Birdingblog 2. Who am I?

Everybody’s friend on Facebook.

I said ten “friends”. Here is the second friend in the streak of 10 birding friends. Why 10? Because something big is about to happen on 20.10 2010. This is what this 10 friend presentation will lead to. Best to follow the blog series to learn what it is all about.

This guy I feel I have known forever – although we never met. We know each other best on Facebook. If you are on Facebook and you like to connect with other birders it is likely he is your friend too.

Birdingblogger 2. Who am I?

Hungary
Shorebirds
Facebook active birder

Do I really need to say more? If you haven’t made a guess yet on BirdBlogger 1, do so here.

UPDATE: Yes, of course! It was the Hungarian shorebird fanatic Gyorgy Szimuly (aka Szimi) who was presented here. Here is Szimi’s new Posterous blog. 10 people who have made the correct answer go on to the 3rd round.

Photo credits: Gyorgy Szimuly

by Gunnar Engblom October 12, 2010 13

10 birdingblog friends. Guess who I am?

New series of posts

I am just back from 9 days photographic expedition with Hadoram Shirihai, and now want to get on blogging again. I’d like to introduce you to some “friends” I have never met in real life. Think about that phrase a moment and put yourself back in time 10 years. It would have sounded a bit silly then. Today, it is not uncommon to have a lot of “friends” over the social media platforms. Within the birding community, this is possibly even more frequent than what is normal. I have 10 birding blog “friends” that I would like you to meet. Although I am not going to tell you who each one is. It is for you to guess. How well do you know the birding blogosphere? Let me know in the comment section who you think each one is. The first person to name all 10 bloggers correctly shall win a fine price.

Birdingblogger 1. Who am I?

Lived on cat-food in his youth when birding
Rock n Roll
Field guides
Identification guru

Answer in the comment section, which is moderated..and …why your answer will not show before minimum 24 hours. Good luck! Look out for a prize if you get all the 10 birdbloggers right!

Update: Yes. Of course it was Kenn Kaufman. Here is Kenn’s and Kim’s blog. Kenn shall be blogging on Mondays on our new platform.

Here are some of Kenn’s most well known books.

Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
– a great tale like a birding Kerouak – or a hitch hiking birder guide to a Big Year
Birds of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides)
– groundbreaking photographic field guide
A Peterson Field Guide to Advanced Birding: Birding Challenges and How to Approach Them – equally ground breaking book to the finer details of bird identification

