by Gunnar Engblom August 16, 2010 0

Gunnar’s weekly Twitter links about birding, birds and Social Media 2010-08-16

10000birds: James Delingpole parody? https://bit.ly/aqkbW9 #
RT @PatBumstead Moth Diaries: As regular readers of my Marsh Diaries posts will know, I’ve been having a very moth… https://bit.ly/95Jj5e #
RT @Dendroica Cicada Killer: When I stopped to eat lunch and Jamaica Bay's picnic pavilion, I saw what I thought w… https://bit.ly/ba2Wb1 #
10000birds: More birds of the Juan Fernández Islands https://bit.ly/dzbaf0 #
BirdLife: Presentation on the Critical Site Network Tool – videos: A presentation on the Wings Over Wetlands (WOW)… https://bit.ly/9NXqS8 #
BirdLife: Nature Seychelles celebrates IYB2010: The latest issue of Zwazo – Nature Seychelles (BirdLife Partner) b… https://bit.ly/baFcPa #
RT @johnriutta The Importance of Proper Accessorizing: As luck would have it, my technique worked. What I did not … https://bit.ly/d4H7Vv #
BirdLife: Important Bird Area directory is launched in Bolivia and Costa Rica: The Americas Important Bird Area (I… https://bit.ly/9IvJXJ #
10000birds: The Nightjar in Queens https://bit.ly/dyhOy0 #
10000birds: Birding by Canoe, or The Broke Man’s Pelagic https://bit.ly/8XbYxs #
RT @PatBumstead Conservation of the Bicknell’s Thrush: Hemispheric Conservation Plan for Bicknell’s Thrush The Int… https://bit.ly/de63kZ #
RT @Dendroica Butterflies from Fairview Farm: A couple weeks ago, Patrick tipped me off to a place called Fairview… https://bit.ly/9HTqfN #
RT @johnriutta Pseudosphinx Tetrio: Remember this unidentified caterpillar digiscoped during my visit to Canopy Lo… https://bit.ly/bEPLwy #
ReservoirCatz: Birders seek gainful employment: As birders all around the gl.. https://bit.ly/ay3P3d
– discretion adviced #
BirdAz: Dunne: Bayshore Summer: It’s as presumptuous as I hope it is premature for a reviewer to say that a writer… https://bit.ly/d27kIm #
10000birds: Birdfair TV https://bit.ly/bvFChm #
10000birds: Butterflies in Saugerties https://bit.ly/d3CuRY #
BirdLife: Biofuel threat to Kenyan IBA continues: Kenya's National Environment Management Authority has refused a … https://bit.ly/acs0HP #
10000birds: RSPB’s Letter to the Future https://bit.ly/cOUvIe #
BirdLife: An Aruba without Troupial, Prikichi, Patrushi or Shoco?: The presence of the invasive Boa constrictor wa… https://bit.ly/aIROB1 #
RT @PatBumstead Wednesday Wings: Prairie Birding:
https://bit.ly/bl6a3l #
RT @Dendroica Dragonflies and Damselflies from the Weekend: As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I saw a lot of but… https://bit.ly/bvxzwA #
BirdLife: Thirst for biofuels still threatening Kenya’s Dakatcha Woodlands – By Andre Farrar (RSPB – BirdLife in t… https://bit.ly/cgg4ZW #
RT @DawnFine Wordless Wednesday: Click here to subscribe to my posts https://bit.ly/bqmjGk #
10000birds: Will They Start Killing Eagles Now? https://bit.ly/dtUen3 #
BirdLife: How long will they stand?: The destruction of the world's mangrove forests is happening up to four times… https://bit.ly/dskLnm #
10000birds: Birdfair.TV website now live https://bit.ly/buIMOj #
RT @Dendroica Lepidopteran Taxonomy: There is a new paper on the genetic relationships in the order Lepidoptera. H… https://bit.ly/dxDZfM #
