<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Leland Creative/Gallery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leland Creative]]></description><link>https://www.lelandcreative.net/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:39:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.lelandcreative.net/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[About This Blog...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Soon after I got back into photography in 2020, I had a magical encounter.  I heard a thrumming. ]]></description><link>https://www.lelandcreative.net/post/about-this-blog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a07961d0b9e4f37fd25cabd</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 01:16:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1e73a3_58ebed35b4fe4a62802a012da038ed06~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lelandcreative</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Oystercatchers]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's mating season and the American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) are frisky.]]></description><link>https://www.lelandcreative.net/post/american-oystercatcher-romance</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a05252f48aeb3fcb243d27e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 01:33:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://video.wixstatic.com/video/1e73a3_70819462999941ca8e0603b568a46e81/720p/mp4/file.mp4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>lelandcreative</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stand-Off On The Sand]]></title><description><![CDATA[Least Terns (Sternula antillarum) nest on South Carolina beaches, just above the high tide line on flats of mixed shells and sand. Their nests are little more than a small depression and are especially sucesptible to predators and human disturbance. Despite their dimunitive size, Least Tearns are feisty. Today while walking the permiter of a protected nesting area I saw a stand-off in progress. A ghost crab attempted to charge a nesting tern. For about 10 minutes the crab charged and...]]></description><link>https://www.lelandcreative.net/post/stand-off-on-the-sand</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a029288618ba45174fb4cb6</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 22:51:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1e73a3_9d61ba851b7a46909ba3cf095d05036c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lelandcreative</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>