<?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>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:37:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/seabirds/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Razorbill Alca torda]]></title><description><![CDATA[in order to see a razorbill (what we used to call auk) here in Norway we usually must travel to special places where they have colonies. there is a wonderful mountainous island on the west coast called]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@eolianpariah2/razorbill-alca-torda</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@eolianpariah2/razorbill-alca-torda</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106444]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[eolianpariah2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:51:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuPpuJoWwfXPpi5ckcLESTB3nmmnG5stzjMcxmH3MjuEAtBDYehGRH4FNkdvYiYBZRzJy4AkzbbytuireWFSNSwWJawJdBgr87LEYQDJPAvaycNWqLa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frigate birds]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think these remarkable frigate birds are fascinating. They can fly without landing for months at a time. They can live to be over 25 years of age. Frigatebirds soar at speeds up to 95 miles per hour]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@melinda010100/frigate-birds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@melinda010100/frigate-birds</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106444]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[melinda010100]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2025 22:31:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqpixmXzycE5HQz8Hymd6odKASuqdkFWpNb7ebLebvzscvZQMuPnjVvPZDxLpZg4C2yh475KYdku8pBPT7Dk6z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dam robber in action...]]></title><description><![CDATA[...and I did not allow him to get away with the loot. Look how he sat grabbing that thin branch with his webbed feet. 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But in here the seagulls present us with the other side of the coin. 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Their success is a bit of hope, in a world]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@melinda010100/seabird-and-successful-conservation-efforts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@melinda010100/seabird-and-successful-conservation-efforts</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106444]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[melinda010100]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 22:00:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9LKQ1BG3BAmr5TYaANmrJEBZ9YLcN6e6RcmxR7nhC7zrhuPA2qosE1CPBkm8rcZiXuWdaXrogyZ9XMUipipBXbt9K5oshMR3iate5jFkBWN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greece... Blue and White Memories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Memories, memories... As summer approaches, the desire to see the sea grows stronger every day. Memories of the most beautiful sea I've ever seen, the Aegean Sea. 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It nests on ice-free cliffs but spends its time foraging over icy waters close to shore.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/antarctica-a-land-of-ice-and-fabuloius-birds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/antarctica-a-land-of-ice-and-fabuloius-birds</guid><category><![CDATA[birding]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[birdbanter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 16:59:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLH9tg1EG311SebbbseAcRiFmeLCVdYUzLNMoKR4fs9SByfLS6ZGocNxUioBCoAcNJAhXUp5FMvuFXGf2SXDJwSQMHjNzMdohxYmNiUPfxnRc2JWkF1j4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back from Antarctica and My First Penguin Experiences]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae is the prototypical penguin, black and white, incrediby cute and adorable. 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When I was 12 I got my first camera and I haven't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@lunelli.naiana/an-old-pier</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@lunelli.naiana/an-old-pier</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lunelli.naiana]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2021 20:23:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonZ32EJw6nMctrTQ6kTQ3swaDmbMFvbJH31LuqGu4DRTexi2FYAr2LgP3gfRG7hbWo9JiCy9VcViUsLY7PxFJcXrtq6eSr3NWQq23agU4W2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some seabirds today for Shadow Hunters.]]></title><description><![CDATA[80kph winds here today that they call the "Cape Doctor". A double shadow here and taken as some sea sand was sand papering my face. 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