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	<title>Greg Dodge Journal</title>
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		<title>Family of Bluebirds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since bluebird nest boxes were installed earlier this year in Catch the Wind, I&#8217;ve seen Carolina Chickadees, House Wrens, Brown-headed Nuthatches, and yes, the intended species, bluebirds, using the boxes. All of those species were observed building nests in the boxes, most laid eggs, and some were seen carrying food into the boxes and/or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ncmls.org/greg-dodge/2010/08/27/family-of-bluebirds/</link>
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		<title>Time of the Frogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re now entering the time of the year when there are more frogs in and around the Wetlands than at any other time. With the offspring of all of the frogs and toads that bred earlier in the season now becoming frogs, the numbers may be as high as they will be for the rest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ncmls.org/greg-dodge/2010/08/24/time-of-the-frogs/</link>
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		<title>Bugs on Milk Weed, Worms in Webs, a Potter, a Jumping Spider, and a Robber</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Large Milkweed Bugs have hatched out as there were many nymphs on the Butterfly Weed in Catch the Wind during the first week of August. This was only a few days after seeing both Large and Small Milkweed Bugs mating and inspecting this plant. Seven days later the nymphs began to take on some of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ncmls.org/greg-dodge/2010/08/20/bugs-on-milk-weed-worms-in-webs-a-potter-a-jumping-spider-and-a-robber/</link>
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		<title>Gulp!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was just after noon on the first Friday of August. It was hot and humid. Earlier that morning Wayne, Camp Counselor, had reported seeing a large crawfish walking across the pavement in Explore the Wild. Over the past couple of months many of these large arthropods have been observed walking the paths of both Explore [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ncmls.org/greg-dodge/2010/08/13/gulp/</link>
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		<title>Cooper&#8217;s Hawk and the Robin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During the month of July, I casually monitored the progress of two young Cooper&#8217;s Hawks that fledged here at the Museum. I would sometimes see the birds through the trees hopping and flying from limb to limb, but more often I would hear them whining for food back among the pines on the north side [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ncmls.org/greg-dodge/2010/08/07/coopers-hawk-and-the-robin/</link>
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		<title>Tiger Swallowtails and Others</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been widely reported over the last week or so that Eastern Tiger Swallowtails are being seen in large numbers throughout our area (the Carolinas). Listservs such as Carolina Leps have had posts which speak of &#8220;an explosion of Tiger Swallowtails&#8221; and subject lines like &#8220;Tigers!&#8221; and &#8221;Day of the Tiger.&#8221;  It&#8217;s no different here [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ncmls.org/greg-dodge/2010/08/04/tiger-swallowtails-and-others/</link>
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		<title>Garter Snake and a Frog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pointed out to me by Summer Camp Counselor, Meghan, outside the doorway to the Lep Lab at the Butterfly House, the little snake in the image above was a bold snake, considering it was only six or seven inches in length. Garter snakes are ovoviviparous which means that the female produces eggs but retains the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ncmls.org/greg-dodge/2010/07/30/garter-snake-and-a-frog/</link>
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		<title>Sycamore Leaves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in March I posted an identification aid for American Sycamore. It&#8217;s a familiar tree and most people can recognize it from a distance (don&#8217;t feel bad if you can&#8217;t, read the post and you&#8217;ll be IDing sycamores left and right). At the time, these elegant trees were void of leaves. They&#8217;re now fully leafed-out, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ncmls.org/greg-dodge/2010/07/28/sycamore-leaves/</link>
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		<title>Treefrogs Unite, Snappers Attempt to</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On July 16th as Ranger Kristin and I walked through Explore the Wild, a tiny, grayish frog hopped out onto the pavement. The tiny frog was a Cope&#8217;s Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis). The little frog (about 15 mm) had only recently morphed from a tadpole after having been deposited in the Wetlands as an egg, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ncmls.org/greg-dodge/2010/07/27/treefrogs-unite-snappers-attempt-to/</link>
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		<title>Black Bear Field Guide Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month I posted a field guide to the bears here at the Museum. With the amount of shedding and sun bleaching that&#8217;s been going on with the bears&#8217; coats, a quick update on the ﻿condition and state of their current pelage, in regards to their identification, is in order. Mimi has undergone a drastic change [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ncmls.org/greg-dodge/2010/07/22/black-bear-field-guide-update/</link>
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