Monthly Archives: June 2009


Birders who Blog Chirp and Tweet Field Trip

If you’re in the neighborhood of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge this Saturday, June 13, you have an opportunity to meet up with NBN colleagues and other nature lovers for some bird-watching, nature-observing, photographing, sketching, and all-round fun. NBN members Dawn (of Dawn’s Bloggy Blog) and Christopher (of Picus Blog) have organized an outing [...]

By wren | On Jun 12, 2009 | Tagged | Comments (8)
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Friday Roundup: June 12, 2009

Great carnivals coming your way in the second week of June… –=====– Carnival of the Blue #25 – Celebrate World Oceans Day at blogfish I and the Bird #102 – Geo-cached at The Birder’s Lounge Friday Ark #247 – at the Modulator –=====– And a simple request from your humble host.  There are loads of [...]

By N8 | On Jun 12, 2009 | Tagged | Comments Off
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Seabrooke Leckie joins the NBN Team!

I am positively thrilled, THRILLED to announce that Seabrooke Leckie of The Marvelous in Nature has joined the Nature Blog Network team. No doubt, many of you know Seabrooke through her fantastic blog, her engagement in the nature blogging community, or perhaps her star turn in her January 2009 NBN interview. Today, she is introducing [...]

By Seabrooke | On Jun 11, 2009 | Tagged | Comments (8)
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13 Lessons on Successful Blogging

After thousands of posts and a sparkling career as the ultimate professional blogger, Darren Rowse of ProBlogger has a thing or two about success in this challenging medium. Whatever your online ambitions, you’re bound to learn from Darren’s experience as he recounts 13 Things I’ve Learned about Successful Blogging: Anticipate Growing Trends Solve Problems and [...]

By Mike | On Jun 11, 2009 | Tagged | Comments (1)
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Make The Midwest Birding Symposium an NBN Event!

One of the true pleasures of being a nature blogger is meeting other nature bloggers. If you haven’t tried this before, I highly recommend it. With our international community of intelligent, inquisitive, and often entertaining naturalists, writers and photographers, there is simply no need to toil in solitude! TR Ryan of From the Faraway, Nearby [...]

By Mike | On Jun 10, 2009 | Tagged | Comments (3)
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Newest Blogs in the Network 6-10-2009

Looks like last week’s light list was not the beginning of a trend after all. We’ve been graced this week with 18 excellent additions to the Nature Blog Network, including 2 with Nature Notes in their name! Please take the time to visit our new colleagues… BIRDS Birds and Wildlife of the North Kent Marshes [...]

By Mike | On Jun 10, 2009 | Tagged | Comments (1)
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Carny Deadlines: June 9, 2009

Extra, extra, get those posts submitted! –=====– I and the Bird #102 – to Birder’s Lounge by the end of the day today! Friday Ark #247 – to the Modulator by this Thursday, June 11 Scientia Pro Publica #6 – to Mauka to Makai by Friday, June 12 The Moth and Me #4 – to [...]

By N8 | On Jun 9, 2009 | Tagged | Comments Off
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Featured Blog: Born Again Bird Watcher

Today’s featured blog is Born Again Bird Watcher, which as you know is the blog of John E. Riutta (john AT bornagainbirdwatcher DOT com), our former colleague in bringing you the Nature Blog Network Blog. John continues to travel, attend nature festivals, share photographs, and (of course) blog at Born Again Bird Watcher. John, tell [...]

By wren | On Jun 8, 2009 | Comments (4)
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Friday Roundup: June 5, 2009

Several new carnivals came out this week. Enjoy them! –=====– Festival of the Trees #36 – FOTT grows strong in the summer sun at Roundrock Journal Scientia Pro Publica #5 – Another edition of the fortnight’s best science blogging at Pro Science Carnival of Evolution #12 – Over the last month, CoE has evolved into [...]

By N8 | On Jun 5, 2009 | Tagged | Comments Off
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Flora to Plants?

Last week, I broached the topic of splitting the Nature Blog Network category of Ecosystem into smaller, more specific categories. That fruitful conversation is still going, so don’t hesitate to add your two cents. But before I commence recategorizing the NBN, I’d like to turn our collective attention to another category: Flora. One suggestion has [...]

By Mike | On Jun 4, 2009 | Comments (2)
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