About Gunnar Engblom

Gunnar Engblom was born in Sweden and lives in Peru. He is a birder, runner, post-punkrocker and blogger and he is especially keen on social media for birders. Gunnar Engblom organizes birding tours in Peru and the Neotropics with Kolibri Expeditions. Gunnar is passionate about new Peru tours that support community based ecotourism and conservation and has initiated several project this way. In October 2010 Gunnar started a multi-author blog - birdingblogs.com - which fast has become one of the most popular blogs for birders.

by Gunnar Engblom November 1, 2010 0

Gunnar’s weekly Twitter links about birding, birds and Social Media 2010-11-01

BirdAz: Germany: Dresden: A photo or two from the wonder that is Dresden.
A small part of the Zwinger with the Cr… https://bit.ly/9OtdRR #
RT @PatBumstead Syncrude to Pay Creative $3M Penalty: Well, colour me surprised – Syncrude has to pay a fine. In t… https://bit.ly/9VnCSl #
ABA blog Blog Birding #2 Another edition of Blog Birding, some of the week's best writing and photography on the … https://bit.ly/chZCJJ #
10000birds: Second Wave of 10,000 Birds Beat Writers https://bit.ly/aNOKlW #
RT @johnriutta News Versus Opinion: Despite a long career as a distinguished journalist, Juan Williams' decision t… https://bit.ly/b1naFC #
10000birds: Still Shooting Sandhills https://bit.ly/9vdfmO #
RebeccaNason: : Arctic TrillToday saw the arrival of more superb Waxwings which trilled over the Is… https://bit.ly/9dB4Ga #photos #birds #
BirdAz: Pyle: Mariposa Road: It wasn’t long before we moved to southeast Arizona for good—at last. Alison and I we… https://bit.ly/a2ocnL #
BirdLife: BirdLife signs agreement with the Convention on Biological Diversity: BirdLife and the Convention on Bio… https://bit.ly/94n06u #
BirdLife: Birds show the way to halt biodiversity loss: Birds and the information we hold about them can be used t… https://bit.ly/bVqckt #
10000birds: The New England Beat https://bit.ly/aH3C5C #
10000birds: How I Found a Chat in Queens https://bit.ly/bWaff8 #
10000birds: UK: Stag hunter reaches out to public… https://bit.ly/8ZnnBl #
BirdLife: Nagoya in pictures…: COP a load of some BirdLife pictures sent directly from BirdLife staff at the UN Co… https://bit.ly/adpuhE #
BirdLife: Latin American biodiversity conservation and development awards 2010: The 2010 Awards for Biodiversity C… https://bit.ly/cL9eQy #
10000birds: Birds Korea Blueprint 2010 https://bit.ly/dh1AWG #
BirdingFrontiers: The Tory Warbler https://bit.ly/cRQXjh #birding #
RT @DawnFine Have you checked us out?: Howdee all, Have you checked out the new website yet? Birdingblogs.com T… https://bit.ly/9COsEQ #
RT @PatBumstead A Mountain Meander Part 1: We spent most of our summer weekends this year driving an hour and half… https://bit.ly/dixdvo #
ABA blog Inside Birding: Part 2 of 3: Note: This is Part 2 in a three-part series that explores some of the editor… https://bit.ly/da7TAB #
BirdersWorld: Snowy Owls, Great Gray Owls, and hummingbirds featured in the December 2010 issue of Birder's World:… https://bit.ly/bR5z6J #
BirdersWorld: Conservation works, but we need a lot more of it: For every Kirtland's Warbler and California Condor… https://bit.ly/dqUTgD #
BirdLife: Nature’s backbone at risk: The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s vertebrates confirms an exti… https://bit.ly/dyXMQo #
BirdAz: A Sparrowy Day: …is always a good day!
Vancouver’s Stanley Park was wintry gray and drizzly on my visit l… https://bit.ly/aQdhnL #
10000birds: Newell’s Shearwater and Saturday football https://bit.ly/bRXNME #
BirdLife: Sinking a few in Chile with Albatross Task Force Instructor Luis Cabezas: Between the 4th August and 2nd… https://bit.ly/cxlYSJ #
BirdLife: Now or never: action to stop impending extinctions is announced: Developing countries will be in a bette… https://bit.ly/bbUaDi #
10000birds: Kia Ora from New Zealand https://bit.ly/d5iwrk #
RT @DawnFine Oops.. Birdingblogs.com Hiccups: Howdee all, As most of you know, I will be blogging with a group … https://bit.ly/cP34a4 #
BirdAz: Return of the Wigeon: A quick stop at Vanier Park here in Kitsilano yesterday noon turned up this fine bri… https://bit.ly/ahJ0oH #
RT @PatBumstead Speechless Wednesday: The things you can find on a road trip… https://bit.ly/atRiIy #
BirdingFrontiers: Collared Flycatcher Part 3 https://bit.ly/diYcDC #birding #
BirdLife: Eco-tourism development in north Andros, Bahamas: The Bahamas National Trust (BirdLife in the Bahamas) p… https://bit.ly/9HOjt7 #
BirdAz: Cecil Green in the Morning: If most people know Cecil Green Park at all, it’s as the location of the Unive… https://bit.ly/cKXoun #
