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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaina Niehans</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaina Niehans</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaina Niehans</dc:creator>
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		<title>Arcata Community Forest and Arcata Marsh</title>
		<link>http://sniehans.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/arcata-community-forest-and-arcata-marsh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaina Niehans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hiking is a lovely endeavor that can either be a strenuous workout or a leisurely exploration. Or a mix of both! In celebration of the New Year, we took a hike and a walk with our Pyrenees, Bear.  We started in the Arcata Community Forest, a sustainably-managed and harvested redwood forest whose trees are around [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sniehans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6669657&amp;post=1322&amp;subd=sniehans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://sniehans.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/wave-walkers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaina Niehans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sight of surfboards on top of cars is not an uncommon one here on the North Coast, even though the water is about as cold as death here. When good surfing conditions fall on a weekend, a surfing frenzy breaks out. People line up to watch! There were a parade of people walking up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sniehans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6669657&amp;post=1315&amp;subd=sniehans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Newly Discovered Scent Hound: Birds?!</title>
		<link>http://sniehans.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/the-newly-discovered-scent-hound-birds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaina Niehans</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[birding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sense of Smell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently Toucan Sam&#8217;s sniffer wasn&#8217;t as fictional as once thought. Common thought in the past has led most to believe that birds had an underdeveloped sense of smell. Exceptions were made for the carrion eaters, but otherwise, it was thought that not much happened inside the beak of a bird, olfactory-wise. Recent research has been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sniehans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6669657&amp;post=1276&amp;subd=sniehans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Evening on the Wing</title>
		<link>http://sniehans.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/evening-on-the-wing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaina Niehans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural History]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ponderings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t the dog nor I that were winging anything. We were on our evening walk [is 4:30 evening??] and found our sunset spot staked out by another.  Considering Bear is the size of a love seat, making it awkward to share a cozy view with another sunset gazer, I decided to try another little [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sniehans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6669657&amp;post=1308&amp;subd=sniehans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">The View from the Top</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Going Down</media:title>
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		<title>Rainy Day Tide Pool</title>
		<link>http://sniehans.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/rainy-day-tide-pool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaina Niehans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beach]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was the second day of our &#8216;rainy season&#8217; on which I discovered a &#8216;water-resistant&#8217; jacket wouldn&#8217;t cut it. I wasn&#8217;t brave enough to break out the camera during the hour we spent walking around in the rain. We found a nice dead fish, a chiton who had seen better days [days when he wasn't being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sniehans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6669657&amp;post=1274&amp;subd=sniehans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Lovely Rocks</media:title>
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		<title>There Are No Bad Dogs, Just Bad Owners</title>
		<link>http://sniehans.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/there-are-no-bad-dogs-just-bad-owners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaina Niehans</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dogs aren&#8217;t bred to know what &#8216;sit&#8217;, &#8216;come&#8217;, and &#8216;stay&#8217; mean without someone showing and training them first. Just the same, dogs are also predators by nature, and showing them that eating all the smaller creatures isn&#8217;t right takes training as well. We had decided to adopt a dog, but weren&#8217;t finding anything suitable. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sniehans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6669657&amp;post=1268&amp;subd=sniehans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crossroads: Nature and Humanity</title>
		<link>http://sniehans.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/crossroads-nature-and-humanity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaina Niehans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gone are the days of Aldo Leopold and John Muir, when our contact with Nature wasn&#8217;t mediated by the middleman of Technology. Today, we go out with our iPhones and Apps, digital cameras, specialized gear and clothing.  Sometimes we go out not to just simply enjoy Nature, but to share our experiences with others through [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sniehans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6669657&amp;post=1260&amp;subd=sniehans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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