RT @Dendroica Northern Gray Treefrog: Last week I found this Northern Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor) near Big Joh… https://bit.ly/aYfTgm #
10000birds: Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of August 2010? https://bit.ly/a1uVYP #
RT @johnriutta Seeing the Future Through the Past: While the fishing and logging never recovered, Astoria is today… https://bit.ly/aLuml9 #
10000birds: Birding Ramshorn-Livingston Sanctuary https://bit.ly/cAC0Nc #
10000birds: Breath-taking https://bit.ly/dAMjFr #
RT @Dendroica Loose Feathers #251: Black Guillemot on Metinic Island / Photo by Brette Soucie/USFWSBirds and birdi… https://bit.ly/am2Tgi #
RT @PatBumstead Nature News #20: Bird News For the second year in a row, some residents in Moose Jaw, SK will go w… https://bit.ly/b5tmV4 #
BirdLife: BCST joined IYB 2010 Celebration: In July, Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST – BirdLife in Tha… https://bit.ly/9htPLX #
BirdAz: A Day at the Beach: Tucson doesn’t really have a beach, but less than four hours’ easy drive south and wes… https://bit.ly/b7UdV5 #
On the bus back from Satipo road where Rainforest Partnership just just have signed agreements with 2 communities and one municipality. #
10000birds: Food-Carrying Common Terns https://bit.ly/9Bc0K8 #
10000birds: Did I mention I’m on Twitter? https://bit.ly/bNnNGL #
RT @DawnFine Checking out the area for the BwBTC ..JOIN US: Howdee all, Just a quick hello..been busy getting a g… https://bit.ly/doZ30c #
RT @Dendroica Swamp Cicada: This Swamp Cicada (Tibicen tibicen) was buzzing on a fence rail outside the butterfly … https://bit.ly/c1M30w #
RT @Dendroica Florida's Everglades Purchase Keeps Shrinking: Florida's Everglades purchase has been scaled back ye… https://bit.ly/cBwxSh #
BirdAz: An Unfortunate Name: My friends over at NEBirds have been carrying on an amusing conversation about bird n… https://bit.ly/bWDich #
10000birds: Random Sunning Catbird https://bit.ly/bmkDfa #
Satipo road is becoming quite luxurious…Next month there shall be both hot showers, and beds with linen and… https://fb.me/DP0ehrFG #
10000birds: A cabin crew member’s wildlife blog https://bit.ly/b0P9rL #
BirdFellow: What's Missing on this Cedar Waxwing? https://bit.ly/9SX0WR #
10000birds: Jackson County, Michigan, Gets It https://bit.ly/brQ8xa #
RT @Dendroica Sachem: In late summer and early fall, the Sachem (Atalopedes campestris) becomes more prominent amo… https://bit.ly/bO9l72 #
Kolibri Expeditions now has 2000 likes. Wow! Thank you for this confidence. Remember, this is your space as much… https://fb.me/FeyPjbuw #
New departure for North Peru with Marvelous Spatuletail and Long-whiskered Owlet confirmed for Christmas and New… https://fb.me/EC2AMSDV #
RT @johnriutta Politicians on Parade: Double woe and then some to a candidate for office failing to observe the ti… https://bit.ly/ag7yq4 #
10000birds: Hey, where’d the summer go? https://bit.ly/bcoiQB #
RT @lkamms Who Are The Next “Great” Birders?: The next era of birding will be ushered in by a new crop of great bi… https://bit.ly/a94AsR #
10000birds: Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of August 2010) https://bit.ly/bYitco #
BirdLife: Swift box success at BirdLife’s UK office: With swifts on their way back to Africa it was time to open t… https://bit.ly/aOpxok #