ABC BirdNews: EPA Contradicts Itself on Lead Poisoning Prevention https://bit.ly/d8LMTp #
ABA blog Inside Birding: Part 3 of 3: Note: This is Part 3 of a three-part series that explores some of the editor… https://bit.ly/9LkiAS #
10000birds: Half-Bassed Ackwards? https://bit.ly/9wAvyo #
BirdLife: New commitments and calls for compromise at COP10: Nagoya, 23:00 – This morning the official “high-level… https://bit.ly/aBWwoF #
10000birds: Iberian Lynx: Radical conservation https://bit.ly/9j05yk #
10000birds: EU: Malta MUST comply with Court ruling on hunting https://bit.ly/dlIRLI #
BirdLife: Erzhan helps locate important new staging site for Sociable Lapwings in Turkey: On October 10th, 554 Soc… https://bit.ly/cnXFE3 #
RT @DawnFine Lantern Hill Hike: Howdee all,Still enjoying the amazing foliage.Lantern HillVIEW SLIDE SHOW … https://bit.ly/aIDMAC #
10000birds: BirdLife Malta: Response to court ruling https://bit.ly/bmDOW6 #
RT @PatBumstead A Mountain Meander Part 2: Our Mountain Meander was a spontaneous decision on a lazy morning. We d… https://bit.ly/dqqjvw #
RT @DawnFine Birdingblogs.com is haunted but not dead: Howdee all, Hope that got your attention! Birdingblogs.co… https://bit.ly/9EmVwO #
10000birds: Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of October 2010? https://bit.ly/dCxU3j #
BirdLife: Concurso: Ponle el nombre al ave simbolo del Festival Mundial de las Aves: Como sabemos el Festival Mund… https://bit.ly/9epfnE #
10000birds: Lazy Birders, or, Can You Sleep in AND Be a Birder? https://bit.ly/aDer91 #
10000birds: I and the Bird #137 https://bit.ly/beGWdz #
10000birds: Birding in Broome – a change in the seasons https://bit.ly/abZaSh #
10000birds: ‘Talking Naturally’ – Martin Hellicar, BirdLife Cyprus https://bit.ly/aRIAK5 #
10000birds: Connecticut in Carolina (or how migrants surprise us) https://bit.ly/bsF7af #
RT @DawnFine Come on over and say hello: Howdee all, My First post is hot of the presses on Birdingblogs.com site… https://bit.ly/bjsm04 #
ABA blog I and the Bird #137 Is it possible that some human beings in the year 2010 don't know what a blog carniv… https://bit.ly/9hLL2c #
RT @PatBumstead Nature News #30 Bird News Scientists in Nova Scotia are working to protect roseate tern habitats…. https://bit.ly/94RrPE #
ABA blog The Voices of Birding: As birders, we're trained to listen to the voices of birds. To cup our ear in the … https://bit.ly/c9DrcT #
10000birds: Berry Go Round #33 https://bit.ly/bbolbS #
10000birds: Don’t Get Your Flyways Crossed https://bit.ly/9LbCMF #
BirdLife: COP10 makes historic agreement to save biodiversity: Nagoya, 0140 – Weary delegates rose to their feet i… https://bit.ly/aBkg7V #
BirdFellow: The Morning Flight at Cape May https://bit.ly/czIrrt #
BirdingFrontiers: Eagle Owl https://bit.ly/8YHf5Z #birding #
10000birds: Audubon to No Longer Own Hog Island? https://bit.ly/a3eD3S #
ABC BirdNews: World Bank and G.E.F. Announce Support to End Extinctions https://bit.ly/bYVi7t #
10000birds: Manhattan Prothonotary Warbler at the Library https://bit.ly/bn5ZTP #
BirdAz: Snowflakes: Drizzle drops was more like it on my visit to the Iona Jetty this morning; after a few minutes… https://bit.ly/9vsODx #
BirdingFrontiers: Birding Blogs .com https://bit.ly/bDc17C #birding #
10000birds: Operation Autumn Colours https://bit.ly/9lFu9p #
RT @DawnFine Cape May Epic Flight..: Howdee all, Oh how I wish I was there to experience this..The above photo … https://bit.ly/bxnjDD #
RT @PatBumstead I Guess Summer’s Gone: Woke up to a frosty morning yesterday.. And within two hours the front yard… https://bit.ly/b2Haja #
BirdAz: A Prairie Dove in Vancouver: For the entire first half dozen years of my birding life, Franklin’s Gull was… https://bit.ly/d4W5zQ #
10000birds: Hybrid Pine x Parula Warbler? https://bit.ly/dA6Htk #
10000birds: Looking at the Queens Bird List Again https://bit.ly/c0uWFs #
BirdAz: Owloween: This lovely Short-eared Owl flew from the Iona jetty to the Vancouver airport Friday morning, pa… https://bit.ly/bObNVj #
RT @lkamms ABA Starts New Chorus: No, I don’t mean the fine young ladies and hairy gentlemen from the Colorado Spr… https://bit.ly/bWsBJm #
ReservoirCatz: Public warned to beware 'evil Halloween Waxwings': Households across Scotland … https://bit.ly/baoh4K – discretion adviced #
RT @DawnFine Back on Track: Howdee all, As some of you know the new Birdingblogs.com site was having a few issu… https://bit.ly/aqjitu #
10000birds: Common Ground-Dove in New York State https://bit.ly/b47PwT #
10000birds: Avian Quiz – November 2010 https://bit.ly/aV4FQ8 #
10000birds: Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of October 2010) https://bit.ly/d0YOUo #

