Tim Jones. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas RATions for a Frolicking Fox</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget the turkey &#8211; RATS are the Christmas treat for this ravenous reynard. I caught this juvenile fox in the garden this Christmas Eve morning enjoying a little pre-lunch entertainment courtesy of an unfortunate rodent.  Very similar to watching a cat play with a mouse.  Here&#8217;s the series: Of related interest&#8230; Post by Ed Yong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birds of Southern California</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not all of them, you understand.  But here&#8217;s a few I&#8217;ve snapped in and around Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Francisco on visits over the year.]]></description>
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		<title>A Web of Intrigue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got up yesterday morning at what for me is quite an early hour &#8211; 6.30ish.  So with no CSI on the box at that time, I chose the healthy option and went for a walk in the park.  Where I took this picture: That&#8217;s only kind of true.  What I actually took was this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mountains and Moonbows</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do aurora, noctilucent clouds, sun-dogs, and green flash have in common ?  Answer: they&#8217;re all examples of rare and interesting visual atmospheric phenomena I&#8217;ve totally failed to observe this summer. Conditions have often been right, even optimal.  I&#8217;ve made repeated observations with sophisticated equipment: my eyes and a camera, but no joy.  The only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blinking Crows</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question to any crow experts out there.  I recently spotted these two standing together, and noticed that they seemed never to blink at the same time &#8211; as if consciously taking it in turns.   It&#8217;s easy to tell when a crow blinks by the opaque whiteness of the inner eyelid.  This went on for a [...]]]></description>
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