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		<title>Great Hikes: Skyline Drive Trail &#8211; Corona CA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 07:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Richards</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Why We Need Land Conservation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had a couple hours to kill in Corona CA while my husband attended an art class the last couple weeks &#8212; and luckily discovered this wonderful area in the Cleveland National Forest. Nice, mature chaparral, lots of birdlife during my dusk walks, and beautiful scenery. There are issues with parking (see below) but once you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing Birds from Hitting Your Windows</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Richards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a scenario that happened a lot at our last house with its big picture window facing a canyon. But thank goodness, it occurs less often at our Redlands CA home. You hear a bang and go out to find a stunned bird. Luckily, after making sure it was in a safe spot, away from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bugs! and Other Photos from Our Yard</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 23:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Richards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bees, Butterflies & Other Insects]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Going Natural--Native Plants/Xeriscaping]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[California native plants]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[native landscaping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaking for Wildlife]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our yard is alive with wildlife this spring, so thought I would post some photos of the critters and a few native plants they&#8217;re especially attracted to. The insects attract a host of larger insects and in the chain of life, they in turn attract a rich bird and lizard population that feeds on them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great hikes: Head to the Crafton Hills</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Richards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorite Native Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Hikes in So.CA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature's Enemy--Overpopulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaking for Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tree Talk & Plant Smarts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California native plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great hikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rattlesnakes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m always on the lookout for hikes that feature our area’s rich California native habitat and wildlife &#8212; and Crafton Hill’s Grape Street Trail in Yucaipa provides plenty of that. It’s an intermediate trail that takes you up a not-too-steep hill to nice views and more trail options. In two hours I saw a roadrunner, waterfowl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Buy d-CON (and a campaign to reduce rat poison use)</title>
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		<comments>http://ifnaturecouldtalk.com/dont-buy-d-con-and-a-campaign-to-reduce-rat-poison-use#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Richards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mammals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mange and anticoagulants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maureen Murray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rodent poisons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second-generation rodenticide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kudos to the Los Angeles Times. Last Friday they pushed another important subject into the public arena in their editorial &#8221;Ban super rat poisons.&#8221; I’ve been gathering info to write another post on the dangers of the stronger second-generation rodent poisons (see earlier post here).  Briefly, here’s the latest news on this problem: One manufacturer &#8212; Reckitt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable landscaping: Some tips&#8230;</title>
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		<comments>http://ifnaturecouldtalk.com/sustainable-landscaping-some-tips#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Richards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Going Natural--Native Plants/Xeriscaping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California native plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coexistence with wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drought-tolerant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native landscaping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable landscaping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wondering how you can do your landscaping and yard work in a more gentle-on-the-earth and sustainable way? Janet Hartin, horticulture advisor and author with the U of California, has given over 1000 talks on sustainable landscape topics, and our local horticulture group was one of them last month. Below are some of takeaways from her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Native Bees and Other Wildlife Find Our Home</title>
		<link>http://ifnaturecouldtalk.com/native-bees-and-other-wildlife-find-our-home</link>
		<comments>http://ifnaturecouldtalk.com/native-bees-and-other-wildlife-find-our-home#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 06:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Richards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bees, Butterflies & Other Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Going Natural--Native Plants/Xeriscaping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mammals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[butterflies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California native plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native landscaping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaking for Wildlife]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What a joy this spring to walk around our yard here in Southern California &#8211; a former lawn now full of native and other wildlife-attracting plants. The native bees have arrived in higher numbers, challenging the busy honeybees on our blooming ceanothus and lavender. Our resident Anna&#8217;s hummingbird seemed to survive the cold spell this winter [...]]]></description>
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