by Gunnar Engblom October 25, 2010 0

Gunnar’s weekly Twitter links about birding, birds and Social Media 2010-10-25

BirdLife: CEMEX and BirdLife complete groundbreaking study of biodiversity in operations worldwide: CEMEX has anno… https://bit.ly/9EWraF #
10000birds: Flickr and ‘citizen science’? https://bit.ly/crSVh2 #
RT @DawnFine Macro Monday: Howdee all, Leaves with water droplets on Asphalt Happy Autumn! Click … https://bit.ly/cF2jgr #
Gunnarâs weekly Twitter links about birding, birds and Social Media 2010-10-11 https://aweber.com/b/zzp7 #
10000birds: Tongue Eating Louse https://bit.ly/djs22M #
10000birds: New 10,000 Birds Beat Writers https://bit.ly/aaDuJ0 #
RT @johnriutta Garbage Detection: Upon returning from a recent business trip not long ago, I discovered my desk pi… https://bit.ly/b28Anh #
Last delivery from Rick Wright's blogging series about birding Peru with Kolibri Expeditions. Thanks for your… https://fb.me/yM6GQoH1 #
ReservoirCatz: RSPB may consider Robin cull: After an autumn in which it’s been impossible fo… https://bit.ly/9Pkfgz – discretion adviced #
Birdchaser: A critical review of a photographic field guide. https://bit.ly/aKcVKd – discuss the general flaws of photographic field guides #
ABC BirdNews: Passage of New Bird-Safe Standards Urged for S. Fran. Buildings https://bit.ly/cMT1jA #
The best bird blogger says: I am not even a birder!! She is Birding blogger #8 https://bit.ly/9rXMAG #birdingblogs #
RT @JAJinPA: How can she say she's not a birder?! The Lady ROCKS! She's not a birder like I'm not a sports fan https://bit.ly/9rXMAG LOL #
Woot! I have produced 4 blogposts in one day! For instance https://bit.ly/d9NNLx created with the WP "Press This" applet! #
10000birds: Birding Fort Tilden in the Wind https://bit.ly/99tG0M #
10000birds: Krill: Be a Part of the Big Picture https://bit.ly/9RvEvD #
BirdFellow: The Wanderings of Acorn Woodpeckers https://tinyurl.com/23crb8q #
10000birds: Sibley Art for Sale https://bit.ly/cTFM27 #
Rolling out the true identity of the birders participating in Birdingblogs. Here is Kenn Kaufman https://bit.ly/aZMUKE #birding #
10000birds: Oct 17th update from Broome https://bit.ly/ad4jnw #
ABC BirdNews: Agreement Reached In Kaua'i Seabird Suit https://bit.ly/aUpNQw #
The second birder on birdingblogs is Gyorgy Szimuly – the Hungarian Shorebird fanatic! https://bit.ly/9igf6O #
ABA blog Brat Pack: A little more than a year ago, Noah Strycker, Associate Editor for Birding magazine, registere… https://bit.ly/8ZwMGF #
The 3rd birdingblogger is Susan Myers – author of Birds of Borneo and guide for VENT https://bit.ly/9TR5eI #birding #blogging #
RT @lorimcneeartist Birdwatching in New Zealand: In Search of the Rare Fiordland Penguin https://bit.ly/aGuvNM #
RebeccaNason: : https://bit.ly/bEIdVF #
RT @lorimcneeartist: #Birdwatching in New Zealand: In Search of the Rare Fiordland Penguin https://bit.ly/aGuvNM #bird #nature #
BirdingFrontiers: Robin – last good bird on Shetland https://bit.ly/9tPJhr #birding #
The fourth birdblogger is Dale Forbes – Europe's leading digiscoping expert https://bit.ly/anRMtf #
Sorely missed humerous and foul mouthed bird blogger Tom McKinney is back on birdingblogs https://bit.ly/daMwSI #
RT @DawnFine Birders are taking over the Blogosphere: Howdee all, Woweee Lots happening in the Bird blogg… https://bit.ly/cGGbSY #
thanks for the RT @docforestal @Wildlife_of_NYC https://retwt.me/1PhE5 birdingblogs.com #
Two top UK birders Rebecca Nason and Martin Gardner join birdingblogs.com https://bit.ly/cBkwxy #
Finally, launched. 11 well known birdingbloggers join forces in a new multi-author blog https://bit.ly/cyho96 Now I can get some sleep! #
10000birds: BirdingBlogs Launches Today https://bit.ly/cRSSGL #
BirdingFrontiers: Book now! Gull Master Class Day https://bit.ly/dC6CmM #birding #
ABC BirdNews: Conservation Scientists Release Global Strategy to Halt Extinctions https://bit.ly/dkaYNk #
10000birds: Digideul 2: Birdchick’s Revenge https://bit.ly/9YU0oj #
ReservoirCatz: Police warn against acts of birding depravity: Police in the UK today issued a … https://bit.ly/bV6zXy – discretion adviced #
I am awake again and absolutely stunned about the response birdingblogs.com has got. First post here if you missed it. https://bit.ly/cyho96 #
In case you didn't see it. The last two birdingblogs members from the UK are Rebecca Nason and Martin Garner https://bit.ly/cBkwxy #
10000birds: Continuing the Conversation at the Nature Blog Network https://bit.ly/9lFhae #
BirdAz: Germany: Funny Crows: Well, if you think about it, they’re all pretty funny: no birds but the corvids are … https://bit.ly/dvZzLH #
Search Engine Optimization #
or Short Eared Owl (Kenn Kaufman's suggestion!= #
How can Sandhill crane conservation be political , I wonder? https://bit.ly/bOta2N @lizalee #
Oh, I forgot to tell the world…I have given in and bought an Ipad! Still had not time to play with it. What's your fav app? #
