Monthly Archives: July 2009


Newest Blogs in the Network: 7-22-09

Friends, welcome our 16 newest members. They are an interesting and diverse group that I’m sure you will enjoy getting to know. Remember, new and old members both can send their blog name, URL, and city/state to me (Wren) to be added to the very cool NBN map. Birds Avimor Birding Blog – Birding adventures [...]

Carny Deadlines: July 21, 2009

Lots of deadlines coming up.  Don’t miss them! –=====– I and the Bird #105 – to Picus Blog by the end of the day today! Friday Ark #253 – to the Modulator by this Thursday, July 23 Festival of the Trees #38 – to Trees, Plants and more by July 28 Carnival of Evolution #14 [...]

Nature Blog Networking: European Vacation

When I chose “Europe” for a theme for this week’s Networking feature, I totally expected it to be a relatively easy task. After all, while there’s no shortage of naturalists overseas, the idea of writing about it on your own little piece of the web seems like a uniquely American, or at least North American, [...]

Featured Blog: Dawn’s Bloggy Blog

I’d like to introduce you to Dawn Fine, whom you may know in other contexts as DawnFine (Twitter), Dawn (Chirptracker), or Dawn Simmons Fine (Facebook) Dawn and her husband Jeff have been full-time motorhoming for more than seven years and still love it. When and where they will settle down is a mystery, but for [...]

Community Bulletin Board – July 19, 2009

It’s been a very quiet week for news here in the NBN community. I’ve had no new submissions from members for this week’s bulletin board, so today’s announcements are repeated from last week’s board. Make note of the deadline for the the book giveaway – July 20 is tomorrow! If you have news, event or [...]

Friday Roundup: July 17, 2009

One lone carnival this week, more to come next week. Friday Ark #252 – Fill your carnival jones at the Modulator

Whither StumbleUpon?

Social bookmarking sites are a tremendous way to drive torrents of traffic to a deserving blog. Or at least that’s been the theory. Out here in the perimeter of the blogosphere, we nature bloggers rarely experience the Digg effect or feel the Yahoo Buzz. Del.icio.us has never been all that tasty either. But StumbleUpon, I [...]

Newest Blogs in the Network: 7-15-09

Meet the newest members of the Nature Blog Network. Fifteen of them, all of which should have been announced last Wednesday, but weren’t because I clicked the wrong button. Sorry about that! Now make up for lost time and show our new members what a great community we are by welcoming them to the team! [...]

Carny Deadlines: July 14, 2009

Get ‘em in, folks.  Submissions I mean… –=====– Friday Ark #252 – to the Modulator by this Thursday, July16 Scientia Pro Publica #8 – to A DC Birding Blog by Saturday, 18 I and the Bird #105 – to Picus Blog by July 21 Festival of the Trees #38 – to Trees, Plants and more [...]

Nature Blog Networking: Conversing on Conserving

If you asked any random member of the NBN, they’d probably define themselves, first and foremost, as a conservationist.  After all, who is more aware of the role that the active conservation of natural places plays in our day to day lives than those who spend time there, and more, use those places as a [...]