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		<title>Rub a dub dub, three acorn woodpeckers in a tub</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Bogue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three acorn woodpeckers taking a bath. Photo by Dave Driggs, Saranap, CA Gary: Three acorn woodpeckers taking a bath aka “Rub a dub dub, three woodpeckers in a tub.” Dave Driggs, Saranap, California Dave: Ah, communal bathing &#8230; even woodpeckers love it! How does that old Bobby Darin song go? &#8220;Splish splash, I was taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acorn woodpeckers: keepers of acorns.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Bogue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acorn woodpecker by Joanne Smith, Union City, CA Acorn woodpeckers are interesting birds. They feed on insects, fruit, seeds and sap. They are noted for drilling holes in trees and using the holes to stash acorns. I got an e-mail a couple of years ago from a man who had a  cabin in the Sierra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woodpecker Guantanamo: Interesting take on acorn woodpecker problems at Rossmoor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Bogue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acorn woodpecker, by Brian Murphy, Walnut Creek, CA Heidi Perryman, Martinez beaver mother and president of Worth A Dam, the wonderful folks fighting to protect the Martinez, CA, Beavers at http://martinezbeavers.org, has some interesting things to say on her blog about the situation with the acorn woodpeckers at Rossmoor, CA. It’s a quick and shocking, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acorn Woodpeckers: Rossmoor gets rid of them &#8230; one way or another</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Bogue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acorn woodpecker S.O.S. art by Kat Mulkey, Lafayette, CA Controversy over killing acorn woodpeckers in Rossmoor comes to a disappointing conclusion As a federal permit allowing homeowner groups in the Walnut Creek, California, community of Rossmoor to shoot acorn woodpeckers expired last weekend, according to Audubon California, conservation advocates who had strongly opposed the killing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acorn woodpeckers: Help stop Rossmoor homeowners from killing them!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Bogue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acorn woodpecker S.O.S. art by Kat Mulkey, Lafayette Two Rossmoor homeowner groups — Mutual 68 and Mutual 59 — have decided to shoot 50 acorn woodpeckers to try and stop the birds from drilling holes in their condos to store acorns for use as winter food. Shooting will NOT stop the problem and your help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acorn woodpeckers: Please sign petition asking Rossmoor NOT to kill them</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Bogue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acorn woodpecker by Brian Murphy, Walnut Creek, Calif. In case you haven’t already noticed, there’s a problem with acorn woodpeckers in Walnut Creek’s Rossmoor Retirement Community. The acorn woodpeckers are pecking holes in some of the buildings. This is a common problem when you construct buildings in the middle of an oak woodland open space [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Audubon California: Killing woodpeckers in Rossmoor isn&#8217;t right solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Bogue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acorn woodpecker by Brian Murphy, Walnut Creek, Calif. Emeryville, CA — Experts with Audubon California today expressed surprise and disappointment that two homeowners associations in Rossmoor have obtained permits from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to kill up to 50 acorn woodpeckers that are drilling holes in homes to store food. “Shooting the birds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shooting acorn woodpeckers: Just a few in Rossmoor want to do it.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Bogue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acorn woodpecker by Brian Murphy, Walnut Creek, Calif. Dear Gary: I love your column and hope you are still coming to Rossmoor on Wednesday. Unfortunately, your column and the paper in general has touted &#8220;Rossmoor&#8221; as the evil hunters of the Woodpeckers. Let me explain that the community of Rossmoor is made up of different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acorn woodpeckers doing their thing: Does Rossmoor really have to kill them?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/2008/11/17/acorn-woodpeckers-doing-their-thing-does-rossmoor-really-have-to-kill-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Bogue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acorn Woodpecker S.O.S. art by Kat Mulkey, Lafayette If you haven’t been following my daily columns about Walnut Creek’s Rossmoor Retirement Community vs. the acorn woodpeckers, you can catch yourself up here on my Friday (Nov. 14) and Sunday (Nov. 16) columns: http://www.contracostatimes.com/garybogue Basically, a family of acorn woodpeckers have been pecking holes in the [...]]]></description>
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