Just been editiing a post from the great Kenn Kaufman : -) Be sure to check out Birdingblogs.com tomorrow #
BirdLife: Local people are key to biodiversity conservation: The BirdLife Partnership has published a report which… https://bit.ly/c9Cdt9 #
10000birds: Cyprus: brawl between police and trappers https://bit.ly/aE42p8 #
BirdLife: COP10: One step forward, two steps back: At the negotiation tables more problems are appearing than bein… https://bit.ly/dxnY4i #
BirdAz: Germany: On the Baltic Coast: We’d had amazingly beautiful weather for our entire trip, but things changed… https://bit.ly/aok3P9 #
10000birds: State of the world’s waterbirds https://bit.ly/cd2W73 #
RT @PatBumstead Irreplaceable Public Land to be Sold to Make Potato Chips: Oct 21, 2010 News Release from the Albe… https://bit.ly/a4o14U #
10000birds: Where Are You Birding This Fourth Weekend of October 2010? https://bit.ly/bU4RJb #
10000birds: Desi’s First Twitch, or, Midtown Prothonotary Warbler https://bit.ly/aYEDLW #
Kenn Kaufman writes about gulls on birdingblogs.com https://bit.ly/azGTkS #birding #larids #
RT @DawnFine Temporary Post Used For Theme Detection (a46d93b1-d20b-4572-bebe-2d25b3147b7c – 3bfe001a-32de-4114-a6… https://bit.ly/aoRmLa #
10000birds: Why The Economist… https://bit.ly/cgowvK #
BirdAz: Germany: Waghäusel: Sure, it’s fun to say (“Vahk-hoy-s’l”), but the old sugar beet ponds at Waghäusel, jus… https://bit.ly/aozI5G #
RT @PatBumstead Nature News #29 Bird News Researchers who have tagged Canadian gannets say up to a third of the p… https://bit.ly/b2t3Qh #
ReservoirCatz: European birders ‘arrogant and unfriendly’, claims bloke from London: News eme… https://bit.ly/cgQ3Aq – discretion adviced #
ABC BirdNews: Critical Habitat Purchased for Protection of Lewis's Woodpecker https://bit.ly/btien8 #
10000birds: Malta’s hunters on German TV this weekend https://bit.ly/9wx6KO #
RebeccaNason: : Arctic Dip . . .I have managed to dip the Arctic Redpoll which has been showing on … https://bit.ly/c1Cjqn #photos #birds #
ABA blog Sharing Your Passion For Birds: What a great time to be a birder and to share your birding experiences! B… https://bit.ly/cIMAfD #
RT @DawnFine Bittersweet Autumn: Howdee all, Its beautiful this time of year… The air turns crisp and the ground… https://bit.ly/9fmfBJ #
BirdAz: Canadian Geese: To my surprise and relief, the Nature Vancouver group this morning neither drowned nor fro… https://bit.ly/c2ghqz #
BirdLife: Oceans Day at Nagoya: Today is Oceans Day at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of … https://bit.ly/be7IgB #
10000birds: Morning Flight and More at Fort Tilden https://bit.ly/dofuKQ #
10000birds: Farmland ’size of Italy’ lost annually https://bit.ly/afGRWE #
RT @PatBumstead It’s What Season, Again?: It’s no wonder I seem to be more confused than usual lately. It’s the th… https://bit.ly/dpy5Eu #
Susan Myers pictures from Sulawesi on birdingblogs.com https://bit.ly/a8nedb #
BirdAz: Germany: Mittenwald and the Karwendel: Mittenwald, in a beautiful valley on the Austrian border, is the cl… https://bit.ly/ayJJ1N #
ABA blog Whose big year is it now?: I have it on the best authority that at least one person is doing an ABA big y… https://bit.ly/a4llkL #
BirdLife: Horns locked at COP10: Today, all the working groups reported on their progress, and everywhere you look… https://bit.ly/9G6ZeD #
BirdersWorld: Behind the scenes with the biologist who wrote our cover story on Snowy and Great Gray Owls:
If you… https://bit.ly/bDuNqP #
10000birds: Mockers Everywhere! https://bit.ly/9NpJz8 #
10000birds: UK’s butterflies in sharp decline https://bit.ly/cJ7mbI #
BirdLife: Important Bird Areas of the World – Poster: Poster showing the location and protection status of the wor… https://bit.ly/d4EoAN #
BirdingFrontiers: Yelkouan Shearwater – Cornish Claims https://bit.ly/aPPZX3 #birding #
10000birds: Govt to sell swathes of UK’s forests https://bit.ly/adyK4E #
RebeccaNason: : A Touch of ThrushYesterday seemed a quiet day with very few migrants on the Island. … https://bit.ly/abvnsj #photos #birds #
RebeccaNason: : Mealy Magic – & that Horny Man!Today (24th) started very slowly as it was the day a… https://bit.ly/a6IiRe #photos #birds #
10000birds: ‘Talking Naturally’ podcast: David Conlin, CABS https://bit.ly/a4T0rB #
BirdAz: Germany: Leipzig: It’s funny how firm first impressions still sit: until we were there last week, my opini… https://bit.ly/bIAiaj #
ABA blog The Mistakes of the Past, The Sins of the Present: Marcellus Shale, the BP fiasco in the Gulf of Mexico, … https://bit.ly/atMm2H #
10000birds: Sunday Science Blogging https://bit.ly/cODOfJ #
BirdLife: The world’s key sites for conservation – on one map: BirdLife has published a map showing the location o… https://bit.ly/bLvmzN #
10000birds: Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of October 2010) https://bit.ly/cIKfm0 #

