Nature Blog Network

When I first looked at New England nature blogs lo those many months ago, the NBN was a much smaller place.  Since then, the community has doubled at least.  We’re now pushing 1000 nature blogs, and what was only about 10 New England based nature blogs a few months ago has doubled as well.  Those poor nature bloggers who had the bad luck to join the NBN after I’d already focused on their niche may well have been out of luck.  But never let it be said I don’t have a sense of fair play, or perhaps more likely,  that the idea factory was running low on steam.

So we’re back to New England, and there’s really no better time.  The eastern deciduous forests take on a special timbre in fall, as maples and oaks turn briefly from green to a thousand shades of red and orange in preparation for the harsh winter ahead.  A winter, incidentally, that led me to write about New England the first time.  It’s the last opportunity to enjoy bugs and flowers and herps, many of the birds are heading out (making way for other especially spectacular species, it should be noted).  So if these blogs don’t make you yearn to get out and enjoy the outdoors before it gets too cold to stand it, I don’t know what to tell you.

No photo sadly, the same problems that vexed Wren are vexing me this morning too…

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- Photographer Lené Gary can fix that problem with the photos if you feel as though you need some visual stimulation, by the way.  Those she posts at Counting Petals are far nicer than anything I could pull off of wikipedia anyway.

- Ken Cox’s Vermont-based Northern Wings blog focuses on birding in New England and beyond.  Though as good as the birding can be in New England, I would imagine the need to go beyond is an infrequent yen.

- I love it when professional writers blog, we’re the ones who benefit most of the time.  Freelancer Cecilia writes as well as you’d expect for someone who can make a living at it.  Wild Things is her journal on nature and travel.

- It’s not often that you run across a blog that specializes in long prose.  Most blog posts are short and sweet and brevity seems to be the rule across the internet.  That’s part of what makes Wildramblings so interesting.  Not only are the posts practically short stories, they’re wonderful reads too.

- Nature Observances is a great blog about getting outdoors in Connecticut.  Turns out Dan observes a lot, and takes nice photos too.

- Speaking of photos, Maine through the lens is exactly what it sounds like, but doesn’t stop there going throughout New England and even parts further beyond.  But Maine is such a photogenic state, I can see why Mike would base himself there.

- Fan that I am of both nature blogs and puns, I appreciate that ConneCTingLines covers both those bases.  Everything else is gravy from that point on, as far as I’m concerned.

- I love that conservation organizations are getting invole din the blogosphere, it’s a great way to reach out to their potential donors.  The Vermont Center for Ecostudies is doing great work to protect the natural places of the Green Mountain State. Check them out!

- Nuncketest means the Lake of the Red Waters.  It’s a Wampanog word for the lake near Bridgeport, Massachusetts, and a blog that showcases great macro photography of the plants of the region.

- We can’t forget New Hampshire, and the Granite State weighs in with Spicebush Log, where Ellen writes about about life and nature in the southeastern part of the state.

- AM Dohan would rather be outside than in, a sentiment that we all can likely share.  Explore along with her at Outside In.

-  The western part of Massachusetts is the stomping ground of Larry, and he writes about the birds he sees at Quabbin birding and beyond.  There are some nice ones out there and we’re fortunate to be able to share.

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So add these blogs to the rolls I covered earlier in the year.  New England is a great place for nature and home to some really nice blogs.

For next week, lets dive into another of the new categories we added to the NBN a couple months back.  Many of us find a great deal of peace in nature, some would call it spirituality, and it’s those people looking for a higher purpose to their nature study that we’ll focus on next week.

Spirituality in Nature Blogs

I’ll definitely hit the appropriately tagged blogs in the list, but if you know of another, send it to me at naswick (at) gmail (dot) com.

Til next week!