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 classified listings that you want to share with the NBN community, send your info to me for posting on the community board, to get the word out to everyone! Submissions can be sent to sanderling [at] symbiotic [dot] ca, with the subject line “NBN Bulletin Board”. Don’t forget to include your blog’s name and URL. The weekly board will be posted every Sunday.
NBN News
We still only have 44 NBN members signed up on our NBN map. That’s a very small percentage of the 981 sites that are members of the NBN. I know more of you read the NBN blog than that! Pass this note along to other members who may not read the blog and encourage them to have their blogs added as well. This allows our members to find fellow bloggers in their area, or for them to find you – a great opportunity to meet and network with your “neighbours”! Contact Wren (or leave a message here) to have your blog added to the NBN map, if you haven’t done so already!
Meet-ups and Field Trips
Connie of Birds O’ The Morning is organizing a Birds And Brews meet-up in Colorado. The event will be held in Delta, Colorado, on August 6. “It’s a time to meet other birders, maybe find a carpool or birding buddy, ask about where to find target birds, share cool research projects you might be working on, ask a bird feeding question, share life lists, a great new book, project ideas, digiscoping tips, promote your blog–the sky is the limit!” For more information on location and to RSVP, visit Connie’s post.
Wren and Birding Bev are organizing a meet-up in Chicago for July 25 (Saturday). Contact Wren for more information.
Contests and Promotions
In case you missed the original post, the NBN is giving away a copy of Olivia Gentile’s new book Life List, a biography of birder and big-time lister Phoebe Snetsinger. There are three ways to garner yourself a copy of this enjoyable book. The first two are explained at 10,000 Birds. The third is to go out, be it to your neighbourhood park or conservation area, or further afield, and try to find a species of bird that you haven’t seen before. Blog about it and submit your post to Mike (mike AT 10000birds DOT com). All submissions will be included in a post announcing the winner on the NBN blog. Make sure to get your posts in to Mike by July 20 – that’s tomorrow! Go here for more details on the contest.
Amber of Birder’s Lounge also reminds members that her photo ID challenge and Do Something! (Good) campaign are always ongoing. Some great causes benefit from both of these, so swing by and participate, if you haven’t already!
