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	<title>Lehigh Gap Nature Center &#187; Wildlife Sightings</title>
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		<title>Butterflies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Husic</dc:creator>
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This morning, the Lehigh Gap Nature Center hosted a Monarch walk.  Although few Monarchs were seen, many other butterflies were present.  The best sighting was a Fiery Skipper, a new species for the refuge, caught by Doug Burton.
(photo: Dan Kunkle)
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		<title>Grosbeaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Husic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two singing male Blue Grosbeaks were heard at the Lehigh Gap Nature Center on July 20.  The could both be heard from the top of the Bobolink Trail.
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		<title>Blue Grosbeak at LGNC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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Bob Hoopes reported today on PA Birds (http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/PENN.html#1279417165) that he saw an adult male Blue Grosbeak today at LGNC, the fourth year that this species has been observed in the grassland habitat at the refuge.
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		<title>Incredible Insects</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Husic</dc:creator>
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This morning at the Lehigh Gap Nature Center, a group went in search of insects near the Kittatinny Ponds.  The five observers focused on butterflies, dragonflies, and damselflies, but also looked at any insects they could find.
Damselflies:
Elegant Spreadwing
Swamp Spreadwing
Variable Dancer
Powdered Dancer
Blue-fronted Dancer
Stream Bluet
Azure Bluet
Fragile Forktail
Eastern Forktail

Dragonflies:
Common Green Darner
Black-shouldered Spinyleg
Lancet Clubtail
Common Baskettail
Eastern Pondhawk
Spangled Skimmer
Slaty Skimmer
Widow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naturalists Club Participates in Monroe-Carbon Butterfly Count</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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Delaware Skipper
On Saturday June 19, Dan Kunkle and members of the Lehigh Gap Naturalists Club participated in the Monroe-Carbon Butterfly Count.  Throughout the morning, the following species and numbers were observed at the Nature Center:
1 Black Swallowtail
1 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
13 Spicebush Swallowtail
73  Cabbage Whites
3 Clouded Sulphur
5 Orange Sulphur
1 Gray  Hairstreak
9 Summer Azure
1 Great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 8th Comprehensive Bird Survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Husic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	On May 8th, a group of Lehigh Gap Nature Center members set out to survey the birds of the refuge.  Several of the volunteers started counting well before sunrise and heard 17 Whip-poor-wills.  As the sun rose, an impressive dawn chorus of American Robins and Wood Thrushes began.  Throughout the morning, two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black-throated Green Warbler</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Husic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, there was a Black-throated Green Warbler singing from the Prairie Warbler Trail.  This species is unusual as a summer bird in Lehigh County.  Also singing in the vicinity were a Worm-eating Warbler and an Orchard Oriole.
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		<title>LV Audubon/LGNC Bird Walk</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 19:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Husic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning (May 23, 2010) Corey Husic led a bird walk at the Lehigh Gap Nature Center, sponsored by both the LGNC and the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society.  Below are the 61 species that they found:
Wood Duck     6
Mallard     1
Common Merganser     1
Double-crested Cormorant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring sightings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Husic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several species of raptors have been seen flying over the LGNC in recent days.  These include Black Vulture, Cooper&#8217;s Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, and Osprey.  
Tree Swallows have also returned to the center.  Several have been checking out the nest boxes along the Prairie Warbler Trail.
Butterflies have also been present; several Mourning Cloaks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palm Warbler</title>
		<link>http://lgnc.org/wildlife-sightings/palm-warbler</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Husic</dc:creator>
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On Saturday, March 27, a Palm Warbler was heard singing along the Prairie Warbler trail.
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