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		<title>Mudbath</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/mudbath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m keen to see eyes peering out of mudflats . . . the creatures from the bog, the foraging carp, the bullfrog in camo, a Pacific chorus frog in a dewdrop. 
I shot this photo at Blake Garden, just north of Berkeley in the Kensington Hills. My vision is tuned to anomalies and, sure enough,<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/mudbath/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Deterrent</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/deterrent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pigeons just know. How many times do you see them perched between bird spikes or, as in this case, within talon&#8217;s reach of a fake owl? I appreciate the cleverness that is &#8220;pigeon&#8221; and when I saw this juxtaposition, I had to freeze-frame it.
Owls can be effective for a time . . . or for<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/deterrent/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Give Wildlife a Break: The Devil&#8217;s Rope</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/give-wildlife-a-break-the-devils-rope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barbed wire is just doing the job it was invented to do -- keeping livestock in and intruders out. But it's so good at this task, it's been a nefarious force throughout history and in wartime. In the wildlife world, it's an invention that's caused injury, death and significant suffering for countless species.

<a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/give-wildlife-a-break-the-devils-rope/">[read the full post . . .]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Animal Rescue Kit</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/the-animal-rescue-kit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our "gear" began with a collapsible pet carrier and some work gloves. At that point, we could still transport a few pieces of luggage and one niece or nephew in the backseat. Years later, in the same two-door Civic, we can barely get a turnip in the trunk.

<a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/the-animal-rescue-kit/">[read more of this post . . . ]</a>

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		<title>Brave New Poppies . . . and David Lynch</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/brave-new-poppies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poppies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The earliest spring flowers are like firstborn kids: they pose for photos:
I appreciate spring this year. I didn&#8217;t in 2009. Our California sod is parched from recent drought &#8212; and the whimsy of a winter that flitted through last year felt like hope lost. Where&#8217;s the rain? It hurts to go into another dry season<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/brave-new-poppies/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Love the Uglies?</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/protecting-less-cute-species/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Raptors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[turkey vultures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This photo inspired this post:
I uploaded it to Flickr &#8212; where one of my favorite Flickr people had this to say:
It bothers me when people call them &#8220;ugly&#8221; or something like that . . . We have to learn and to accept . . . that all the living things are ok &#8211; that they<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/protecting-less-cute-species/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>A Cat Illustrating &#8220;Frame Within a Frame&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/cat-in-frame-within-a-frame/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/cat-in-frame-within-a-frame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cats & Dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Composition is complex. It&#8217;s not that the simple rules &#8212; like the rule of thirds &#8212; are so tough to grasp. It&#8217;s that the learning curve from first applying rules to then breaking rules is one chocolate mess of subjectivity. It&#8217;s true with writing, with photography, and with any artistic endeavor. What agitates my eye<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/cat-in-frame-within-a-frame/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>The Expanding Universe of Creative Commons</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/benefits-of-creative-commons-license/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/benefits-of-creative-commons-license/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The biggest bennie of attaching a Creative Commons license to your work is the unanticipated adaptation of that work in a share-alike universe. What? That is to say, I love the chain reaction that ensues from a single act of licensing &#8212; seeing the places your work travels, usually with proper attribution and adherence to<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/benefits-of-creative-commons-license/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Parrot City</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/parrot-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Nature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t visited my parrot people in recent weeks. The last time I saw them was on a mission for Parrot Patrol, checking up on them, making sure people were behaving around San Francisco&#8217;s finest. By finest, I mean the famous Red-masked Parakeets or Cherry-headed Conures squawking in the city&#8217;s canopies. And by &#8220;behaving&#8221; I<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/parrot-city/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Road Kill and Wildlife Crossings</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/road-kill-and-wildlife-crossings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s estimated that 400 million animals die each year on roads in the United States, struck by vehicles. It&#8217;s impossible to know precise numbers, particularly since mortally wounded animals will crawl away from road shoulders (where the dead can be counted). That 400 million figure is extrapolated from various local surveys and collision statistics.
A Road<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/road-kill-and-wildlife-crossings/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Meanwhile, in Other Blogs . . .</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/meanwhile-in-other-blogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 5, 2010: Snippets from other nature and photo blogs . . . and a related Flickr fave. 
Many thanks to ucumari for licensing this photo of a bobcat under Creative Commons.

I love checking out Trish Carney&#8217;s bobcat images at Wild Lives. I&#8217;ve seen only a few bobcats during my time in California, so I&#8217;m<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/meanwhile-in-other-blogs/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Studies in Vagueness: Droplets</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/studies-in-rain-drops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[& Studies in Vagueness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This might be what I love most about my camera: it makes something interesting out of the most banal objects. Here&#8217;s where I started . . . with a lonely and neglected patio table getting pummeled by hail.
Finding the Angle
That&#8217;s obviously a mundane shot. Just like any written piece, a photo should tell a story<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/studies-in-rain-drops/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Noah the Pigeon</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/noah-the-pigeon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doves & Pigeons]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you work in any facet of animal rescue, you hear stories. Often, the worst stories &#8212; one-act plays with bad endings. You wonder why on earth this storyteller decided you were the person who needed to hear it. I&#8217;ve learned that if an anecdote opens with, &#8220;Have I got a raccoon story for you<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/noah-the-pigeon/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Jean-Michel Cousteau Speaks Out on Captive Orcas</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/02/jean-michel-cousteau-speaks-out-on-captive-orcas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/02/jean-michel-cousteau-speaks-out-on-captive-orcas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals in Sport]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just saw this video from Jean-Michel Cousteau who, in the aftermath of the SeaWorld incident, implores us humans to rethink our misguided ideas about captivity for marine mammals. Couldn&#8217;t agree more.

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		<title>50 Ways to Shoot A Tennis Ball</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/02/tennis-ball-facts-and-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[& Studies in Vagueness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured Posts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tennis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The depressing thing about tennis is, no matter how good I get, I&#8217;ll never be as good as a wall.&#8221; ~ Mitch Hedberg
Rubber + Adhesive + Felt + 12psi = the following photo gallery.
Rain puddles and tennis are comfort associations for me. Spring was about outdoor tennis in the Northwest . . . which meant<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/02/tennis-ball-facts-and-photos/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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