<?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 06:46:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/wetlands/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[entry reflections 265]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before it empties into the Arabian Sea, Tiroda Creek widens into a tropical wetland area that is partly marsh and partly swamp, mangrove and otherwise. it's a nice quiet area that attracts a number of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-179017/@eolianpariah2/entry-reflections-265</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-179017/@eolianpariah2/entry-reflections-265</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-179017]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[eolianpariah2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:28:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuPpuJoWwfXPpi5ckcLESTB3nmmnMsv4VXjW7rfPQZh56jHqzedzit7s1KAnStBNuu1uiwKqM1iDPaX1CjpxZpVwwK1VA58AacKprceD4Tfyco8Lf66?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[entry smap 250: Lesser Whistling Duck]]></title><description><![CDATA[it's not every year we get to see these wonderful Whistling Ducks. it's not that this particular species: Dendrocygna javanica whistles any less than it's cousins, but rather it's just a little smaller]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@eolianpariah2/entry-smap-250-lesser-whistling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@eolianpariah2/entry-smap-250-lesser-whistling</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106444]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[eolianpariah2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 12:25:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdAD9rYwjD1VARAikGgLpZReGTopGBG3MUFnoFU734JPkPoBJKVzGKBYTq1Tgb2WvzAb6i7FXCsHbiqcg7Ne57aRu2ZWPjHq4ymVNX9wHy3ngYcpMRTxT9tkxck94?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[entry smap 238: glossy ibis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Flocks of Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus may be seen around the globe, in Asia, Africa, the Americas and Australia and more. these shots are from a wetlands in Maharashtra, India. the tips of their beaks]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@eolianpariah2/entry-smap-238-glossy-ibis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106444/@eolianpariah2/entry-smap-238-glossy-ibis</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106444]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[eolianpariah2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:23:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf13Gb98Ej79VrgrJ6fnCxF6mywkRN5LySab5Zv8gyWgCKrJmCmxqwSS8Stb7Xq6CJWtWi79y8RgZQ4oQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[entry reflections 238]]></title><description><![CDATA[the Tiroda river is more like a creek until it approaches the sea and widens into a swampy wetlands that is partially mangrove, partially mixed forest/swamp and partially marsh and paddy fields. it's an]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-179017/@eolianpariah2/entry-reflections-238</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-179017/@eolianpariah2/entry-reflections-238</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-179017]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[eolianpariah2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:03:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5Xg46gnE39wnVYv47EAMFVwAxea8LvJz2FNsdC3xTVdkheP5rffu9yTaZBSZCKyBwkvCjWVvwp1PBTfQ8RzC1ibe1HSHboJ7zHYiYXtVUwYWUcFsrbpUcN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little Sturgeon Is. Merrymeeting Bay.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just a few of my favorites from this evenings sunset in Bath😍 (forever wishing our power lines were underground 😅)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@chfasial/little-sturgeon-is-merrymeeting-bay</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@chfasial/little-sturgeon-is-merrymeeting-bay</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chfasial]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 13:03:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4Zpa6ybSgMvfjdPmGDuCTkvYsE2xGexsF3icArfVg3i1Kry8YdtZ3sAg4xrVNSCasBjcmC5rEkgDbdAvV1kZN6a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before the smoke]]></title><description><![CDATA[It has been a smokey weekend here in Wisconsin as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts across the northern Midwest of the United States. The smoke is originating from wildfires nearly 900 miles away in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-14396/@melinda010100/before-the-smoke</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-14396/@melinda010100/before-the-smoke</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-14396]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[melinda010100]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:43:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqtKg2e1z2piTKNReHAeRt2sC1KDcmyPtbQhNkPrGy6yvgkTkfMHDdzLtRd79DYtkHHEQTg6XdhaagFKPxYexv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Following the Camels - Salty Earth & A Desert Lake - Merzouga, Morocco]]></title><description><![CDATA[After spending the night in the desert, it was time to climb back on our camels and head back to Merzouga. While on our way back into town, I got to chatting with one of our guides. As I still had the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@giathebao/following-the-camels-salty-earth-and-a-desert-lake-merzouga-morocco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@giathebao/following-the-camels-salty-earth-and-a-desert-lake-merzouga-morocco</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[giathebao]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 