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	<title> &#187; Bay Area</title>
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	<description>Bay Area Nature and Seattle Nature in Photos</description>
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		<title>The Turkeys I&#8217;ve [Almost] Known</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/a-tribute-to-turkeys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/a-tribute-to-turkeys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Behavior]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is a tribute to the wild turkeys who walk among us. Every year, Hugh and I Adopt a Turkey from Farm Sanctuary. And every year, I try to somehow commemorate the awesomeness of the wild turkeys I&#8217;ve been privileged to be among and photograph. The timing of this new episode from Nature on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texturizing a Storm</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/11/texturizing-a-storm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corvids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory. ~ Kazuo Ishiguro I saw a crow yesterday, seized in midair by a gale. Just five feet from her tree, she paddled against the swell like a swimmer in an Endless Pool. I may not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So Long, Lake Merritt</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/08/so-long-lake-merritt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/08/so-long-lake-merritt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 06:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Area]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lake merritt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[northern california]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lake Merritt was the first place I touched soil -- or rather, marine sediment --after returning to the Bay Area from Los Angeles. We were perched above Oakland in a hotel room with just a sliver of a view, looking at the lake through what amounted to a castle loophole. ]]></description>
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		<title>Miss Them Already: California Pelicans</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/08/miss-them-already-california-pelicans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/08/miss-them-already-california-pelicans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Area Faves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pelicans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[brown pelican]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re packing up for a move to the Northwest. It will be a year-plus endeavor &#8212; a relocation based on pragmatic considerations. I&#8217;ve been a Californian for the better part of 20 years, so the best way to embrace a transition across state lines is to see my future there as a photographic adventure. That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Through the Lens of Glenn Nevill</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/07/peregrine-photos-by-glenn-nevill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/07/peregrine-photos-by-glenn-nevill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Area Faves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raptors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife & Nature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peregrine Falcon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=6689</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A photograph's true essence is visceral: How does it make you feel? What does the image inspire? It's an impression that defies pixel peeping -- where the mood and meaning of a photo can be crushed in a haze of digital noise, scrutinized at 100 percent.]]></description>
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		<title>Parrot City</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/parrot-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/parrot-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven'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's finest. 

<a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/parrot-city/">[read the full post ...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stormy Beach People</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/01/stormy-beach-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/01/stormy-beach-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a perfect fit with Northern California, loving the storm-whipped ocean as I do. From the shoreline, that is. Keeping my eye on that 7th wave. Wrapped in layers. Wishing I could still operate my camera while wearing gloves. Keeping the UV filter on for the saline mist. Loving every second of this El-Niño-driven swell. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Above SF From Twin Peaks</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/11/tonight-from-twin-peaks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/11/tonight-from-twin-peaks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=3261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s the magic towers of a steel fairyland &#8212; the beacon atop the proud Mark, the red, thermometer-like cap of the Drake, the sturdy, four-square crest of Mother Russ, the sudden, blunt end of Coit Tower &#8212; that make up the minarets of a metropolis . . .&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s the indescribable conglomeration of beauty and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tussle on Mountain Lake</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/11/american-coot-tussle-on-mountain-lake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/11/american-coot-tussle-on-mountain-lake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ducks and Others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american coots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bay Area]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=3197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This was a first for me . . . witnessing a down and dirty fight between American Coots intent on keeping each other off coveted turf. Neither bird was hurt. Well, maybe emotionally. The loser scrambled across the water to escape the victor. American Coots can drown in territorial battles, although it&#8217;s not common. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pigeon Masters of Culinary Adaptation</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/11/pigeon-masters-of-culinary-adaptation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/11/pigeon-masters-of-culinary-adaptation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doves & Pigeons]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mission bay]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=3094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Refined carbs aren&#8217;t any better for pigeons than they are for us. But urban birds, used to groveling for handouts, will take what they can get. This mottled pigeon person stumbled upon a bounty in Mission Bay. We could hear a gang of gulls on the approach so the pigeon was in his own Amazing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refracted Light, Arcs and Rainbows &#8211; Over SF</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/07/refracted-light-arcs-and-rainbows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/07/refracted-light-arcs-and-rainbows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Area]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sunsets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bay bridge]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=1378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a big fan of Descartes. In spite of his genius and complexity, he held callously mechanistic views toward nature and non-human animals. And women, too, depending on his mood. But I&#8217;ll give him some love for this explanation of rainbows I recently read at the UCAR website. He simplified the study of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area Bird Photos</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/07/bay-area-bird-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/07/bay-area-bird-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in the process of uploading some of my favorite Bay Area bird images . . . with more to come as favorites and opportunities arise with my beloved Olympus. Not all links are functioning yet. It&#8217;s a work-in-progress: Bird Photo Galleries.]]></description>
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		<title>Attack of the Giant Fish People</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/07/attack-of-the-giant-fish-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/07/attack-of-the-giant-fish-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw these gigantic creatures slithering through the shallows &#8212; whipping up mud with each slap of the tail. They looked like radioactive versions of pond koi, ranging from about two to four feet long. And where I was, it was just me and and wind and the sound of their slither, evoking the Creature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Candid Falcon-Cam in San Francisco</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/05/peregrine-falcon-camera-in-san-francisco/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/05/peregrine-falcon-camera-in-san-francisco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 21:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baby Animals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you tune into UCSC&#8217;s Peregrine Nest Cam while the youngsters are stumbling over themselves, it might be tough to connect these awkward chicks to their agile parents &#8212; who happen to be the fastest birds in the skies. Peregrine Falcons are also the speediest creatures on the planet. Their stoop (diving) speeds can exceed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wall of Pez</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/04/wall-of-pez-dispensers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/04/wall-of-pez-dispensers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attractions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[burlingame pez museum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[** Photo usage and restrictions It&#8217;s not a Phil Spector creation (Wall of Sound) &#8212; but the Wall of Pez is the product of 15 years of collecting. ©ingrid The proprietor at the Burlingame Pez Museum, a collector himself, loves him some Pez. And he&#8217;ll make you love Pez with stories about the rarest Pez [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Raindrops . . .</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/02/more-raindrops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/02/more-raindrops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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