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	<title>Roofs &#38; Rambles &#187; On The Road</title>
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		<title>Edmonton &#8211; Green Roof Interview</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/09/edmonton-green-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Roof News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On The Road]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was fortunate to be invited to do a speaking tour of Alberta in Canada in June 2010. The tour included talks in Calgary, Banff and Edmonton. When I was in the City of Edmonton, the City interviewed me on camera.

Dusty Gedge is a recognised international  for his work on green roofs in the UK. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bees and Briars</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/bees-and-briars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On The Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildflowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blackberries]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=716</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The blackberries look like there are going to have a bumper crop. A few weeks ago I managed to visit one of my favourite places &#8211; Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve.
I had only a short amount of time. Not much was happening on the bird front bu these bees were busy consuming the nectar of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta Birds &#8211; Brewer&#8217;s Blackbird</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/alberta-birds-brewers-blackbird/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birdwatching etc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euphagus cyanocephalus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brewer&#8217;s Blackbird &#8211; seen near Brooks, Alberta in late June.
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		<title>Alberta Plants &#8211; Pasque Flower</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/alberta-plants-pasque-flower/</link>
		<comments>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/alberta-plants-pasque-flower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nature Notes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[flower]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=699</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although I was a little early and the not all the flowers were not in full bloom, I did encounter a few Pasque flowers emerging to take in the sun.
Pulsatilla patens
Although I did not get to see them in the full glory, it was a pleasure to have a glimpse of what would surely be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta Plants &#8211; Alpine/Northern Anemone</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/alberta-plants-alpinenorthern-anemone/</link>
		<comments>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/alberta-plants-alpinenorthern-anemone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nature Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On The Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anemone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lake louise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meadows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mountain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollinator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollinators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=690</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[High up in the Rockies in Alberta, amongst the Mountain anemone&#8217;s groups of Alpine or Northern anemones flourish.
They can be found in alpine and high-subalpine meadows. These pictures were taken high above Lake Louise around the tea hut. Though I did encounter up in the sunshine meadows as well. Notice the bluish tinge to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birds &#8211; Great Horned Owl</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/birds-great-horned-owl/</link>
		<comments>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/birds-great-horned-owl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birdwatching etc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bubo virginianus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Great horned owl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malheur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[owls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=685</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been a good year for Owls. These two Great horned owls entertained me at the fantastic Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon back in April. This impressive and huge birds rival our Eagle owl in size though they are far more accommodating. Especially when you consider I have seen only one Eagle owl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta Plants &#8211; Western Anenome</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/alberta-plants-western-anenome/</link>
		<comments>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/alberta-plants-western-anenome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nature Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On The Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anemone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chalice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cupola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lake louise]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mountains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occidentale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollinators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pulsatilla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pulsatilla occidentale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunshine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[yellow]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Western Anemone, also known as the Chalice flower must be one of the stars of the Alpine meadows of the Canadian Rockies. Truly a wonderful plant. It can seen growing out of the edges of the snow early in the year.]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta Plants &#8211; Yellow Mountain Avens</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/alberta-plants-yellow-mountain-avens/</link>
		<comments>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/alberta-plants-yellow-mountain-avens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Banff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dryas drummondii]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sedum sexangulare]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whilst walking in the Rockies in Alberta this June, this plant intrigued me and it also took me a while to get a positive identification. It&#8217;s small nodding yellow flowers bowed in deference to imposing landscape around really attracted my eye.
Yellow mountain avens, Dryas drummondii
The yellow sepals lowered to the ground and forming an intimate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue, Sue and Yellow &#8211; A Rocket and a Butterfly</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/blue-sue-and-yellow-rocket-butterfly/</link>
		<comments>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/blue-sue-and-yellow-rocket-butterfly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[butterflies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common blue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crucifers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mustards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nectar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polyommatus icarus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rocket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sue Godfrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wasteland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WEEDS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/?p=671</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A urban wasteland now a local nature reserve is covered it what many would describe as WEEDS! But the crucifers with their yellow flowers attract a range of wildlife. Nectar seeking bees and butterflies.
This common blue (Polyommatus icarus) was quite accommodating to  my lens as it supped the nectar from the yellow flowers of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta Plants &#8211; Blue clematis</title>
		<link>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/alberta-plants-blue-clematis/</link>
		<comments>http://dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog/2010/08/alberta-plants-blue-clematis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blackfoot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue clematis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Butterfly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clematis occidentalis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cypress Hills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ghost's lariat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ist Nation's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I encountered the blue clematis (Clematis occidentalis) all over Alberta &#8211; from the Rockies to the Cypress Hills. It&#8217;s vines trailing up a variety of trees and shrubs.]]></description>
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