10:22:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUjnoD8Yrh1DY3L8GQrL9q2iorUFNmbqtahqbxj5U8wSzyb9HTjirL87XX3kTcYCSntaUAAajh6isbEANWmGucekZxqNUkeMPvJyVBJBY1nCd5N8stdodh5C8NtHeHkq4B4sasm5pdFNwQr6nDasVmsULUaRiMxeY6jg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[entry week 217: reflections in a swamp]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tiroda Creek runs out in the Arabian Sea just under Yashwant Gad Fort . it's mot much of a creek until it approaches the sea where it divides Shiroda beach in two. it's easy enough to wade or swim across]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-179017/@eolianpariah2/entry-week-217-reflections-in</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-179017/@eolianpariah2/entry-week-217-reflections-in</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-179017]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[eolianpariah2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 11:47:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuPpuJoWwfXPpi5ckcLESTB3nmmnRUDfTQ6A7BooQohvokMC1pmJWJdog512Ur2moSR1Np9viMx7zFSnETvoieseKFa2nLvC8yPKySExfFT1SDUAFW6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helping Ducks in the North Shore: What I’ve Learned]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spending time near water—whether it’s Lake Superior, an inland lake, or a quiet marsh—means sharing space with ducks. They’re just there, part of the landscape, dipping under the surface, paddling through]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-125125/@michael561/helping-ducks-in-the-north</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-125125/@michael561/helping-ducks-in-the-north</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-125125]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michael561]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2025 19:59:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGkE7moUEDKqob9SdSFQGT6ny3UdZDPtcVdSsFUVncj2mCPrzfiV8sq7AysiEspivku2yjqtYCbjFz4twXZRVKUg9DrE3MyUgmuQdpo85aPnnyj878ZQ6aik5d9HkEkTtXLWMjiB4K?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surajpur Excursion for macro subjects]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the winter morning of January 2025, I visited Surajpur Sanctuary which is near Delhi, India. Usually in winters people visit wetlands for migratory birds that visit us in Delhi NCR, but I was there]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130906/@ashirkumar/surajpur-excursion-for-macro-subjects</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130906/@ashirkumar/surajpur-excursion-for-macro-subjects</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-130906]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ashirkumar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 12:49:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf12HLsc3f8LgKqvE7dwmHXY6FpGLsiXpAygduuWR6kj8geeKfBMyCjH2NmAqe8CRcT3qQJACMJtbie7p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over 1000 plastic bottles removed from the Mulang Wetland by The Greens and her partners]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, August 28th, The Greens' team joined forces with Bright Light Projects and ASDEPCO to clear over 1,000 plastic bottles clogging the Mulang Wetland river. It's estimated that over a million]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-177682/@thegreens/over-1000-plastic-bottles-removed-from-the-mulang-wetland-by-the-greens-and-her-partners</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-177682/@thegreens/over-1000-plastic-bottles-removed-from-the-mulang-wetland-by-the-greens-and-her-partners</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-177682]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thegreens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 23:55:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLJSKQb1cDmQnbAf8Gi5tWMrme7Y4VXkegJdcApyMbkim6gzHzSr6UXrK6cRHn9PL3GupE3aN9wtxdnE28qWZWUphn4377yBKmhkX99dtVbzmjuDG6Uwg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Convention on Wetlands announces a call for nominations for the ninth edition of the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards and Evian Special Prize by Danone. Award recipients will each receive the Evian]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-123046/@thegreens/ramsar-wetland-conservation-awards-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-123046/@thegreens/ramsar-wetland-conservation-awards-2024</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-123046]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thegreens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 21:46:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTamZtjiRVK9pxDgRdg2RtnXmG5dbeGuzK3WNfkBktwpfiUCtkyfpXvJX1QTWRFersQru9CghP3ZJrQWTFxvpD1in4Q8d4gkEgURpi27AnQcGVb6zPuj2o97SKDBz6xHrLMYJQzHTBxYE5kE6rmiuC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet the caretaker of Bayou Sauvage, among biggest urban wildlife refuges in U.S.