<?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, 18 Apr 2026 15:41:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/westernbirds/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[An Early Yellow-billed Loon Yesterday]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Yellow-billed Loon is the rarest loon in the world in terms of absolute numbers, and is a species that can be difficult to find in Washington State. Yesterday on a boat ride on the Lady Alderbrook,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/an-early-yellow-billed-loon-yesterday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/an-early-yellow-billed-loon-yesterday</guid><category><![CDATA[birding]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[birdbanter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2022 16:13:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn8hZRsFQ3ec22aJCrvcNZ3iwCLePTm7HcN8kMQADqcRvSvmTUtnLt1nRiN9TLXd5KDZ5TsAtYhaLkkf9mAeBzaJ2LcsZfxozDa6dRV2fJc72SoqKL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chestnut-backed Chickadee- A Pacific Northwest Specialty]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you go birding in a coniferous forest in the Pacific NW of the U.S. it's hard not to find these Chestnut-backed Chickadees Poecile rufescens. They are easily distinguishable from our other common chickadee,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/chestnut-backed-chickadee-a-pacific-northwest-specialty</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/chestnut-backed-chickadee-a-pacific-northwest-specialty</guid><category><![CDATA[birding]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[birdbanter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 22:15:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLH9tg1EG311SebbbseAc3NttLmZqBkMfkotgcwVzeWuL9sxAd3QA8ukT2B9ubaTfwPYTR2EcLPxEKBpHWGBxmDmQ5o6GXCPNST4CahCJ8BL7HSPuj7tJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Sparrows Returning]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii I saw on a recent trip home to Maine, but this species which in summer is found on wet mountain areas, is common in the lowlands in the non-breeding season.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/winter-sparrows-returning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/winter-sparrows-returning</guid><category><![CDATA[birding]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[birdbanter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2022 03:43:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn8hZRsFQ3ec22aJCrvbsmvJPD9fvZpsg9QmF9D6AC3P46wpDrcSz2vHCjN6afcbofbf1YdJCxM4v29H7Ne79dYcd8edC5UjhyJRxpCUYE52HDPFpz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being in the Right Place at the Right Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finding an American Avocet Recurvirostra americana is not difficult in some places. At many places in eastern Washington they are common and easy to find and see breeding birds on alkaline lakes. They]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/being-in-the-right-place-at-the-right-time</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birding/@birdbanter/being-in-the-right-place-at-the-right-time</guid><category><![CDATA[birding]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[birdbanter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn8hZRsFQ3ec22aJCrveURqAjGY2prdVD1xqQdvaMPvkGbhfcG1LP3Du8fxu8dwPdSWsKkqYfBdkoJXZMmNXUCDJ223bNPj1pqryWSrZKrDqT87oAe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Babies are Moving Through]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the time of year when juvenile shorebbirds, born this summer in the Arctic, are migrating through our area. 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