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		<title>Sorry, alligator, not quite crazy enough</title>
		<link>http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/sorry-alligator-not-quite-crazy-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month I posted the craziest alligator stories of 2011. Here are a few that caught my eye, but weren&#8217;t quite outlandish enough for the &#8220;craziest&#8221; list, which kind of makes them crazy in their own way. Alligators wander &#8230; <a href="http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/sorry-alligator-not-quite-crazy-enough/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindacopp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8530060&amp;post=626&amp;subd=melindacopp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So many birds!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know what I was expecting, but I was really surprised to count seven species of birds at our feeder (which had been empty since, like, summer) only one day after I filled it. When I bought the bag &#8230; <a href="http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/so-many-birds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindacopp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8530060&amp;post=681&amp;subd=melindacopp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The start of something great, or a complete disaster</title>
		<link>http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/the-start-of-something-great-or-a-complete-disaster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I could spend an entire day just looking around outside, seeing what I can see. Watching the way the light hits the trees, the way the birds move, whatever I can find to watch. What I like about taking pictures &#8230; <a href="http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/the-start-of-something-great-or-a-complete-disaster/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindacopp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8530060&amp;post=635&amp;subd=melindacopp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Craziest, coolest alligator stories of 2011</title>
		<link>http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/craziest-coolest-alligator-stories-of-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know what it is about alligators, but they seem to wind up in comical, bizarre situations. For a few years I&#8217;ve been collecting stories about their run-ins with humans, and let me tell you, reading all these different &#8230; <a href="http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/craziest-coolest-alligator-stories-of-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindacopp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8530060&amp;post=609&amp;subd=melindacopp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An alligator book and a monkey mind</title>
		<link>http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/an-alligator-book-and-a-monkey-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since sending my alligator book proposal to an agent yesterday morning, I have felt mildly nauseous and majorly unable to focus. I have been obsessively checking my e-mail, even though I know that won&#8217;t make her read any faster. &#8230; <a href="http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/an-alligator-book-and-a-monkey-mind/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindacopp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8530060&amp;post=605&amp;subd=melindacopp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, Christmas tree</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can barely remember wandering around the Christmas tree farm when I was a kid. The memories are like still photos&#8211;an image of an old barn lined with tied, cut pines; snow-peppered rows of trees planted at evenly spaced intervals. &#8230; <a href="http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/oh-christmas-tree/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindacopp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8530060&amp;post=578&amp;subd=melindacopp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writing lyrically about plovers and shit</title>
		<link>http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/writing-lyrically-about-plovers-and-shit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I fancy myself a nature writer, I thought this was funny: David Gessner&#8217;s &#8220;Confessions of a Nature Writer.&#8221; Nature writing has a reputation for being dry and serious, but it doesn&#8217;t have to be, as Gessner so skillfully demonstrates. &#8230; <a href="http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/writing-lyrically-about-plovers-and-shit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindacopp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8530060&amp;post=568&amp;subd=melindacopp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tree frogs in November</title>
		<link>http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/tree-frogs-in-november/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I meant to post this, well, in November. But now that winter has fully settled in, it&#8217;s nice to think we had this giant green tree frog right above the front door about two weeks ago. Matt snapped the picture &#8230; <a href="http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/tree-frogs-in-november/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindacopp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8530060&amp;post=563&amp;subd=melindacopp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alligators and watermelon</title>
		<link>http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/alligators-and-watermelon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a little quiet around here, so I thought a cool alligator video would liven things up. For your viewing pleasure, I found this one of an alligator pulverizing a watermelon in one snap. That&#8217;s quite a bite force&#8211;over &#8230; <a href="http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/alligators-and-watermelon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindacopp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8530060&amp;post=558&amp;subd=melindacopp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moths like Target, too</title>
		<link>http://melindacopp.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/moths-like-target-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ooooh, pretty. When leaving Target last week, we saw this stunning Tersa sphinx moth (Xylophanes tersa) resting on the outside of the building. It&#8217;s truly amazing what beautiful little things you can find when you look around!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindacopp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8530060&amp;post=540&amp;subd=melindacopp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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