Monthly Archives: November 2008


Good of the Order: What’s New With You?

Sunday’s here at the Nature Blog Network Blog are perhaps the most free-form of days. I chose to call my postings on Sunday “Good of the Order” after the tradition found in many social organizations where anyone who had news to share with the community about themselves, their family, their job, or anything else thought [...]

Nature News in Review

The e-mail box has not exactly been bursting with suggestions of good sources of information regarding botany-related news. As I noted previously, while I am working to remedy this deficiency, the study of plants is not one of my more developed areas of understanding. Thus I will repeat my encouragement to anyone with an interest [...]

Friday Roundup: Nov 28, 2008

The American novelty of Thanksgiving may have landed smack dab in the middle of a big carnival week, but like they say, the carnivals must go on!  Actually, I don’t know if they actually say that, but anyway… I and the Bird #89: Attend the IATB covention at Bird Ecology Study Group. Friday Ark #219: [...]

Flickrs and Turkeys

My brief and far-from-scientifically-valid survey last week elicited the information that flickr and facebook were the two most used and best liked social networking tools by nature bloggers. Interestingly, Facebook was slightly more used in this sample but flickr slightly more favored. It makes sense, as photos and nature blogging are natural partners. To make [...]

Newest Blogs in the Network 11-26-2008

Another week, another 10 newly accepted members to the Nature Blog Network. Welcome to the club! Each and every one of these sites is worth a look, so check them out and show them what the nature blogging community is all about… BIRDS Morningjoy – Another gorgeous South Florida nature blog, Morningjoy offers lovely photos [...]

Carny Deadline: Nov 25, 2008

There are several upcoming carnivals in the works for this week and the week after Thanksgiving.  Get involved! I and the Bird #89: To Bird Ecology Study Group by the end of the day today! Berry Go Round #11: To Catalogue of Organisms by the end of the day today! Tangled Bank #119: To The [...]

Nature Blog Networking: What a picture is worth

Last week, Wren launched the NBN flickr group and on Sunday, John wrote on the value of adding photos to your blog.  It goes without saying that a few well-placed pictures can illustrate things that even the most erudite wordsmith can’t.  For nature blogs it’s particularly useful, as there’s no shortage of fascinating and beautiful [...]

Featured Blog: The Conservation Report

Who better to introduce to you this week than the author and editor of the blog currently ranked #1 in page visits on NBN, The Conservation Report? I’m happy to introduce our colleague in blogging, Buck, who’s here to share the secrets of his success and popularity. Buck was formerly a Peace Corps volunteer in [...]

Good of the Order: NBN Flickr Group

As most bloggers discover in the course of their blog’s development, textual narrative is all well and good but if you really want to drive your visitation rates up, it’s hard to go wrong with the addition of a few photos. Ideally, these photos should be good, or at least bad in a creative way, [...]

Nature News in Review

I’ll be completely honest – when it comes to ornithology, lepidoptery, ecology, and even ichthyology, I’m able to keep tabs on recent developments fairly effectively. However I am very weak in botany and its associated disciplines and tend not to always follow recent developments in those areas as closely. This is not out of disinterest [...]