by Gunnar Engblom October 19, 2010 0

Two top UK bloggers join birdingblogs

The contest is over

No one managed to stay on the contest over the presentation of first 8 birding bloggers and make correct guesses for all of them. However, honorary mentions must be done to Jeremy Gatten, Mark Cranford and Dalcio Docol for keep trying during the racing pace of presenting the participants in Birdingblogs.com – which is launched tomorrow Oct 20, 2010. (You may have a look now, but you shall not find much…so best to come back tomorrow).

I now have the honor of presenting the last 2 bloggers from the UK. They are the amazing photographer and birder Rebecca Nason of Shetland Exposure (who also provide the photo in the title) and Martin Garner of Birding Frontiers and also the recent book the Frontiers of Birding (apparantly out of print)

Northern Harrier. Martin Garner

I am very pleased to two of Britains most acclaimed birders on our team. This will be good. Look out for the launch tomorrow.

by Gunnar Engblom October 18, 2010 14

The best birding blogger is not even a birder?

How to become a good birding blogger!

To be a good birding blogger it takes more than just being a good writer or take great pictures. Our bird blogger #8 says:

I feel a bit humbled to be in the ranks with you and the rest of these bird bloggers.. I am not a good writer or photographer.. And don’t always blog about birds..

…yet she probably has more readers than any of us to her blog (which quite often is about birds). Why is that? Well, this is why:

She is passionate about here blogging
reads and comments on a lot of blogs
nurture her friends on the social network platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.

Having her on our platform will teach us all to become more social – a vital trait for any blogger. She has a special asignment to introduce the readers to other birding blogs and look for guest-writers if any of the core-team are not available.

Birding Blogger #8. Who am I?

Self professed amateur birder
mushroom picker
full time motor-home traveler.
The blogs most efficient Bird/nature blog reader

I am sure you know who I am talking about, and agree with me that she is the best birding blogger. We all love her! And she is too modest – She is a great writer and photographer. Nuff said! I wait your comments!

UPDATE: Yes of course. Dawn Fine and her Bloggy Blog!

by Gunnar Engblom October 18, 2010 0

The Birdchaser: Evolution of the Bird Photo Field Guide.

Are photographic field guides really useful in the field?

Rob Fergus has a great (critical) review of a new Photographic Guide to the birds of North America. Here is an excerpt:

A couple years ago I charted the rise of the bird photo field guide. Since then, several new photo field guides have come out, including the Stokes guide that is out this month, and the photographic field guides of Paul Sterry and Brian Small that came out last year. And everyone is waiting to see Richard Crossley’s field guide scheduled to come out next year.

