Monthly Archives: April 2009


Nature Blog Networking: Sketch Pad

I’m not much of an artist.  Sure I can sketch a bit, and having a bit of ability to make a field drawing of a potential rare bird is a skill every birder should aspire to have, but the drawings I’ve made are hardly anything you’d want to frame and put on a wall.   [...]

Featured Blog: Coyote Crossing

This week we welcome Chris Clarke, who blogs at Coyote Crossing and is the founder and moderator of Carnival of the Arid. Chris is an environmental journalist with 20 years tenure in the field, a former nationally syndicated garden columnist, and now a freelance editor/writer/web designer looking for work. He can also be found on [...]

Good of the Order – Paying it Forward

Unless you’ve recently won a large lottery prize or cashed out a substantial investment portfolio that was heavily invested in Internet technologies just before the bust, you’ve no doubt noticed that things in the national economies of just about every country on the planet are not doing so well at the moment. This “downturn,” as [...]

Nature News in Review – Week Ending April 17, 2009

Flora The long-standing debate about why autumn leaves change color has new impetus from the humble apple tree. Cornell University is giving China back its treasured mushrooms. Fauna Please do ask for whom the bell tolls – the Sidamo Lark could soon be the first bird on mainland Africa to die out since modern records [...]

Friday Roundup: April 17, 2009

We’re heavy on things that fly this week… The Moth and Me #2 – Flip on the porch light and circle for a while at the North American Moths Backyard Inventory I and the Bird #98 – An I and the Bird Count at Biological Ramblings Friday Ark #239 – at the Modulator, as always

Newest Blogs in the Network 4-15-2009

Apparently, April showers bring more than just May flowers. 14 new members of the Nature Blog Network just sprouted up! Delight in their exquisite beauty… BIRDS Bird Advocates – Protect Birds & other Fauna through Feral Cat Legislation Birdtracker – Birdwatching in Andalucia, Spain Ernst’s Birding Blog – Anything related to birding and bird atlasing [...]

Carny Deadlines: April 14, 2007

Carnivals are hungry for posts.  Feed them… I and the Bird #98 – to Biological Ramblings by the end of the day today! Friday Ark #239 – to the Modulator by this Thursday, April 16 Scientia Pro Publica #2 – to Living the Scientific Life by this Friday,  April 17 Berry Go Round #16 – [...]

Nature Blog Networking: The Bird Continent

I don’t know if you’ve headed over to check out the toplist recently, but there’s a heck of a lot of blogs over there.  That’s obviously great for the NBN, but it makes it a little tougher on your humble blogger here in that I’m probably more likely to accidentally leave people out in this [...]

Featured Blog: Ugly Overload

Justin is the wizard behind the curtain of Ugly Overload, your source for daily ugly animals. Ugly Overload is an inoculation against the myriad cute animals sites out there – a refuge and a home for all of the overlooked (often for good reason) creatures of the planet. What do we mean by “ugly”? Check [...]

Nature News in Review – Week Ending April 10, 2009

Flora By sequencing the DNA of two tiny marine algae, a team of scientists has opened up a myriad of possibilities for new research in algal physiology, plant biology, and marine ecology. For bryologists, mosses and liverworts are a focus of study from which they can learn much about the habitats in which these often [...]