Category Archives: Featured Blog

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 [...]

Featured Blog: Birdfreak

Eddie “Birdfreak” Callaway and Jennifer “Veery” Outcalt are the brother-sister blogging team behind the Birdfreak blog. In the summer of 2006 they came up with the idea of creating a website to promote birding and bird conservation. They struggled to find a memorable name that wasn’t taken already. Although they got into blogging a bit [...]

Featured Blog: Susan Gets Native

Susan K. Williams has the best job in the world, and she blogs about it. She’s an educator for a Cincinnati-based bird of prey rehabilitation center and has conducted more than 1,000 programs with the center’s education birds. Her blog, Susan Gets Native, not only highlights her work with raptors, but also the humor in [...]

Featured Blog: Bug Girl’s Blog

Bug Girl is obsessed with insects and the ways in which our culture interacts with insects and nature. A professional entomologist by training, she’s an administrator by day and blogger by night. If you aren’t familiar with Bug Girl’s Blog, join her numerous fans and followers, starting with these posts: I have pubic lice in [...]

Featured Blog: Exploring the World of Trees

This week’s featured blog, Exploring the World of Trees by Dan Anderson, is a blog dedicated to raising the awareness of trees and their importance to our everyday lives. It strives to expose readers to interesting images, facts, and observations on a wide range of tree species from all over the world. Dan also blogs at Evergreen Tree Species. [...]

Featured Blog: The Backyard Arthropod Project

Meet this week’s featured blogger, Tim Eisele. He’s the blogger behind The Backyard Arthropod Project. Tim is not actually an entomologist, or even an expert in any of the life sciences. He is just a guy who has always been interested in insects, spiders, and other arthropods. He and his family have launched a long-term [...]

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 [...]

Featured Blog: From the Faraway, Nearby

Many of you already follow TR Ryan at his blog, From the Faraway, Nearby. For those who haven’t had the pleasure, let me introduce you: TR has been managing corporate and special events around the world for two decades. He is also a photographer, conservationist, and “accidental birdist” who recently moved back home to the [...]

Featured Blog: Everyday Adventurer

This week’s featured blogger is best known by his psuedonym, “Ratty.” His blog, The Everyday Adventurer, shows nature as a fun experience for anyone. Whether you have years of experience with nature or you’ve never been outside of a city, there should be something enjoyable for you there. Ratty, thanks for talking with NBN today. [...]

Featured Blog: Rock, Paper, Lizard

Today’s featured blog is Rock Paper Lizard. The blogger behind it, Hugh, is a zoologist, nature columnist, and dad to two young children. He has an engaging sense of humor and is highly attuned to the absurdities of life at the intersection of people and nature as he shares the wonder and excitement that his [...]