In this review I want to focus on the Sterry & Small guides to emphasize what I think are the biggest problems with photo field guides. But first some things things that stand out about these twin Eastern and Western guides……READ MORE….

via The Birdchaser: Evolution of the Bird Photo Field Guide, Take 2.

Then follows a discussion comparing this photographic guide with the second edition of Svensson, Mullarney and Zetterström Birds of Europe (affiliate link) – by most accounts claimed to be the best field guide ever produced. While, the comparison is a bit unfair because the standards of the Europe guide is just of a totally different level, it still points out the main reasons why photographic guides never can replace good paintings. In the best cases they can be good compliments.

by Gunnar Engblom October 18, 2010 6

ABA president also join birdingblogs!

From Delaware to Colorado to Birdingblogs

This one is just too easy! The new president of ABA (American Birding Association) that takes office in November, was asked to be part of this project- and accepted – before the new job was secured. He shall not post much in the beginning I am sure, but he shall nevertheless be a window to the American Birding Association providing interesting material about ABA and its activities.

Interestingly, ABA has also announced a multi-author blog – and made several posts. Today 10000birds announced that their blogging platform shall include various new names. Competition you may think? Not really, I think of it more of a bird blogging paradigm shift. I think we all have come to the same conclusion. To reach the audiences the serious birding blogger aspires, one needs to join forces with others. 10000 birds have understood this for a long time.

Birdblogger 7. Who am I?

Tour leader
New ABA president
Horse-shoe crab flipper

State your “guesses” in comment sections, please.

UPDATE: Jeff Gordon of course. Here you find Jeff’s own blog.

