Monthly Archives: October 2009


Community Bulletin Board – October 18, 2009

No new news this week, but all of last week’s announcements are still valid. Two weeks left for the DonorsChoose.org challenge! Even a dollar will help, and it all goes to a good cause! Don’t forget, the NBN board isn’t just for announcing events! If you have contests or promotions, want to share a new [...]

Friday Roundup: October 16, 2009

I and the Bird #111 – Heading southward with the fall at Twin Cities Naturalist Diversity in Science #3 – Hispanic Heritage Month at Drug Monkey Friday Ark #265 – at The Modulator

Newest Blogs in the Network: 10-14-09

Art Southeast Alaska Sketchbook – A “curious naturalist” explores Southeast Alaska and beyond with sketchbook in hand. Birds PETER ALFREY’S BIRDING NOTEBOOK – UK Local Birding. European Birding. World Birding. Education The Adventures of Ed the Bear – Follow Ed’s Global travels as he investigates environmental issues and reports his encounters with fascinating marine wildlife [...]

Carny Deadlines: October 13, 2009

Carnivals on the horizon, both near and far. –=====– I and the Bird #110 -to Twin Cities Naturalist by the end of the day today! Friday Ark #265 – to The Modulator by Thursday, October15 Scientia Pro Publica #14 – to Genetic Inference by this Friday, October 16 Carnival of Evolution #17 – to Adaptive [...]

Nature Blog Networking: Giving thanks for Canada

Yesterday was Thanksgiving in Canada.  I don’t really know what that means, but if it’s anything like Thanksgiving here in the US, then our friends to the north are celebrating with family and lots of food and giving thanks for another great year.  So with them in mind, I thought NBN would join in and [...]

Featured Blog: Reconciliation Ecology

Madhu is an evolutionary ecologist studying the response of other organisms to human-driven changes in the environment. Growing up near the mega-city of Bombay, it took him a while to discover wilderness. When he did, it led to his becoming an ecologist chasing after vanishing wildernesses until he realized that ecology, like charity, begins at [...]

Community Bulletin Board – October 11, 2009

Don’t forget, the NBN board isn’t just for announcing events! If you have contests or promotions, want to share a new project you’re involved in, share a cause you believe in, have items you wish to sell, want to solicit feedback from the NBN community, or anything else that might be of interest to our [...]

Friday Roundup: October 9, 2009

Carnival of the Blue #29 – Le Carneval Français Suisse at Cephalapodcast Scientia Pro Publica #13 – The Nobel Prize edition at Living the Scientific Life Friday Ark #264 – at The Modulator

Newest Blogs in the Network: 10-7-09

Ten Nine new members this week. Join me in a loud “Welcome!” Birds Bluebirder – Nature notes and wildlife photography from the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Flora New York Flora Association Blog – Reporting on the flora of New York State including field trips, plant identification, invasive plants, and more. Hiking/Outdoors OLD LONELY WOLF [...]

Carny Deadlines: October 6, 2009

Get your posts in to these great nature carnivals.  Every one, NBN approved! –=====– Friday Ark #264 – to The Modulator by Thursday, October 8 Diversity in Science #3 – to Drug Monkey by Friday, October 9 I and the Bird #110 -to Twin Cities Naturalist by October 13 Scientia Pro Publica #14 – to [...]