Photo from Flickr by Denis Collette

by Gunnar Engblom October 11, 2010 0

Gunnar’s weekly Twitter links about birding, birds and Social Media 2010-10-11

10000birds: Hipster Birders blog https://bit.ly/d6x5o4 #
BirdLife: EuroBirdwatch 2010: the wonder of migration: Over the past weekend, almost 60,000 people from 34 Europea… https://bit.ly/9LPDSF #
BirdLife: IBA monitoring data will measure progress towards CBD targets: In a significant contribution to indicato… https://bit.ly/bvYvze #
RT @Dendroica Yellow-collared Scape Moth: Lately I have been seeing a few Yellow-collared Scape Moths (Cisseps ful… https://bit.ly/92aawX #
BirdLife: Save Our Seabirds (SOS) Festival: BirdLife South Africa (BirdLife Partner) is at the forefront of seabir… https://bit.ly/bTIFxW #
10000birds: The New ABA President is… https://bit.ly/9pB279 #
10000birds: New York City Canada Goose “Kill Zones” Revealed https://bit.ly/dzxJbz #
BirdAz: Peru: Where to Eat in Cusco: I would never have imagined that there was such a thing as Inca nouvelle, but… https://bit.ly/aArdhM #
BirdLife: Australian Painted Snipe Surveys: Birds Australia's (BirdLife Partner) Threatened Bird Network has annou… https://bit.ly/aPAOMO #
10000birds: Still want to visit SeaWorld? https://bit.ly/c5QVKP #
10000birds: Plants: 1 in 5 species under threat https://bit.ly/b2w4Hy #
RT @Dendroica More Late Season Moths: Aside from the Yellow-collared Scape Moth I posted yesterday, I have been se… https://bit.ly/bc1kv2 #
RT @DawnFine Nature indoors: Howdee all, Its been overcast and rainy in Massachusetts this week. I have a cold … https://bit.ly/dprOfB #
BirdLife: Project launched to identify conservation targets within one million km² of Eastern Africa: This week Bi… https://bit.ly/bCtogM #
BirdAz: Peru: Larids in the Afternoon: Already it was my last day in Peru. After a good night’s sleep and my secon… https://bit.ly/aQxlgm #
ReservoirCatz: Andy Warhol says 'don't blame me for this shit': The ghost of Andy Warhol today… https://bit.ly/dvOg6E – discretion adviced #
BirdAz: Sharpies: I long ago learned not to abbreviate bird names in the field: it’s just too confusing to beginne… https://bit.ly/aUXy5t #
BirdAz: Peru: And a Tern: I still can’t believe it: I’ve actually seen that most extravagantly clad and most evoca… https://bit.ly/9uoVGR #
10000birds: Nelson’s Sparrows Ammodramus nelsoni at Plum Beach https://bit.ly/dncUTU #
BirdLife: Osprey ringed in Germany found shot in Malta: An Osprey ringed in Germany as part of a conservation proj… https://bit.ly/ceGTJB #
10000birds: Malta: blowing conservation efforts apart https://bit.ly/cQoKLP #
BirdLife: Dinara springs double surprise: After more than a month without word, Dinara (a Sociable Lapwing) sprung… https://bit.ly/a9IxPD #
BirdLife: Delta blues lift slightly – by Andre Farrar (RSPB – BirdLife in the UK): The Tana River Delta on Kenya’s… https://bit.ly/bmbXT4 #
RT @PatBumstead Wednesday Wings: A Plethora of Sparrows:
Fox Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

W… https://bit.ly/aMWFEr #
RT @Dendroica Buckeye Caterpillar: I found the caterpillar above on a plant stem in Cape May Point State Park. Giv… https://bit.ly/anYi5C #
