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	<title>Bert Gildart: Writer and Photographer &#187; Natural History/Conservation</title>
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	<description>Glimpses From Bert &#38; Jane Gildart&#039;s Travel Adventures</description>
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		<title>Oregon Grape, Beautiful Spring Harbinger That Has Many Practical Uses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©Bert Gildart: Oregon grape is now growing in profusion in our back yard, just as it is in areas all over the northwest.  It’s a harbinger of spring but also one of my favorite plants, a judgement that began years ago.
In a college botany class each student was required to create a plant collection then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Most Pleasant Day With Rattlesnakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©Bert Gildart: Almost the moment we departed our truck parked along Montana&#8217;s Rocky Mountain Front, Janie shouted that we should stop.  “Stop,” she said.  “It’s a rattlesnake.”
Actually, that is what we were trying to find, but the observation was much sooner then we expected.  Several years ago our good friends, David and his wife VV, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antelope Canyon – Celebrating the Ages</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©Bert Gildart: Upper Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona may offer opportunities to capture one of the most picturesque series of sandstone formations in the world – and the Navajo who own this land have learned how to capitalize on the opportunity.

  

Antelope Canyon Tours offers several excursions to the canyon, one for the general [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montezuma Castle and Well  &#8212; “The Name Stuck”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©Bert Gildart: Off and on over the past few days Janie and I have been visiting a number of areas formerly occupied by the Southern Sinagua Indians.  One of the most spectacular of these areas was Montezuma Well, a natural tank of water created when an unground cavern sunk.
Today, this natural limestone sinkhole near Rimrock, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does the V-Bar-V Heritage Site Preserve a Solar Calendar?</title>
		<link>http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2012/04/12/does-the-v-bar-v-heritage-site-preserve-a-solar-calendar</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©Bert Gildart:  Among the red cliffs of Navajo sandstone  just south of Sedona and north of Cottonwood, AZ,  there is a rock panel that is perfectly aligned in a north-south orientation.  That orientation figures into creation of some of North America&#8217;s  most incredible Native American petroglyphs.
Standing before the fence intended to protect rare rock art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuzigoot, an Ancient Dwelling of the Southern Sinagua</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©Bert Gildart:  We have moved from our wonderful campground at the base of the Superstition Mountains to Deadhorse Ranch State Park near Cottonwood, Arizona.  Though noted for tourism we were attracted to the area because of the multitude of Native American ruins located nearby.
Yesterday, we visited Tuzigoot, a remnant of a Southern Sinagua village built [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Departing Lost Dutchman, A Campground of Diversity</title>
		<link>http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2012/04/06/departing-lost-dutchman-a-campground-of-diversity</link>
		<comments>http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2012/04/06/departing-lost-dutchman-a-campground-of-diversity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©Bert Gildart: Today, we will take down our solar panels, pull up the huge outdoor mat (checking to make sure there are no scorpions underneath), crank up our stabilizing jacks, and unite the stinger on the Dodge with the Hensley Hitch on our Airstream and depart this beautiful campground.

 

We’ve been here 12 days and our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surviving in the Sonoran Desert &#8212; If We Had to</title>
		<link>http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2012/04/05/surviving-in-the-sonoran-desert-if-we-had-to</link>
		<comments>http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2012/04/05/surviving-in-the-sonoran-desert-if-we-had-to#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bert</dc:creator>
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©Bert Gildart:  We’ve been camped at Arizona’s Lost Dutchman State Park for almost 10 days and have particularly enjoyed learning about some of the uses of  plants once harvested by Native Americans. The campground hostess added relevancy when she said she’d been harvesting some of the Anderson&#8217;s Wolfberries, which now flourish.  We sampled them and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everything Cholla –Though Deceptively Beautiful It can Also Protect</title>
		<link>http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2012/04/02/everything-cholla-%e2%80%93though-deceptively-beautiful-it-can-also-protect</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©Bert Gildart:  Here at the base of the Superstition Mountains in Arizona, various species of cholla are now in full bloom and the flowers the species produces are absolutely gorgeous.  But it requires only the slightest of brushes against the plant to appreciate the names:  Staghorn cholla, Teddy bear – and Jumping Cholla.  The last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photographing Cacti &#8212; In a Macro Mode</title>
		<link>http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2012/03/27/photographing-cacti-in-a-macro-mode</link>
		<comments>http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2012/03/27/photographing-cacti-in-a-macro-mode#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bert</dc:creator>
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©Bert Gildart:  The cacti are blooming now in the hills that surround us here in Arizona’s Lost Dutchman State Park, allowing me to pursue my fascination with macro photography.  For me that means multiple strobe setups and a sturdy tripod to optimize composition.  Ideally, the tripod should be one that allows one to position the [...]]]></description>
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