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	<title> Laura Kammermeier &#187; Conservation</title>
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		<title>New Study: 6.8 Million Annual Bird Deaths at Communications Towers in N. America</title>
		<link>http://laurakammermeier.com/2012/04/new-study-6-8-million-annual-bird-deaths-at-communications-towers-in-n-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Estimate of Avian Mortality at Communication Towers in the United States and Canada News worth noting. What&#8217;s your feedback on the study, methods, or results? If the estimate seems representative, what impact do you think this will have on North American bird populations over time, especially as the number of cell phone towers increases? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lori&#8217;s Natural Foods Now Carries Bird-Friendly Coffee (Rochester, NY)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rochesterians can now find bird-friendly coffee at a local health foods store and make a difference for the birds. Lori's Natural Foods now carries Birds &#038; Beans blend coffee. Successful sales at Lori's could help convince other major grocers (e.g., WEGMANS) that bird-friendly coffee is as good for business as it is for the birds. So buy now, and share!]]></description>
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		<title>Honduras: Paradise In Peril &#8211; Watch this film!</title>
		<link>http://laurakammermeier.com/2011/09/honduras-paradise-in-peril/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WATCH FILM:  Paradise in Peril from Skyship Films on Vimeo. Paradise in Peril from You Tube. For the last several years, the country of Honduras has been trying to get on people&#8217;s radar as a bird watching destination, rightly expanding perceptions that there&#8217;s more to bird watching in Central America than Costa Rica. The country is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animated Short: The Coffee Contradiction</title>
		<link>http://laurakammermeier.com/2011/03/animated-short-the-coffee-contradiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bird-friendly Coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the risk of &#8216;grinding&#8217; the point too finely, today&#8217;s animated short explores some familiar contradictions. The Coffee Contradictionby: lkamms MANY thanks to Paul Baicich, who offered up this fitting theme and even contributed to an early sketch of the script. Keep the ideas coming! Send them privately laurakamms@gmail.com. If I use your idea, you&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABA Blog: More on Bird-Friendly Coffee</title>
		<link>http://laurakammermeier.com/2011/01/aba-blog-more-on-bird-friendly-coffee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bird-friendly Coffee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some more insight into the largesse and untapped power of coffee drinkers to influence how coffee farming is done, please see my follow-up post on the ABA (American Birding Association) blog: Bird-Friendly Coffee: If bird watchers did their part&#8230; In a few weeks, we&#8217;ll be hearing some deeply insightful commentary about birds and coffee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bird-Friendly Coffee: Why are YOU waiting?</title>
		<link>http://laurakammermeier.com/2011/01/bird-friendly-coffee-why-are-you-waiting/</link>
		<comments>http://laurakammermeier.com/2011/01/bird-friendly-coffee-why-are-you-waiting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bird-friendly Coffee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three years ago one April morning, I stood at the edge of a shade-grown coffee plantation near Cerro Azul Meambar in central Honduras. My guide, the honorable Jorge Barraza&#8211;arguably one of the best travel guides in Honduras&#8211; had just led me down a narrow footpath toward the coffee &#8220;finca,&#8221; or farm. &#8220;Look!&#8221; I said as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bird-friendly Glass Inspired by Spider Webs Lessens Window Strikes</title>
		<link>http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/08/bird-friendly-glass-window-strikes/</link>
		<comments>http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/08/bird-friendly-glass-window-strikes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birding Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Millions of birds die from window strikes each year. A German company called Arnold Glas seeks to overcome that problem by designing Ornilux glass, which contains a special UV coating that is visible to birds, but doesn&#8217;t obstruct the view for humans. While we see a solid, clear pane, birds see a Jack Frost-like web [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Are The Next &#8220;Great&#8221; Birders?</title>
		<link>http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/08/who-are-the-next-great-birders/</link>
		<comments>http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/08/who-are-the-next-great-birders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next era of birding will be ushered in by a new crop of great birders. Who will they be? I wrote this post a few months ago but chewed on it a while after sharing it with a few friends, birders, and members of the ABA board. After reading so many good opinions on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gut Wrenching Reality of Oil Spill Disaster</title>
		<link>http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/05/gut-wrenching-reality-of-oil-spill-disaster/</link>
		<comments>http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/05/gut-wrenching-reality-of-oil-spill-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 23:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re feeling a bit removed, a bit numb, a bit out of the fray of the biggest oil spill/environmental disaster in U.S. history, these images may help you understand its scope of damage. Boston.com: Oil Reaches Louisiana Shores Be ready to be punched in the gut.  But don&#8217;t stop there. Do something. Call someone. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Farms &amp; Birds: Interview with Bill Evans, Avian Tower Kill Authority</title>
		<link>http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/11/bill-evans-towerkill/</link>
		<comments>http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/11/bill-evans-towerkill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cell towers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[migration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My post on Wind Farms and Avian Mortality continues to generate a good deal of interest. I&#8217;m impressed with the amount of skepticism and questioning it generated&#8230;This is good; questioning is the very reason I wrote the post.  Bird watchers and bat lovers need to know more about how &#8216;tall man-made structures&#8217; affect flying animals. So I contacted Bill [...]]]></description>
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