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		<title>Bobbing Around Off Nome</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alaskan Enterprise bobs on unsettled seas outside the harbor at Nome, waiting for permission to dock. I use the term &#8216;harbor&#8217; loosely, for how can something be called a harbor when it is completely open to gales from a particular direction? We spent last night waiting for the wind and seas to change because [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Through The Bering Strait</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alaskan Enterprise sits broadside to the modest wind, sunshine pouring in through the windows of the bridge. We are off the coast of Kotzebue, making an unscheduled stop to pick up crucial sampling equipment that was shipped overnight from Seattle, to replace a faulty, fundamental component of the research effort. A semi-rigid dinghy was [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico&#8217;s Magnificent El Triunfo Reserve, Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 19:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[El Triunfo. It&#8217;s a legendary place among birders because of two rare birds, horned guan and azure-rumped tanager, but it is so much more. Officially called La Reserva de La Biosfera El Triunfo, this biosphere reserve guards one of the few pristine wildernesses left in Mexico, including the largest contiguous cloud forest remaining in Mesoamerica. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lagos de Montebello</title>
		<link>http://rhythmconnection.org/?p=340</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[robert]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After going to Oventik I looked into going to another Zapatista caracol, La Realidad, which lies close to Laguna Miramar, a large, pristine lake surrounded by tropical rainforest. I would spend a night in the caracol, and the next day hike into the lake, through the jungle, to camp on its shore for a night. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Huítepec, a Scrap of Cloud Forest</title>
		<link>http://rhythmconnection.org/?p=275</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[robert]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huítepec is a well-known place among international birders. It has a fragment of cloud forest protected in a reserve close to San Cristobal, and cloud forests can be so much fun to bird! As well as crescent-chested warbler, various trogons and other cloud forest species, I was on the lookout for the fabled pink-headed warbler. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Trash birds. . . and deforestation</title>
		<link>http://rhythmconnection.org/?p=139</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[robert]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting in a bus winding along the serpintine road from Palenque to San Cristobal de las Casas, I remembered what one of our Bacalar hosts had said, such a long time ago. She had been living in Bacalar for four years, leading wildlife and birding tours, and only recently had added great-tailed grackle to her [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Different Rhythms: Birding and Travel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last day I have been hanging in Tuxtla, the big, hot capital city of Chiapas, waiting for another piece of the travel puzzle to fall into place.  There are only eight days until I fly home. I arrived in Tuxtla after two days of intensive birding with the friendly guides I met in El [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Deep in the Lacondon forest</title>
		<link>http://rhythmconnection.org/?p=214</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[robert]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chambo stopped every fifty meters to talk about specific trees or customs of his people. He carried himself with dignity and a sophisticated charm that encouraged his audience to ask many questions. I listened while lagging behind to keep an eye out for birds. It quickly became apparent that birding was going to be no [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lacondona</title>
		<link>http://rhythmconnection.org/?p=168</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[robert]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a long, hot day amongst the ruins of Bonampak and Laxchilán, we were dropped in the Lacondon village called Lacanjá. A Lacondon man dressed in nice clothes welcomed the five of us staying the night: the Dane, the three young Mexicans, y yo. He led me and Jacob, the Dane, across a yard, through a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Palenque</title>
		<link>http://rhythmconnection.org/?p=140</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[robert]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I awoke when the bus stopped. It was pouring rain and first light was having trouble breaking through the thick clouds. It was 6 AM and the overnight bus had arrived in Palenque, and I was slightly disoriented from a cold, poor night&#8217;s sleep during the trip. Looking out at the sheets of warm rain, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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