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	<title>Wildlife Conservation in the Upper Agua Fria River Basin</title>
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		<title>Singing Insects:  Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garry Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Singing Insects:  Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids are members of the Orthoptera, one of the most familiar insect orders.  Orthoptera includes two suborders: Caelifera (grasshoppers and relatives) and Ensifera (crickets, katydids, and gryllacridoids).  Cicadas (locusts) are also singing insects, and they are common in the Agua Fria River Basin.  Cicada distribution maps and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loggerhead Shrike</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garry Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Desert Fires]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Loggerhead Shrike in the upper Agua Fria River Basin of central Arizona.]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Ants</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garry Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona ants--conservation and checklists.]]></description>
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		<title>Dragonflies and Damselflies</title>
		<link>http://aguafriaopenspace.org/2011/12/dragonflies-and-damselflies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garry Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dragonflies and damselflies belong to the order Odonata (“toothed ones”).  They are carnivorous predators that first appeared in Pennsylvanian sediments deposited about 325 million years ago.  Morphological changes occurred, but damselflies have changed very little for more than 250 million years.  Compare that to the mammal predators, dogs and wolves, that have been around for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Turtles and Tortoises</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garry Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least two turtle species live in my stock ponds near the northernmost stretch of perennial flow in the Agua Fria River.  I am sure Texas Spiny Softshells and Pond Sliders (photo) are present.  I think I saw a Sonoran Mud turtle, but the individual I saw might have been a small Pond Slider. Turtles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Mammals</title>
		<link>http://aguafriaopenspace.org/2011/12/arizona-mammals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garry Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona&#8217;s premier mammal species, and one of the very youngest, the humans (Homo sapiens), congregates in urban habitats that most other mammals avoid.  Residents of the scattered human homes of the Agua Fria River Basin often see the 15 to 20 common species that are active during the day and early evening.  Residents of large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Butterflies and Moths</title>
		<link>http://aguafriaopenspace.org/2011/11/butterflies-and-moths/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garry Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Butterflies and Moths Butterflies have always seemed to me to be friendly but too carefree to become fast friends.  A good part of their time seems to be spent simply enjoying flying.  Some of them soar and sail, never seeming to land.  Others flit from flower to flower with almost as much concentration as honeybees.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fish Conservation</title>
		<link>http://aguafriaopenspace.org/2011/11/fish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garry Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona Fish Arizona&#8217;s native fish are adapted to limited habitats, drought, and flash floods.  One or possibly two minnow-sized natives occupy the uppermost stretch of perennial water in the Agua Fria River.  Massive summer floods occur in most years.  The floods seem almost certain to sweep away the tiny fish, but after the floods ebb, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Bats</title>
		<link>http://aguafriaopenspace.org/2011/11/arizona-bats/</link>
		<comments>http://aguafriaopenspace.org/2011/11/arizona-bats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garry Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bat house built in my back yard in 2004 remained vacant until this year.  The house has room for 600 bats, but only eleven moved in.  The house is near three large stock ponds.  Dragonflies and hummingbirds find plenty of insects to eat during the day, so it seems reasonable to expect the site [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wildlife Conservation in Central Arizona</title>
		<link>http://aguafriaopenspace.org/2011/11/welcome-to-our-new-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://aguafriaopenspace.org/2011/11/welcome-to-our-new-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garry Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The AFOSA wildlife blog provides information and species lists for familiar wildlife groups.  Personal sightings and comments are welcome.]]></description>
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