<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Country Gardener &#187; Animals</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/category/animals/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com</link>
	<description>Thoughts, ideas and inspiration from a country gardener</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:46:32 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Summer night magic: fireflies cast a spell</title>
		<link>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2010/06/summer-night-magic-fireflies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2010/06/summer-night-magic-fireflies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Cunnington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fireflies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/?p=1754</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On this the first day of official summer, it seems fitting to celebrate fireflies. For several weeks now, we have had an unusually active firefly season here. I have never seen so many of these magical insects as I have this year. You could almost take their show for a display of twinkling Christmas lights. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2010/06/summer-night-magic-fireflies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Barn swallow wars: Nature, red in tooth and claw</title>
		<link>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2010/06/nature-not-so-benign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2010/06/nature-not-so-benign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Cunnington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barn swallows]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/?p=1743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems to be the general feeling these days that man is malign and nature nothing but benign. Man makes war, but animals don&#8217;t. Not true, of course: over the weekend I witnessed nasty barn swallow wars. We always have barn swallow nests in the barn, but sometimes a pair insists upon making a nest [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2010/06/nature-not-so-benign/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Found while weeding: Cecropia moths</title>
		<link>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2010/05/cecropia-moths/</link>
		<comments>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2010/05/cecropia-moths/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 23:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Cunnington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hyalophora cecropia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/?p=1649</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day I was weeding in a bed very close to the house, when I spotted this pair of cecropia moths mating. I didn&#8217;t know what they were, so of course I checked with Dr. Google, and found out what I was looking at and photographing. The following information on cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia) [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2010/05/cecropia-moths/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Red-winged blackbirds: they&#8217;re back!</title>
		<link>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2010/03/red-winged-blackbirds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2010/03/red-winged-blackbirds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Cunnington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red-winged blackbirds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/?p=1363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The red-winged blackbirds are telling me that spring is right on track. I had predicted that they would be back around March 12, and today on my golf course walk with the dogs I heard them for the first time this year. Last year they came back little early on March 10, and the year [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2010/03/red-winged-blackbirds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The end of an era &#8211; in dog time</title>
		<link>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2009/10/the-end-of-an-era/</link>
		<comments>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2009/10/the-end-of-an-era/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Cunnington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/?p=963</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Aging sucks. Here they are &#8211; my boys in full flight the way they used to tear around all the time. Sadly, my dog can&#8217;t run like that anymore. Toby, the white one is mine. He&#8217;s eight, going on nine. Buddy, several years younger, is my neighbor&#8217;s dog. Well, he was my neighbor&#8217;s dog &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2009/10/the-end-of-an-era/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Who would have chipmunks in the garden?</title>
		<link>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2009/09/chipmunks-in-the-garden/</link>
		<comments>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2009/09/chipmunks-in-the-garden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Cunnington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chipmunks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/?p=648</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We used to have crocuses. We used to have tulips. Now we just have chipmunks. To be fair, these cheeky pests don&#8217;t steal daffodil or allium bulbs, so we still have those. But I&#8217;d rather have tulips than chipmunks.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2009/09/chipmunks-in-the-garden/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Backyard chickens all the rage</title>
		<link>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2009/09/backyard-chickens-all-the-rage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2009/09/backyard-chickens-all-the-rage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Cunnington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backyard chickens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/?p=630</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You might think that being a country gardener and all, that I should be raising a few chickens here and gathering up my own eggs. We certainly don&#8217;t lack the space. But as I lay in bed last night listening to the coyotes yammer and howl, I was thankful that I don&#8217;t have to fret [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.countrygardenerblog.com/2009/09/backyard-chickens-all-the-rage/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