10000birds: Save Plum Island! https://bit.ly/c3HyMH #
10000birds: Passenger Pigeon – a unique genus lost https://bit.ly/bEH1uD #
BirdAz: Peru: Caracaras: Now that the falcons and their friends have their very own order, the caracaras, odd bird… https://bit.ly/bKsC5W #
BirdLife: How artwork is helping save the albatross – by Meidad Goren: For over 30 years Bruce Pearson, a professi… https://bit.ly/cZnYa0 #
10000birds: New population of Baudo Oropendola found https://bit.ly/bf0bPM #
RT @Dendroica American Wigeons: American Wigeon is one of the characteristic waterfowl of New Jersey's coast durin… https://bit.ly/dtJ9du #
10000birds: Green Heron in the UK https://bit.ly/c6k5no #
10000birds: Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of October 2010? https://bit.ly/cvzPkp #
10000birds: New Big Year Record in British Columbia https://bit.ly/bS6ZaA #
BirdLife: AVES ARGENTINAS LANZA EL FESTIVAL MUNDIAL DE LAS AVES Y LA CAMPAÑA “POR MÁS AVES”: Esta mañana, con moti… https://bit.ly/9hswFu #
BirdLife: Un símbolo para Quito – colibrí de los altos andes: Fichas informativas sobre aves amenazadas y migrator… https://bit.ly/ca6Kvh #
Check out Chris West's bird pics from the recent budget SE Peru trip. https://fb.me/z7lOghQ5 #
10000birds: Foraging Great Egret https://bit.ly/cvjO7t #
BirdAz: Peru: Looking Forward to Next Time!: A thousand thanks to Gunnar for organizing my first visit to Peru. Fr… https://bit.ly/dfEpvm #
10000birds: Project to identify conservation targets in East Africa https://bit.ly/bo3GYT #
RT @Dendroica Loose Feathers #259 White-crowned Sparrow / Photo by Dave Menke Birds and birding newsThe wild, fre… https://bit.ly/cMGKDX #
RT @PatBumstead Nature News #27 Bird News Researchers tracking the migration of a red knot have documented an ann… https://bit.ly/dmD1dE #
BirdersWorld: Grand prizes awarded after Readers' Favorites Surveys, sponsored by Nikon Sport Optics https://bit.ly/9XVFUC #
BirdAz: Germany: Arrival, and Jays on the Move: It’s a long ways from Vancouver to Frankfurt when you have to do i… https://bit.ly/bDlrI7 #
RT @Dendroica Migrating Shorebirds May Use Food from Stopover Sites for Egg-laying: Since migration and egg produc… https://bit.ly/bEVKPG #
10000birds: Cephalods and Carnivals https://bit.ly/a3zjnr #
10000birds: Cameraria ohridella https://bit.ly/bjr0r7 #
10000birds: Bird Portraits in Queens https://bit.ly/cbqajc #
RT @Dendroica Autumn Meadowhawks: October and November are prime months for Autumn Meadowhawks; they remain active… https://bit.ly/9QobCk #
BirdAz: Germany: Cologne, Aix-la-Chapelle, Speyer: Yes, all three of the great cathedral cities in twenty-four hou… https://bit.ly/8Zw0qI #
10000birds: Not-Quite-Diabolical Quiz https://bit.ly/aL3nGc #
RT @johnriutta Saints Among Us: Inside live 110 people, all incapable due to chronic drug use, physical or psychol… https://bit.ly/cdrQSB #
10000birds: Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of October 2010) https://bit.ly/bH61Qk #
BirdLife: EU’s Raw Materials Policy: My Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) colleagues were in Brussels for the 8th Asia-Euro… https://bit.ly/aF0N6i #

