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<itunes:summary>NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.</itunes:summary>
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<title>Natural Selections: Passenger Pigeons</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/3060/20130425/natural-selections-passenger-pigeons</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 25, 2013) Once so numerous they darkened the sky for days while migrating, passenger pigeons arrived in this region in early May each year. Dr. Curt Stager and Martha Foley remember this once ubiquitous species wiped out by human hunting in the nineteenth century. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/3060/20130425/natural-selections-passenger-pigeons">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Natural Selections</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Once so numerous they darkened the sky for days while migrating, passenger pigeons arrived in this region in early May each year. Dr. Curt Stager and Martha Foley remember this once ubiquitous species wiped out by human hunting in the nineteenth century. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/3060/20130425/natural-selections-passenger-pigeons">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:45</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>passenger pigeon, extinction, ornithology, birds, wildlife, nature, natselect, [loc:44.4386100 -74.2530600], photolead, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Christmas bird watching with a benefit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 14, 2011) For the 112th year, volunteer birders are fanning out across the country for the annual birding census this winter. The Christmas Bird Count continues through January 5th.The all-volunteer effort takes a snapshot of bird populations to monitor their status and distribution across the Western Hemisphere. Data collected during the Christmas Bird Count helps researchers monitor bird behavior and bird conservation. You could call it bird watching with a benefit.Todd Moe spoke with Long Lake birder Joan Collins, who says the Audubon Society started the Christmas Bird Count in 1900 as an alternative to a Victorian-era holiday hunting tradition of shooting the greatest number of birds. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18937/20111214/christmas-bird-watching-with-a-benefit">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For the 112th year, volunteer birders are fanning out across the country for the annual birding census this winter. The Christmas Bird Count continues through January 5th.The all-volunteer effort takes a snapshot of bird populations to monitor their status and distribution across the Western Hemisphere. Data collected during the Christmas Bird Count helps researchers monitor bird behavior and bird conservation. You could call it bird watching with a benefit.Todd Moe spoke with Long Lake birder Joan Collins, who says the Audubon Society started the Christmas Bird Count in 1900 as an alternative to a Victorian-era holiday hunting tradition of shooting the greatest number of birds. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18937/20111214/christmas-bird-watching-with-a-benefit">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>09:59</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>birds, outdoor recreation, nature, adirondacks, long lake, birding, ornithology,  photolead, environment, [loc:43.9728397 -74.4209956], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Birders prepare for annual count</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17186/20110218/birders-prepare-for-annual-count</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 18, 2011) Birders in the Northeast expect to see fewer robins and more redpolls as thousands of citizen scientists across North America get out their tally sheets for the 14th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, sponsored by Audubon and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  Pat Leonard, of the Cornell Lab, helps coordinate the annual weekend count.  She says the survey, which began this morning and continues through Presidents&apos; Day, gives a snapshot of bird populations and migration trends.  Leonard says the event typically records millions of observations. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17186/20110218/birders-prepare-for-annual-count">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Birders in the Northeast expect to see fewer robins and more redpolls as thousands of citizen scientists across North America get out their tally sheets for the 14th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, sponsored by Audubon and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  Pat Leonard, of the Cornell Lab, helps coordinate the annual weekend count.  She says the survey, which began this morning and continues through Presidents&apos; Day, gives a snapshot of bird populations and migration trends.  Leonard says the event typically records millions of observations. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17186/20110218/birders-prepare-for-annual-count">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>05:14</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>birds, wildlife, outdoors, winter, environment, ornithology, cornell, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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