<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>Al Larson Photography</title>
	<link>http://allarsonphotography.com</link>
	<description>Photography from the Bluebird Man</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 17:27:27 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	<!-- generator="WordPress/3.2.1" -->

	<item>
		<title>A Big Show-off</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several tom turkeys come into the yard and strut around. I often wonder what is on their mind. Are they just establishing a ranking in the group or are they trying to attract the attention of a female? Sometimes they just seem to be herding each other around. I snapped this photo from some distand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allarsonphotography.com/2012/05/07/a-big-show-off/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>A Huge Fountain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Boise river is flowing high again this spring. Reservoirs are nearly filled to capacity. Water is wasted to maintain a comfortable storage space behind the dams. Here we see water flowing out of the original outlet at Lucky Peak Dam. It&#8217;s called the rooster tail for obvious reasons. The Army Corps of Engineers open [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allarsonphotography.com/2012/05/03/a-huge-fountain/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bluebird Trail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Yesterday I was on a fieldtrip to the Southwestern Idaho Birders Association &#8220;Bluebird Trail&#8221; which is located a few miles east of Jordan Valley, Oregon. At first the weather was a little bit chilly but as the day progressed the sun came out and one could be comfortable in shirt-sleeves. There are 33 nestboxes on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allarsonphotography.com/2012/04/29/bluebird-trail/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Sandhill Cranes in Cornfield</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sandhill Cranes leave their roost on the sandbars in the river and fly out into the farmlands to glean the fields for dropped grain, tender plants, rodents, insects etc.  They put on fat to fuel the remaining flight to their nesting grounds in the Arctic.]]></description>
		<link>http://allarsonphotography.com/2012/04/23/sandhill-cranes-in-cornfield/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Sandhills in and over the Platte River</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the cranes rise from the sandbars in the river in early morning the skies can be filled with clouds of the magnificent birds. This photo represents only a portion of the migrating flocks. Sandhill Cranes roost along many miles of the river near Kearney, Nebraska. &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://allarsonphotography.com/2012/04/20/sandhills-in-and-over-the-platte-river/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Sandhill Cranes on the Platte River</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of Sandhill Cranes roost on the sandbars in the Platte River in March. &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://allarsonphotography.com/2012/04/17/sandhill-cranes-on-the-platte-river/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Sunset Over the Platte</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While waiting for Sandhill Cranes to come in to roost for the night we were treated to this gorgeous sunset over the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska. &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://allarsonphotography.com/2012/04/14/sunset-over-the-platte/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Vole Winter Quarters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a scene that shows what may happen beneath the snow in winter. This is the work of a rodent, perhaps a vole. What we see is tailings left behind as the critter forages for food. Aparently it is after the tastey crowns of grass. What is discarded is left behind filling the tunnel in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allarsonphotography.com/2012/04/11/vole-winter-quarters/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Trumpeter Swans in Nebraska</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a pair of Trumperer Swans photographed at Crescent Lake NWR in Nebraska. There is a Northern Pintail in the upper left background. There are many wonderful things to see if you will leave the freeway and explore the back country. &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://allarsonphotography.com/2012/04/08/trumpeter-swans-in-nebraska/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Loafing Turkeys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I looked out the window this rainy morning and was greeted with this scene. &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://allarsonphotography.com/2012/03/30/loafing-turkeys/</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>