by Gunnar Engblom October 4, 2010 0

Gunnar’s weekly Twitter links about birding, birds and Social Media 2010-10-04

BirdLife: Building a future on IBA conservation in the Dominican Republic: Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife in the Dominica… https://bit.ly/cza27w #
RT @Dendroica Other Butterflies from around Cape May: Common Buckeyes certainly lived up to their name when I was … https://bit.ly/av5lnG #
BirdLife: Aves Argentinas: New tool for bird-banding studies: Ecofam Argentina, with support from Aves Argentinas … https://bit.ly/btexdJ #
BirdersWorld: 14 questions for Don and Lillian Stokes about their new field guide https://bit.ly/bnTCcV #
10000birds: Fort Tilden Butteflies https://bit.ly/byxzzp #
ABC BirdNews: Gunnison Sage Grouse 'Warranted but Precluded' Decision Another Disappointment https://bit.ly/9KTiSZ #
BirdAz: Peru: Day One: International travel nowadays seems to be equal parts running and flying, the mix bound tog… https://bit.ly/bZZ7r0 #
10000birds: Review: ‘Britain’s Dragonflies’, Smallshire and Swash https://bit.ly/bYKN98 #
The Zen of birdwatching https://bit.ly/dpeoX1 #
Congrats Stokes! RT @stokesbirding: Stokes interview Birder's World mag. online, 14 questions re: the new field guide https://bit.ly/d3w5Mn #
BirdLife: President congratulates Nature Seychelles on Carbon Neutral Nature Reserve: President James Alix Michel … https://bit.ly/cvnzhe #
BirdLife: African Skimmers in Botswana: For the past several years, the Independence Day fishing competition at th… https://bit.ly/dcJT7o #
BirdLife: Bird population monitoring in Botswana: It is widely acknowledged that birds are very useful indicators … https://bit.ly/c7gIjj #
RT @DawnFine Xtra Xtra Read all about it: Howdee all, HOT OFF THE PRESSES Click on the link below to read Bird a… https://bit.ly/aGLCJi #
BirdAz: Peru: Day Two: Our night in Quincemil had been quiet, nothing but Uniform Crake and the occasional outburs… https://bit.ly/aXeCVl #
RT @Dendroica Monarchs in Cape May: When I was in Cape May last week, the Monarch migration was not quite as spect… https://bit.ly/cX1cH5 #
10000birds: Wolves Make Ecosystem Healthy https://bit.ly/d1SxLr #
Thanks @DawnFine @DSchvejda @DianneBirdgCoo @rjpayne @patbumstead for the RT of The Zen of Birding https://bit.ly/agZdGm #
10000birds: Great Video on Nesting Eastern Screech Owls https://bit.ly/aYmdeO #
Read The #FollowFriday everyday Daily ▸ today's top stories are contributed by @DawnFine @JAJinPA and @patbumstead ▸ https://t.co/BBvWANN #
Here is the first installment from Rick Wright and the recent trip to Tambopata. https://fb.me/DiXNr2eH #
Sent off donations to INIBICO who protects the Cerro Patricia and the LSU trail. Here are the great local rangers… https://fb.me/HMTqVGhr #
10000birds: Re-introducing the Red-billed Curassow https://bit.ly/avMcdL #
Some pelagic birding nuts to crack https://bit.ly/cVphiB #birding #pelagics #
ThAnks for the RT @Michiganbirder: RT @kolibrix The Zen of Birding https://bit.ly/agZdGm #birding #religion #
BirdLife: African Penguin Receives U.S. Endangered Species Act Protection: A species of penguin from Africa is now… https://bit.ly/cLmZSu #
BirdLife: Major population crash of Critically Endangered Taita Apalis: Taita Apalis Apalis fuscigularis is endemi… https://bit.ly/cVWGsR #
BirdAz: Peru: Life Birds at Every Stop: Peru’s new Interoceanica Highway–when it isn’t closed for a rock slide!–pa… https://bit.ly/98SsB7 #
10000birds: Warmer, wetter climate, more avian parasites https://bit.ly/9ynkXi #
RT @Dendroica Winter Finch Forecast for 2010-2011: Purple Finch / USFWS Photo Ron Pittaway, a respected Canadian o… https://bit.ly/dnXxdk #
RT @PatBumstead Wednesday Wings: Orange-crowned Preener:
https://bit.ly/d9bX9q #
10000birds: Review: Swarovski 10X42 EL Swarovision Binocular https://bit.ly/d2RuzD #
Rick Wright's second day birding in Peru…More birds! https://fb.me/EEGehVXh #
10000birds: Berry Go Round #31 https://bit.ly/b1SAiw #
ABC BirdNews: New Population of One of the World's Rarest Birds Discovered in Colombia https://bit.ly/aVaiKJ #
ReservoirCatz: Maltese hunters target 'vicious' Spoonbills: Public-spirited vigilante bird-hu… https://bit.ly/9dfTZ5 – discretion adviced #
The third day on the Tambopata trip was maybe one of the best. Read Rick Wright's account. https://fb.me/IUcCFCXC #
BirdAz: Peru: A Community Effort: The construction of Peru’s Interoceanica Highway has brought with it mitigation … https://bit.ly/ak5qHO #
