<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Fat Finch--Birds, Birding &#38; Blogging</title>
	<atom:link href="http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>A blog for bird watchers, bird feeding and birding</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:02:23 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='fatfinch.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Fat Finch--Birds, Birding &#38; Blogging</title>
		<link>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="Fat Finch--Birds, Birding &#38; Blogging" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Mountain Bluebird</title>
		<link>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/mountain-bluebird/</link>
		<comments>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/mountain-bluebird/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatfinch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cactus Wren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mountain Bluebird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mountains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ovenbird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seaside sparrow]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/?p=2491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The origin of bird names often is obscure. Sometimes it is difficult, if not impossible to discern what Adam was thinking. A “Bananaquit”? A “Lapwing”? How about “Bushtit”? Where did those names come from? The list of obscure bird names stretches across many pages of field guides. But sometimes a name is perfectly obvious. For [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fatfinch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=737765&amp;post=2491&amp;subd=fatfinch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/mountain-bluebird/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1b9c5e9f95d8f245fd6035222519877f?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">fatfinch</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://fatfinch.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/mtn-bluebird-2.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mtn Bluebird-2</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://fatfinch.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/mtn-bluebird-3.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mtn Bluebird-3</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Big Year</title>
		<link>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/the-big-year/</link>
		<comments>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/the-big-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatfinch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marl Obmascik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Big Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Fat Finch]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/?p=2480</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Big Year is in movie theaters everywhere now. Well, maybe not everywhere. I understand that movies aren&#8217;t big in Somalia right now and the little town in New Mexico where I grew up no longer has a movie theater, but aside from minor exceptions like that, the movie is playing everywhere. And why not? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fatfinch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=737765&amp;post=2480&amp;subd=fatfinch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/the-big-year/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1b9c5e9f95d8f245fd6035222519877f?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">fatfinch</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://fatfinch.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/bigyearcover.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">bigyearcover</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hummingbirds and War</title>
		<link>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/hummingbirds-and-war/</link>
		<comments>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/hummingbirds-and-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatfinch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hummingbirds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals of war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds and terrorists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds of war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rufous Hummingbird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/?p=2474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Throughout human history animals have been unwittingly – and probably unwillingly – used as weapons of war. Hannibal crossed the Alps on elephants to attack the Roman Empire; pigs were used to frighten the elephants; mules were used as recently as WWII as military transport; camels are still used in desert regions to this day; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fatfinch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=737765&amp;post=2474&amp;subd=fatfinch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/hummingbirds-and-war/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1b9c5e9f95d8f245fd6035222519877f?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">fatfinch</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://fatfinch.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/toms-hbird-1.jpg?w=275" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Tom's HBird-1</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Calmly Facing Tribulation</title>
		<link>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/calmly-facing-tribulation/</link>
		<comments>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/calmly-facing-tribulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatfinch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bird brains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windshield wipers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/?p=2470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Given all the bad news in the world and the dysfunctional U.S. government, we recommend this thirty-second  video of a stoic bird teaching us patience. Filed under: Bird brains, humor Tagged: birds, rain, windshield wipers<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fatfinch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=737765&amp;post=2470&amp;subd=fatfinch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/calmly-facing-tribulation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1b9c5e9f95d8f245fd6035222519877f?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">fatfinch</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Petrichor</title>
		<link>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/petrichor/</link>
		<comments>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/petrichor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatfinch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petrichor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[southwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildfire]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/?p=2459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The southwest United States is burning up. According to my math the fires in West Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado have burned more than 900,000 acres as of this afternoon. The relative humidity outside the room where I write this is three per cent. That&#8217;s right, three per cent. (3%) It is so dry [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fatfinch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=737765&amp;post=2459&amp;subd=fatfinch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/petrichor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1b9c5e9f95d8f245fd6035222519877f?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">fatfinch</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://fatfinch.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/santa-fe-fire-12.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Santa Fe Fire-12</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://fatfinch.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/smoke-crusted-sunset-121.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Smoke Crusted Sunset-12</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Who Sees Better?</title>
		<link>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/who-sees-better/</link>
		<comments>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/who-sees-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatfinch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harris Hawk]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/?p=2454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This photo comes courtesy of our friends Linda Rockwell and Bosque Bill and a rescued Harris Hawk whose eyes are probably a lot better than the expensive Canon lens you see in the photo. Filed under: humor Tagged: Harris Hawk, humor<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fatfinch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=737765&amp;post=2454&amp;subd=fatfinch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/who-sees-better/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1b9c5e9f95d8f245fd6035222519877f?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">fatfinch</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://fatfinch.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/who-sees-better-1.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Who Sees Better-1</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Stumping Bluejays</title>
		<link>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/stumping-bluejays/</link>
		<comments>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/stumping-bluejays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatfinch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Jay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bluejay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Twain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stellar's Jay]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/?p=2444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Animals talk to each other, of course.” So begins Mark Twain&#8217;s short story, “What Stumped the Blue Jays.” Jim Baker, a middle-aged miner in the wilds of California told him so. According to Baker, “some animals have only a limited education, and use only very simple words . . . whereas certain other animals have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fatfinch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=737765&amp;post=2444&amp;subd=fatfinch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/stumping-bluejays/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1b9c5e9f95d8f245fd6035222519877f?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">fatfinch</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://fatfinch.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/sellars-jay-1.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Sellar's Jay-1</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://fatfinch.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/blue-jay.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">blue jay</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Raptor Visit</title>
		<link>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/the-raptor-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/the-raptor-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 23:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatfinch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hawk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raptor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/?p=2440</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Psst. You still here? We understand that The Raptor was a disappointment for many but one came to our house. Nothing much happened though. It watched the bird feeder below it for a while and then it left. Filed under: humor Tagged: hawk, raptor<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fatfinch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=737765&amp;post=2440&amp;subd=fatfinch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/the-raptor-visit/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1b9c5e9f95d8f245fd6035222519877f?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">fatfinch</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://fatfinch.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/the-raptor-2.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The Raptor-2</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Raptor</title>
		<link>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/the-raptor/</link>
		<comments>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/the-raptor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 00:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatfinch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harris Hawk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raptors]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/?p=2434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From news accounts we see that certain Christians believe something called &#8220;The Raptor&#8221; is coming this Saturday, so we thought we had better put up a photo of one. Filed under: humor Tagged: Harris Hawk, raptors<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fatfinch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=737765&amp;post=2434&amp;subd=fatfinch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/the-raptor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1b9c5e9f95d8f245fd6035222519877f?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">fatfinch</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://fatfinch.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/the-raptor-1.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The Raptor-1</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Springtime Babies</title>
		<link>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/2427/</link>
		<comments>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/2427/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 21:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatfinch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Horned Owl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peregrine Falcon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/?p=2427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peregrine Falcons, the fastest animals on earth, are among our favorite birds. Which is why we look askance at the only two species that are a threat to the falcons: Humans and Great-horned Owls. But it&#8217;s impossible to be dubious of babies of either species, which is why we enjoyed discovering this nest on a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fatfinch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=737765&amp;post=2427&amp;subd=fatfinch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://fatfinch.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/2427/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1b9c5e9f95d8f245fd6035222519877f?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">fatfinch</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://fatfinch.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/great-horned-owl-1.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Great-horned Owl-1</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://fatfinch.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/great-horned-owl-4.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Great-horned Owl-4</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
