Monthly Archives: February 2009


Tracking Site Stats

I just got an excellent question from an NBN member that many of you may have asked at times… I have a question about Nature Blog Network’s statistics. Why do we see a “Last Week” with visitor data equal to zero for the whole week, and also a “December 08″ with visitor data equal to [...]

By Mike | On Feb 19, 2009 | Tagged , | Comments (6)
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Newest Blogs in the Network 2-18-2009

I’m proud to be giving a presentation on nature blogs at the International Bird Watching Encounter V in Guatemala this weekend. When I do, I’ll be doubly proud to announce that the Nature Blog Network has now exceeded 700 members! Wow, there sure are a lot of us out here, huh? Please extend a warm [...]

By Mike | On Feb 18, 2009 | Tagged | Comments Off
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Carny Deadlines: Feb 17, 2009

Old and new carnivals, just waiting for your submissions… I and the Bird #94 – to The Birder’s Report by the end of the day today! Friday Ark #231 – to the Modulator by February 19 Diversity in Science #1 – Announcing a new carnival at Urban Science Adventures about science and nature pioneers and [...]

By N8 | On Feb 17, 2009 | Tagged | Comments (2)
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Nature Blog Networking: O Canada!

Though my colleagues in the NBNB and I are spread far and wide across the breadth of the nation, we’re all American.  And it doesn’t take much in the way of highly tuned observational powers to notice that there’s a fairly significant American bias to the NBN as a whole.  It’s certainly not intentional, we’re [...]

By N8 | On Feb 17, 2009 | Tagged | Comments (5)
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Featured Blog: Rurality

This week’s featured blog is Rurality. Meet Karen, the host and blogger who brings rural Alabama to your desktop. Karen is a former electrical engineer who fled the corporate world in 1996 and started a small handmade soap business. A move to the country reignited her interest in photography and nature. What got you started [...]

By wren | On Feb 16, 2009 | Comments (5)
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Good of the Order – Give Big Through the Big Give

As the state of the general global economy continues to deteriorate, many, if not most, of us in the various areas of natural history and conservation have been becoming increasingly concerned about the ability for funding to be raised in support of our favorite causes in the months and perhaps even years to come. Which [...]

By BABW | On Feb 16, 2009 | Tagged , | Comments Off
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Nature News in Review – Week Ending February 13, 2009

Flora Behind the scenes at Kew. The largest glasshouse at the Royal Botanic Gardens in west London is home to 17,000 plants – but is out of bounds to the public. Three All-America Rose Selections winners announced for 2009. Fauna Even in the midst of an ecological catastrophe, glimmers of goodness emerge. As the Aussies [...]

By BABW | On Feb 14, 2009 | Comments Off
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Friday Roundup: Feb 13, 2009

Blog for Darwin continues through the weekend with a swarm devoted to the great naturalist’s birth. Linneaus’ Legacy #16 – A quote-mined carnival over at Seeds Aside. Friday Ark #230 – plenty of stuff over at the Modulator Tangled Bank misses another deadline, still in limbo.

By N8 | On Feb 13, 2009 | Tagged | Comments Off
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We’re all in this together

There are many answers to the question, “Why do you blog?” – perhaps as many as there are bloggers. Blogging can be an outlet for artistic expression or creative writing or both; it can be a contribution to the greater good; it can be a way of building community and finding like-minded thinkers; it can [...]

By wren | On Feb 12, 2009 | Comments (4)
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Newest Blogs in the Network 2-11-2009

The nature blog economy is still booming, even as the bottom drops out of the financial one. Consider the upside of unemployment more time to explore the myriad voices on the Nature Blog Network, including the following 14 new members… BIRDS Kitchen Window Birder – I really like the wide-eyed enthusiasm this blogger shows in [...]

By Mike | On Feb 11, 2009 | Tagged | Comments (6)
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