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bayou Sauvage, situated in the northeast corner of New Orleans, is the largest national wildlife refuge within a city in the United States, spanning 30,000 acres of forest and marsh. It hosts a diverse]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@onthehook8/meet-the-caretaker-of-bayou-sauvage-among-biggest-urban-wildlife-refuges-in-u-s</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@onthehook8/meet-the-caretaker-of-bayou-sauvage-among-biggest-urban-wildlife-refuges-in-u-s</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthehook8]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 13:02:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rhwNA62feJ3ZnYCTwr4Nhk1NxxqNUwXZCzFSdTbeHrCtgGsyRwtxhBZKCxwrTj3uFLZrPn9YvGN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad Weather in the afternoon - beautiful calm weather in the morning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I visited the wetlands of the Inn River together with Stefan, usually we stay there for a whole day but the weather didn't play along and we had to get home early. A thunderstorm started to build]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127788/@florian-glechner/bad-weather-in-the-afternoon-beautiful-calm-weather-in-the-morning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127788/@florian-glechner/bad-weather-in-the-afternoon-beautiful-calm-weather-in-the-morning</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127788]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[florian-glechner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2023 19:05:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAGbwxD9CJfJUznpDy21P1gb5kciUwoKrnYbGbNVgJCYqePpa9dn5zdcNkAMiAJAXU145LvUMpQiCV7yEvcXoYMaR9SzsVSMTRvjxs1Yi3P8g3MwRZEWrPDctQufKfgHbeEGynsTCdSeR1A6kCdKKStQsvNb9pzfC1q6TTJ6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tabbil-ban dhagun Boardwalk, Queensland. Australia.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Located inside the Boondall Wetland Reserve and between Moreton Bay and Nudgee Creek. Is a very nice 1.5km Mangrove tidal mud flat board walk. There are quite a few of these type's of places around Brisbane]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@new.things/tabbil-ban-dhagun-boardwalk-queensland-australia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@new.things/tabbil-ban-dhagun-boardwalk-queensland-australia</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[new.things]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:48:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonZ32MeExgUUXJbBio3DqYcgkG7jDyEH3phcDoWijUs6XuLFqNaaDq1hdMja5YJRh8eZQ4TDiqUZzWHA2XDsMcEzRAPsf8pVVpx3tBssYYN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[No birds availabe so I do some Landscape Photography]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although it is the beginning of spring it is not always easy to find some wildlife or birds, the main kind of wildlife I want to find. But it is still winter ... :-( I am sure it will be a lot easier when]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153349/@florian-glechner/no-birds-availabe-so-i-do-some-landscape-photography</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153349/@florian-glechner/no-birds-availabe-so-i-do-some-landscape-photography</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153349]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[florian-glechner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 10:07:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAGbwxD9CJfJUznpDy21P1gb5kciUwoKrnYbGbNVgJCYqePpa9dn5zdcNkAMiAJAXU145Lw6qDxYF2USaoCwiG1XjBsrfJBc5HdKbydKGbGo55qUmDhpy86mNbdFMCYwJBquoMJRME3Qqur2dSQwUTLwyhDc4LHmmd22j4yC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge]]></title><description><![CDATA[I liked this photo I took of the freshwater marsh I visited last weekend. Dragonflies, frogs, egrets, herons, geese, muskrats, red-winged blackbirds...the gang's all here.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127238/@funferall/great-meadows-national-wildlife-refuge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127238/@funferall/great-meadows-national-wildlife-refuge</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127238]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funferall]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2022 01:36:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqcS2DYvNEZK7c7S36L6gUeR5Afk4RjED6M2KZB33Q37QyW2eXQfKoEDhZ2EQcGM7XrHBfBtgqXw7dtWfGgB9VgXmuDhL2ksCkfAsAZv7n4oi52v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Louisiana works on a multi-million dollar plan to reclaim some of the wetlands Hurricane Ida destroyed]]></title><description><![CDATA[The agency hopes to cobble together $70 million- $90 million from a variety of sources to build a higher ridge along the old shoreline of Little Lake, and an apron of marsh, to restore the calmer conditions]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@onthehook8/louisiana-works-on-a-multi-million-dollar-plan-to-reclaim-some-of-the-wetlands-hurricane-ida-destroyed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@onthehook8/louisiana-works-on-a-multi-million-dollar-plan-to-reclaim-some-of-the-wetlands-hurricane-ida-destroyed</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthehook8]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2022 00:33:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgozQ9Wq6robazFDCjPnZkdgJNriK3eJMsr4resJ1xNvdY3oexBFhjwo2pduiEUDDcxBBVnG9YS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alternate Site]]></title><description><![CDATA[Something went wrong when I posted my last entry about the Clark County Wetlands. I'm writing this post, therefore, to redirect my readers to view that post via Ecency rather than at this site. I would]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/engrave/@davidmajk/alternate-site</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/engrave/@davidmajk/alternate-site</guid><category><![CDATA[engrave]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidmajk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2022 21:44:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wetlands]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wetlands in the desert? Who'd 'a thunk it? 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