Monthly Archives: July 2009


Friday Roundup: July 31, 2009

A slow week for carnivals ahead of a big one next week.
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Friday Ark #254 - at the Modulator

Finding Your Blogging Mojo

Darren Rowse at Problogger wants to know if you have “it”?
You arrive at the page, begin reading and immediately feel drawn into what the blogger is communicating. You can’t really put your finger on why - but there’s something about the way that they write that connects with you - that makes you want to [...]

Newest Blogs in the Network: 7-29-09

Introducing six of the newest members to our network:
Birds
The Brownstone Birding Blog - A Connecticut native with an interest in birding shares his adventures of the outdoors.
The Neophyte Naturalist - An exploration of topics such as: fire ecology, plant identification, habitat restoration, ethnobiology, birdwatching, wildlife rehabilitation.
Hiking/Outdoors
Nature Notes - The blog of the Camp Bayou Outdoor [...]

Perhaps I should change my avatar to the white rabbit

I’m late, I’m late … and I’m sorry. It happens.
Come back for more of our fabulous featured bloggers, meet-up reports and announcements, and a report out from my trip to BlogHer with Behind the Bins.
Update: 7/29/09 - I just  saw that this post, which I wrote Monday, was saved as a draft instead of published. [...]

Carny Deadlines: July 28, 2009

The end of the month means it’s time for carnivals.  You can pretty much take your pick this week.  Get your posts in…
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Festival of the Trees #38 - to Trees, Plants and more by the end of the day today!
Carnival of Evolution #14 - to Quintessence of Dust by tomorrow, July 29
Friday Ark #253 - [...]

Nature Blog Networking: ¡Viva España!

When I decided to look for European nature blogs for last week’s installment of the Networking feature, I figured I probably get a broad array of blogs from several different nations.  Little did I know, and likely many others are similarly unaware, that there is a simmering hotbed of nature blogging jutting out into the [...]

Community Bulletin Board - July 26, 2009

A day late - sorry, folks! I hit the wrong button when I posted this yesterday, and didn’t check the blog to make sure it had gone up.
If you have news, event or classified listings that you want to share with the NBN community, send your info to me for posting on the community board, [...]

NBN Life List Giveaway Results

The world has seldom seen birders with the dedication displayed by Phoebe Snetsinger. In her single-minded march to one of the longest life lists on Earth, she hit the trail day after day, season after season, year after year. Olivia Gentile’s book Life List: A Woman’s Quest for the World’s Most Amazing Birds recounts Snetsinger’s [...]

Friday Roundup: July 24, 2009

If you’re into Odes and Leps this is a great time of year.  For everyone else, it’s a little slow.  Enjoy these carnivals in the meantime…
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Scientia Pro Publica #8 - Science for the people at A DC Birding Blog
I and the Bird #105 - Enjoy the riches inside a rogue steamer trunk at Picus Blog
Friday [...]

Ask Google What Your Blog is About

You know what your blog is about, right? Maybe you don’t. As in any other human venture, we often see ourselves differently from the way others see us. Even if you have admirable perspective on your micropublishing predilections, you might be curious to learn Google’s opinions on the matter.
Jonathan Fields at Career Renegade recently wrote [...]