10000birds: Nashville, Tennessee https://bit.ly/9x0yRP #
Thanks for the retweet Serge RT @citizenk: RT @kolibrix Twitter, Hashtags and RSS – for Birders. Rare bird Alert system https://bit.ly/aLTM6L #
10000birds: Cyprus: Jail ‘too harsh’ for lawbreakers https://bit.ly/cFgcoV #
BirdLife: Think Pink appeal update – Thank You!: Our recent appeal to help BirdLife save the Lesser Flamingo at La… https://bit.ly/a1e1Tx #
RT @Dendroica Backyard Diptera: Lately I have been blogging a lot about butterflies, but those are not the only in… https://bit.ly/bzaaM6 #
RT @DawnFine Birdinings…: Howdee all, Ok..so maybe Birdinings isn't a word,but, My definition is Bird Happenings…. https://bit.ly/9iI5pO #
BirdLife: Time to hit the biodiversity target – BirdLife’s September 2010 Round Up: Next month the world's leaders… https://bit.ly/aQYP81 #
10000birds: I and the Bird #135 https://bit.ly/9iBGx2 #
Giant Peruvian Penguin fossil found. This one does not wear a tuxedo. https://bit.ly/bA7QvP #fossil #birds #
Yet another post from Rick Wright. Enjoy! https://fb.me/BiLgJMHS #
Sometimes the participants of a birding outing shine brighter than the birds. https://bit.ly/c4eJsp #birding #pelagics #
I have just created a new list titled 'Birders that retweet' using TweetDeck, follow it here: @Kolibrix/birders-that-retweet #
10000birds: Clap Louder! Clapper Rail at Plum Beach, Brooklyn https://bit.ly/99YhZF #
BirdAz: Peru: A Community Effort II: Our guide on my Kolibri Expeditions tour was Alex Durand, one of the most kno… https://bit.ly/auUm5N #
BirdAz: Peru: Two Words. Pheasant. Cuckoo.: The Durand Brothers Lodge is a great place to see some secretive birds… https://bit.ly/9ldXxW #
10000birds: Who would want to sink sharks…? https://bit.ly/cqmcf0 #
BirdFellow: Aging Shorebirds in Fall: A Primer https://bit.ly/cr3EyM #
10000birds: Hail the waddling ‘water king’ https://bit.ly/8ZzXy6 #
BirdLife: The nature of development – By Andre Farrar (RSPB – BirdLife in the UK): Yesterday I was involved in dis… https://bit.ly/a5sHlF #
RT @DawnFine Grackle Birdinings…: Howdee all. A huge flock of Grackles landed near our Motor home the other day….. https://bit.ly/bGk4dI #
10000birds: Malta: New month, same old shooting gallery https://bit.ly/cIyuCC #
RT @Dendroica Loose Feathers #258 Bushtit / Photo by George Gentry (USFWS) Birds and birding newsA fossil penguin… https://bit.ly/9VhOz9 #
BirdLife: A symbol for Quito – hummingbird of the high Andes: As part of education materials for schools in South … https://bit.ly/d2BLIw #
BirdAz: Peru: A Day on the Water: On the last of our three mornings based in Puerto Maldonado, we took a boat from… https://bit.ly/bOFutP #
Rick Wright are producing the blogposts fast than I can forward them. Here we finally arrived to the Durand… https://fb.me/J8VrcZAw #
Rick
Wright is producing the blogposts fast than I can forward them. Here
we finally arrived to the Durand… https://fb.me/ION8Krpf #
RT @Dendroica Damselflies from Cape May: In addition to the masses of buckeyes and other butterflies, there were q… https://bit.ly/aabmrS #
10000birds: Fall Warblers – Not Always So Confusing https://bit.ly/dbHSAw #
BirdAz: Swallow Tanagers: I’d been lucky enough to see the most transcendently beautiful of tanagers a few times b… https://bit.ly/coaRyZ #
Yet another delivery from SE Peru by Rick Wright. Pheasant Cuckoo https://fb.me/yNWn39kw #
BirdFellow: The Wanderings of Acorn Woodpeckers https://bit.ly/cZ68fC #
BirdAz: Peru: A Mountain Stream: The rushing streams of Peru’s Andes are about as different as can be from the slu… https://bit.ly/buJff2 #
RT @Dendroica Shorebirds at Sandy Hook: There were lots of birders at Sandy Hook yesterday, perhaps inspired by th… https://bit.ly/bgA8YI #
10000birds: Kinglets on the Move https://bit.ly/ctZbhY #
RT @DawnFine Cape May Monarch Butterflies: Howdee all, A few weeks ago there was chatter on facebook about Monarc… https://bit.ly/dxne0l #
RT @johnriutta The Column I Didn’t Want to Write: With all the campaign signs popping up like mushrooms in a cow f… https://bit.ly/csTVCp #
10000birds: Best Bird of the Weekend (First of October 2010) https://bit.ly/cbbVvT #
BirdAz: Peru: Shorebirds: The point of travel to foreign lands is new birds, different birds, exotic birds; but th… https://bit.ly/bOgL0a #
BirdLife: BirdLife calls upon the EU to champion biodiversity in Nagoya and at home: BirdLife International handed… https://bit.ly/90rEXS #

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