<?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>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:41:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/created/birdingpodcast/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Sonoran Desert Birding]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the United States we have four major deserts, and I got a chance to do some birding in the Sonoran Desert near Tucson, Arizona earlier this month. For me this is the most beautiful and scenic of the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@birdbanter/sonoran-desert-birding</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@birdbanter/sonoran-desert-birding</guid><category><![CDATA[sonoran]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[birdbanter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2021 03:25:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLH9tg1EG311SebbbseAbf1wAp9PZvJZkkcBAmMQyFAPr3dZa8Rcf3fRAQRJQoXiTRSM2h2jVuaEGFitw5AWrYEXCVRdoevgAUawFKvicQPacEH2hKzDU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baby Great Gray Owls are Adorable]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm an avid birder, and generally try not to look at birds in human terms. They are fabulous enough without attaching adjectives usually reserved for humans, but the three Great Gray Owlets I got to wwatch]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@birdbanter/baby-great-gray-owls-are-adorable</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@birdbanter/baby-great-gray-owls-are-adorable</guid><category><![CDATA[birding]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[birdbanter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2020 19:31:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKaapBH3qwmEZeimAxECSVo91H6DdUAVt2PqekxPARccSkPKrcXAQNCMQuz9zK7LXDMf8BwnUYzvpqknyccCXuvrGVozP8Y2fucc8hxnC1hYxWaVee7StdZS389qgTt9HMFzcEhxFDmQoFjDx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peregrine Falcon:  Fastest Bird in the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus In washington State, U.S. we have 5 species of regularly occurring falcons. 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