Photo: Northern Gannet by Jeff Gordon

by Gunnar Engblom October 18, 2010 0

Gunnar’s weekly Twitter links about birding, birds and Social Media 2010-10-18

BirdLife: Key Paraguayan IBA being destroyed: Part of Asunción Bay Important Bird Area (IBA) is in the process of … https://bit.ly/asbM2j #
10000birds: Paraguay: Globally important wetland destroyed https://bit.ly/aHajwn #
RT @Dendroica Small Asters: These are asters, but a different species from the New England Asters I posted earlier… https://bit.ly/cyt7DS #
RT @PatBumstead Marsh Diaries #16 We are having the gentlest October I can remember in a long time. Sunny days ho… https://bit.ly/ceTuEq #
BirdLife: Migratory birds in the spotlight of the World Bird Festival: Continuing the series of educational materi… https://bit.ly/cFW5FM #
BirdLife: “Welcome to Cockpit Country”: Cockpit Country is recognized nationally and internationally as a habitat … https://bit.ly/c8EYMn #
10000birds: Talking Naturally https://bit.ly/bEAXaI #
In case you did not see the continuation of Rick Wright's blog posts from our Budget Amazon birding trip…. https://fb.me/HvIFVlKP #
Turquoise and Lima Green Tanagers….Nice! https://fb.me/JA8EZXgo #
10000birds: Free Gold! https://bit.ly/aSD476 #
10000birds: 60 Second Sell: Acopian Center for the Environment https://bit.ly/9asS3P #
RT @Dendroica The Amazing Flights of the Red Knot: Scientists have been able to trace the annual journeys of indiv… https://bit.ly/ceFCDh #
10 birding blogs friends- Guess who I am? https://bit.ly/aZMUKE Win a price! #
BirdLife: EU funds help BirdLife Partners to protect our nature: As recently announced, six BirdLife Partners rece… https://bit.ly/dniY8M #
Hadoram Shirihai got the Rufous Twistwing and Black-faced Cotinga photographed today at Iberia for Photographic… https://fb.me/G1rQ3SNk #
ReservoirCatz: Manxie exposes string: Mirroring the popular cartoon series The Simpsons’ Bank… https://bit.ly/c2lFPu – discretion adviced #
BirdersWorld: How a Red-shouldered Hawk in Florida turned up on our cover https://bit.ly/9AohZC #
10000birds: Black-backed Woodpecker to Get Protection in California? https://bit.ly/a93dAN #
RT @DawnFine More Birds and Bees: Howdee all, I am really enjoying this auto generated paper that uses tweets on … https://bit.ly/bzOUkr #
Even more keen to go to Taiwan after seeing Rebecca Nason's beautiful pictures. https://bit.ly/aGxcEY #
So who is this famopus birdblogger? Do you know https://bit.ly/doHJMh #
Eumetopias jubatus are critically threatened | Marine Photography …: km2371. Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatu… https://bit.ly/9MYDYI #
Here is the second mystery birding blogger. Who is this then? Please answer in the comment section. https://bit.ly/9igf6O #birding #blogs #
Thanks @DawnFIne and @Patbumstead for the RT. Join the fun. Who is this blogger? https://bit.ly/doHJMh #catfood #rocknroll #identification #
10000birds: Ask Not What the ABA Can Do For You… https://bit.ly/bsvVuU #
BirdLife: Kakariki scoops Forest & Bird’s Bird of the Year title: New Zealand’s bright green parrot – the Kakariki… https://bit.ly/9IFpMP #
BirdLife: Future of biodiversity hinges on benefit-sharing agreement: Progress in tackling the biodiversity crisis… https://bit.ly/bEsN7l #
BirdLife: First Arcadia/BirdLife Conservation Partnership Fund newsletter: It gives me great pleasure to introduce… https://bit.ly/curBUx #
BirdLife: From the Frontline: I was led to a career in conservation by a genuine and keen interest to understand h… https://bit.ly/a2E1d8 #
RT @PatBumstead Wednesday Wings: Corvid Cuties:
https://bit.ly/agbtE8 #
RT @DawnFine Wordless Wednesday: Click here to subscribe to my posts https://bit.ly/buYtIu #
10000birds: Princeton University Press Weekly Giveaway https://bit.ly/apkstX #
Shorebirds in Peru. Recent blogpost by Rick Wright. https://fb.me/J4LG1Ix1 #
BirdersWorld: New on BirdersWorld.com: 21 great articles about owls and owl watching: Julie, Matt, and I took the … https://bit.ly/b5NDdB #
Do you know who Tiger Girl is? https://bit.ly/c0WhAe Participate in the "birder identification" contest and win fine prizes. #birdingblogs #
hahaha! RT @patbumstead: @DawnFine Good night (again) Dawn! See you in a few minutes. #
Good attitude! Get well Linda RT @LRockwellatty: Have pneumonia, bilateral ear infections & a sinus infection. Otherwise fine. How are you? #
Hmm the cheese platter than has been in the fridge over a month has some mold. I wonder if that is just infection from the blue cheese or.? #
It will just make the wine taste better, I guess! #
LRockwellatty but he will be sharing his photos with us. Having plans of producing a Lima field guide for local consumption w his pics. #
BirdLife: Audubon scientists find Gulf birds and oil too close for comfort: Residual oil and chemicals from BP’s D… https://bit.ly/deN7Xb #
BirdLife: Albatross Task Force Diaries – Juliano Cesar in Brazil: I’ve finally arrived back in the port of Itajaí … https://bit.ly/cF1CFT #
10000birds: Western lifestyles plundering tropics at record rate https://bit.ly/9sOtco #
BirdLife: BirdLife’s 5 Asks for COP10 CBD in Nagoya – Video: Short video showing BirdLife's 5 policy asks for the … https://bit.ly/avl7sU #
Thanks for the RT @KateRisely: Trying to decide on birding trip to Panama or Peru. @kolibrix 11 must-see birds in Peru https://bit.ly/9hHRql #
10000birds: Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of October 2010? https://bit.ly/dz8jnc #
Tiger Girl – who is she really? https://bit.ly/c0WhAe 3rd bird blogger presented. #
RT @DawnFine: Birds-and-the-bees Daily is out! https://bit.ly/cnqAD8 ▸ Top stories today by @docforestal @patbumstead @CB4wildlife @Kolibrix #
Some news from Gunnar and Kolibri Expeditions https://aweber.com/b/1BSBd #
Chris West's encounter with his target bird. Can you guess which one? https://fb.me/DwVcOAHm #
Notice I never posted Chris West's first album with bird photos from Peru here. https://fb.me/H7UStPVS #
10000birds: I and the Bird #136 https://bit.ly/9XDDuM #
Yet another addition by Rick Wright from his trip to Peru. Enjoy! https://fb.me/wZx25SUq #
Giving a little bit more time to get on the "Identify the birder contest" https://bit.ly/c0WhAe The clues are now somewhat easier!! #
RT @DawnFine Turkey Tail: Image via Wikipedia Howdee all Hope you all are having a wonderful fall season…. https://bit.ly/caygwj #
Thanks for RT Alan @alanmcbride: RT @kolibrix Tiger Girl – who is she really? https://bit.ly/baXvWs #
Bird Blogger of the alps – is my next birding friend presented. Can you guess who it is? https://bit.ly/anRMtf #birdingblogs #
BirdLife: Emblem of the dry forests: Continuing the series of educational materials for schools in the Americas, t… https://bit.ly/d9X3JM #
10000birds: Birding Maple Grove Cemetery, Queens, NY https://bit.ly/b3SwV9 #
BirdLife: NABU commemorates extinct species: NABU (BirdLife in Germany), organised a demonstration to send a stron… https://bit.ly/bQLEk7 #
BirdLife: Key role for biodiversity in the battle against poverty and climate change: Nature’s riches can play a m… https://bit.ly/99dhr4 #
10000birds: Malta: BirdLife office “inundated with shot protected birds” https://bit.ly/dnIRNP #
BirdLife: Banking on biodiversity: Banking on biodiversity is a free book which argues that nature’s riches can pl… https://bit.ly/aVoBM8 #
RT @PatBumstead Nature News #28 Bird News A Canada goose with a natural feather disorder is being helped by carin… https://bit.ly/a09IFe #
New multi-author birding blog in the works. Guess who is participating in this project? https://bit.ly/anRMtf #blog #birding #
INCA TERN! https://fb.me/K1uBY5VK #
BirdLife: Americas IBA directory chapters now available in Spanish (Portuguese, French and Dutch): All country cha… https://bit.ly/a9OfRj #
10000birds: What’s animal cruelty? Comparing UK, Canada, USA https://bit.ly/aaVWXu #
Not dead! Sorely missed foul-mothed UK birding blogger will once again entertain birders. https://bit.ly/cEvWAT #twitching #birding #mega #
Not dead! An incredible resurrection of the UK:s funniest bird blogger https://fb.me/Lqbo87aP #
Caracaras in Peru – by Rick Wright! https://fb.me/BMFm7Cj0 #
RT @DawnFine Bluff point, Groton, CT: Image via Wikipedia Howdee all, Its Autumn here in Connecticut. Blust… https://bit.ly/c06CFP #
Of course it was Kenn Kaufmann!! https://bit.ly/aZMUKE #birding #bloggers #
10000birds: Birds at Bryant Park https://bit.ly/cjfQjt #
10000birds: UK: Severn Barrage sunk in recession https://bit.ly/cRnCdU #
10000birds: Redgannet blog https://bit.ly/8XqxE6 #
10000birds: Moths: Lunar Underwing https://bit.ly/9pBHqk #
So who is this bird blogging naturalist then? https://fb.me/vzG23foY #
10000birds: Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of October 2010) https://bit.ly/9bU5op #
BirdLife: BirdLife office inundated with shot protected birds and illegal hunting reports: Over the last three we… https://bit.ly/bh7G6I #

