<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:50:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@birdbanter/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Shorebirds]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Washington State most of us think of shorebirds as species to look for during migration. Still, there are a few species we can find in winter. This Black-bellied Plover, obviously no black belly in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/winter/@birdbanter/winter-shorebirds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/winter/@birdbanter/winter-shorebirds</guid><category><![CDATA[winter]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[birdbanter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 03:36:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLH9tg1EG311SebbbseAbsNSyhZaTMMAhoAH9JGrpjh1xuEyNraKmsYZUBdXjAepN63pH5ygEDeKnA8iQLVejdYWqgPuGnrkEP5LA5duT9Q8KGJN4xHV8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Double-crested Cormorant]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Washington we have three species of cormorant, but this Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum is the only one of the three species that is found on fresh water. Coamorants are interesting species]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/double-crested-cormorant</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/double-crested-cormorant</guid><category><![CDATA[birding]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[birdbanter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:59:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLH9tg1EG311SebbbseAcdcpoZieeuuuN8ALDDkx4aheWwwXw8sim6Pa8AnYaWPUsoVk9bTtgHNSMNcRCmy9uxT2DAu4mauCBoP1GdbSefKm7Gb2yShtJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Northern Answer to Penguins]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Penguins are funny. They stand up on their back feet and flap their flippers comically, and have even had full-length feature movies made about them. In the Northern hemispher]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/alcids/@birdbanter/the-northern-answer-to-penguins</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/alcids/@birdbanter/the-northern-answer-to-penguins</guid><category><![CDATA[alcids]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[birdbanter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 19:18:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLH9tg1EG311SebbbseAcUUhRJHi58RdEEkaMbUz8BLp3mQfccpLiUe31dvkbZ7urukjF8yURTb2Tm8JDmp8jfXCTV7bjCKrMoKCWn68KfjrUBLwkD6Vk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eagles of Washington State]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Washington State (USA) over the last few decades we have seen a resurgence of the numbers of Bald Eagles Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Unfortunately the Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos, our other native]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/eagles/@birdbanter/eagles-of-washington-state</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/eagles/@birdbanter/eagles-of-washington-state</guid><category><![CDATA[eagles]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[birdbanter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:27:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLH9tg1EG311SebbbseAbtYj8qfRpaE5rg34esiU1U7dQERZcFfaxZYwxM9ynbb8S9nTvGfjk3uF7djYpHCLqBFMWXsS5rEisFrC3gAemYPPPabM7uSbG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bonaparte's Gulls ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every fall and early winter large numbers of Bonaparte's Gulls congregate in the Puget Sound are of Washington. 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