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	<title>Natural Nutmeg  &#187; Madeline Dennis</title>
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		<title>Protest Ringling Brothers Circus in Bridgeport</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2011/10/14/protest-ringling-brothers-circus-in-bridgeport/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The circus is coming to Bridgeport as it does every October.  If you care about wild animals, you can join the protest rallies to be held there against circus animal abuse.  See below for the details on the protests. For an informative summary on animal abuse in circuses and its history in Bridgeport, I hope you will read my previous blog  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bring Earth Day Home</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2011/04/22/bring-earth-day-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 22 is Earth Day.  What can you do to bring Earth Day home in a real proactive way? Check out a couple of my previous blog posts. I&#8217;m recycling them in honor of the day. Wacky Ways To Recycle outlines 14 unique ways you can recycle.  Much more interesting than collecting bottles and cans. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hummers Are Coming Back</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2011/04/05/hummers-are-coming-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 5 &#8211; Hummingbirds are on their way back to Connecticut. One was sighted in in Connecticut on April 3rd and one was seen in Massachusetts yesterday.  The hummers seem to be coming back to us earlier each year. It used to be early May, but now it seems to be sometime in April. So be on the look out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wacky Ways to Recycle in CT</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2011/02/24/wacky-ways-to-recycle-in-ct/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am NOT going to talk about how to recycle plastic or metal or paper.  How boring!  Plus you know how to do all that already, right?  I want to tell you about  the  fun and quirky ways to recycle things like grass, leaves, food, your old computer, your old clothes and rain water.  Now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fisher Cats in Connecticut !</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2010/12/08/fisher-cats-in-connecticut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I found the tail and one leg of a gray squirrel in my backyard in Black Rock.  What could have done this ? !  I put the word out in my neighborhood thinking it was most likely done by a coyote which have been seen once and awhile.  Black Rockers responded to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will The Circus Ever Leave Town? &#8211; Bridgeport Elephant Abuse</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2010/10/20/will-the-circus-ever-leave-town-bridgeport-elephant-abuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone loves the circus, right ? Not any more.  Since the late 1990s protests against circuses and their use of wild animals for entertainment have gained momentum. Protesters talk about actual physical abuse of the animals and also protest the very concept of restraining and training wild animals for the sole purpose of entertaining us. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controlling Connecticut Skeeters</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2010/08/04/mosquitoes-in-connecticut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Controlling and Destroying Those Bloodsuckers   I hate mosquitoes!  They seem to be everywhere this summer! What in the world are mosquitoes good for anyway? Mosquitoes are eaten by lots of other animals.  Mosquitoes really contol human populations by killing 3 million people a year, making them the most dangerous animal in the world. And they provide lots of jobs for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kidnapping Baby Animals</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2010/06/04/dont-kidnap-those-baby-animals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year in spring and early summer, people find baby birds or mammals in their backyard or in a local park. The babies are often cute, helpless, and seem friendly.  People usually think the animal needs their help and want to bring it in.  These well meaning individuals usually assume the babies are orphans. Don’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easy Things To Do To Go Green</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2010/04/19/celebrate-earth-day-easy-things-to-do-to-save-the-planet/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2010/04/19/celebrate-earth-day-easy-things-to-do-to-save-the-planet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was going to write all about April being National Frog Month, but now that Earth Day is upon us I changed my plan. I can’t believe it is the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day.    Here is a link to a good video overview of how it all started  and how far we have (or have not) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Endangered Species Condoms</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2010/03/14/endangered-species-condoms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who knew that by wearing condoms you could protect the world ! The Center for Biological Diversity believes that the major reason that dozens of animals, birds, and plants face extinction is the vast overpopulation of the human race. The Center points out that humans are destroying habitat and creating greenhouse gases that are drastically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver&#8217;s Green Olympics</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2010/02/28/vancouvers-green-olympics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick before the Vancouver Winter Olympics are over, I wanted to write this blog… In 2008, Beijing tried very hard to make the Summer Olympics as environmentally-friendly as possible. Now the Vancouver Winter Olympics are being compared to those efforts. And in terms of sustainability and  greenness, Vancouver is pretty impressive. For a good overview of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut Windmills and Birds</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2010/02/15/connecticut-windmills-and-birds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windmills are a wonderful clean safe source of green energy… right? Not everyone thinks so, especially some environmentalists and biologists. The spinning blades of wind mills can be fatal to flying birds and also can act as giant scarecrows discouraging birds from nesting in an area. Birds, of course, collide with all sorts of human [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woodpecker With Attitude</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2010/01/24/woodpecker-with-attitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birdwatchers are loving this really cool video making the rounds of the internet.  Take a look at it first&#8230;click here to see the video &#8230; before reading any further.  What do you think this crazy woodpecker is trying to do ! ?  Get killed or what ? ! Here is the scoop.  And okay, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deer Power in Connecticut</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2010/01/02/deer-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the deer breeding season, or the rut, is mainly over in our area, I came across some fascinating video footage of bucks sparring so I thought I would write a short blog about this marvelous phenomenon.  I have a fun small collection of some other nature videos which I will share in future postings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Osprey Nest Platform in Black Rock</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2009/12/13/osprey-nest-platform-erected-in-black-rock/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2009/12/13/osprey-nest-platform-erected-in-black-rock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so excited to report to all my friends and neighbors that the osprey nesting platform project that I have been coordinating for over TWO years is finally a reality. Our new osprey nesting platform has finally been erected on Burr Creek in Black Rock! The platform was put into place on November 21, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hunting in Connecticut</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2009/11/22/hunting-in-the-nutmeg-state/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2009/11/22/hunting-in-the-nutmeg-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deer Hunting Growing up in the suburbs of Long Island, I never really thought about hunting or thought it was something remote from me. It wasn’t until many years later when I moved to Greenwich, Connecticut to manage a 250 acre nature preserve that hunting became a very close reality. Audubon Greenwich had begun a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bird Watching in Connecticut</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2009/09/27/bird-watching-in-the-nutmeg-state/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/dennis/2009/09/27/bird-watching-in-the-nutmeg-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeline Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Bird watching is a different kind of sport. It is also a hobby, and recreational and educational too. It opens your eyes to the natural world right in your own backyard and in far away places. You can do it all year round. You can do it anywhere: at home, in the car, on [...]]]></description>
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