by Gunnar Engblom October 17, 2010 2

Birdblogger 6. Who is this?

Well travelled birding guide and naturalist in South America

So with both birdblogger 1 identified as Kenn Kaufman and birdblogger 2 identified as Gyorgy Szimuly, those having answered these two ID nuts right need to get on with blogger 3, 4 and 5 – in order to stay in the contest. This nut may be a bit tough though. Although, I will be the only blogger in the multi-authored birding blog project, there is one birder that will contribute with as much (and possibly even more) stuff than myself from South America. Have a guess who this blogger may be?

With no further a do, here are the clues.

Wings
birder/naturalist
Arizona
Central and South America

As usual the answer in comment section below. The correct answer will be revealed very shortly, since the launch of the birding blog web-site is on 20.10, 2010.

UPDATE: It is Wings tour leader Rich Hoyer who I am referring to and who also joins birdingblogs. com. Rich is travelling a lot for Wings, so he shall provide us with lots of juicy material from this explorations in Central and South America. His own regular blog is called the Birdernaturalist.

by Gunnar Engblom October 15, 2010 3

This birding blogger is not dead!

An incredible resurrection of the UK:s funniest bird blogger

I continue to present the members of the forth-coming multi-author birding blog which will launch on Oct 20. This hilarious blogger has officially stopped blogging. However, there are evil voices claiming he is resurrected and blogs under the pseudonym of Mr White on Reservoir Cats – something he vehemently denies.

In case someone takes offence to something written on it (Reservoir Cats) in the future and decides to hit me, I’m stating now that I’ve got absolutely nothing to do with it. So don’t hit me – I don’t like being hit, I’m an exceptional coward.

He will, under his real name, be blogging every Monday on our new multi-blogger platform.

Bird blogger 5. Who am I?

Legendary UK birding blogger
Funny as hell
Uncensored
Achieved guitarist

Have a guess in the comment section below who this may be. Great to have this blogger on our team. Stay tuned for more birding bloggers presentations coming up the following days.

UPDATE: Yes, it is Tom McKinney. His old disfunct blog Skill Bills can be found here.

by Gunnar Engblom October 14, 2010 3

Austria Birding Blog

Wallcreeper. Butterfly bird of the Alps. Photo Dale Forbes

No it is not spam. Sorry for bombarding Surfbirds and Birdforum with these entries from my blog. No, the idea stems from fact the bird-blogging is too time consuming for normal mortal birders – and the rewards (readers) are too few. Even the big names rarely have more than 100 visits daily. My idea was to get a few blogging friends together under one platform to have an easier load and get more readers. We shall see how it works.
If you have followed this contest you shall see that there are some great bloggers present. I will continue to present one blogger per post…and hopefully you will continue to put your guess in the comment section below. There is still time (until tomorrow night) to put your guess on Blogger 1 (which is dead easy). Blogger two and blogger three shall be revealed on Saturday. As mentioned before, the comment section is temporarily moderated, so you can make a guess, but it will not show right away so the correct answer is being given away.

The next blogger has always had a very a visually attractive site, with large photos of great birds. I particularly remember his Wallcreepers. Here are the clues!

Birding blogger 4 – Guess who I am?

Austria
Digiscoping
Swarowski
The Alps

UPDATE: Yes, it is Dale Forbes of Discovering Alpine Birding.

Photo credits: Dale Forbes

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