by Gunnar Engblom August 9, 2010 0

Gunnar’s weekly Twitter links about birding, birds and Social Media 2010-08-09

10000birds: Broome Bird Observatory https://bit.ly/bD4Aom #
RT @PatBumstead Marsh Diaries Part 13: This was the first lake weekend that we had rain. Sometime during Saturday … https://bit.ly/d3zbfz #
RT @Dendroica Local Geese, Native and Feral: The goose above should be recognizable to most readers as a Canada Go… https://bit.ly/aGjB0C #
RT @DawnFine BwBTC outing New England: Howdee all, Another Birders who Blog, Tweet and Chirp outing is bein… https://bit.ly/blY0JP #
BirdLife: US scientist says ‘no’ to Font Hill’s development: RESPECTED animal ecologist and conservation scientist… https://bit.ly/ckIjkg #
10000birds: Spoon-billed Sandpiper on Youtube https://bit.ly/bU4cNL #
RT @johnriutta Family Friendly: A famous philosopher once said “If you only have one child, you don’t have childre… https://bit.ly/c0Yxhs #
RT @PatBumstead Nature News #18: Bird News Unusual sightings in Ontario this year are making bird watchers happy. … https://bit.ly/ako3pQ #
ReservoirCatz: Spoonbills finally get it on in Norfolk: Confirmation came th.. https://bit.ly/cPjlPd
– discretion adviced #
10000birds: Ode to Mud https://bit.ly/8Xsad2 #
10000birds: Ban Lead in Sporting Ammunition https://bit.ly/8XzMgo #
10000birds: Atlas Intrepid ED 8×42 binoculars https://bit.ly/92Wgew #
RT @Dendroica Bees and Wasps from the Yard: Now that it is August, I have been seeing a somewhat different cast of… https://bit.ly/d67eEL #
10000birds: Juan Fernández Firecrown https://bit.ly/9Kt2NQ #
BirdLife: CLP alumni call to save the Araripe Manakin – video: Conservation Leadership Programme alumni from aroun… https://bit.ly/a2fQ3u #
10000birds: “Wildman” Foraging Tour Given Away https://bit.ly/dy24KW #
ABC BirdNews: National Ban on Lead-based Ammunition, Fishing Tackle Sought to End Wildlife Poisoning – Lead Still … https://bit.ly/byQCCn #
10000birds: Molting Juvenile Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor https://bit.ly/9Ihxkd #
RT @Dendroica Splits in the New AOU Checklist Supplement: American Scoters at Cape May / Photo by Tim Lenz (Seabam… https://bit.ly/ac5BWr #
RT @PatBumstead Wednesday Wings: Mr. Orange:
https://bit.ly/dAA7XH #
Odes = Odontata! Yes, the small ones keep me young…for now… #
thks 4 RT @JGBlackBook: Great for #birdwatchers interested in Peru. RT @Kolibrix Birding at Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica https://post.ly/oNV0 #
BirdLife: Video of Spoon-billed Sandpiper on breeding grounds: Brilliant footage of a brilliant bird. This has got… https://bit.ly/97IJYu #
BirdLife: New edition of The Babbler: BirdLife International in Indochina has released its quarterly newsletter, … https://bit.ly/d5JA0v #
ABC BirdNews: Northern Aplomado Falcon Reintroduction in New Mexico Upheld by Courts https://bit.ly/bK2HTW #
BirdLife: Workshop sets out route to save the Critically Endangered Trinidad Piping-guan: Cracids are the most end… https://bit.ly/bpvc9W #
10000birds: Másafuera Rayadito https://bit.ly/cuLQbe #
10000birds: Honduran Ornithological Society formed https://bit.ly/boxvVW #
RT @Dendroica BP Shuts Well; Skepticism over Claims the Oil Disappeared: Oil Spill at Bon Secour NWR / USFWS Photo… https://bit.ly/aSCp2J #
10000birds: Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of August 2010? https://bit.ly/aiHREu #
RT @Dendroica Lingering Oil, Sea Turtles, and Transparency: As I mentioned in my earlier post on the NOAA report, … https://bit.ly/bRtuf3 #
ReservoirCatz: Dragonfly twitchers 'in a flap' over hawker death: In a sure .. https://bit.ly/acAW3l
– discretion adviced #
BirdersWorld: Meet the winner of our Readers' Favorites hawks survey https://bit.ly/cQJjSG #
BirdLife: Ringgold’s community handicraft Training – video: This video captures a BirdLife handicraft training wor… https://bit.ly/aPSrXB #
BirdLife: Born to Travel Video – Kurdish version: Born to Travel Video – Kurdish version https://bit.ly/cVcsDV #
RT @DawnFine BwBTC ♥ The Charlestown Breachway and Ninigret Tidal Flats: Howdee all, We have decided on a date an… https://bit.ly/cqznfH #
10000birds: Pectoral Sandpipers Calidris melanotos at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge https://bit.ly/aP0azS #
BirdLife: BirdLife fieldworker assaulted by illegal trapper: A BirdLife Malta fieldworker was physically attacked … https://bit.ly/aueIrs #
10000birds: Record Year for Wood Storks in Georgia https://bit.ly/94Ijp6 #
10000birds: Review: Atlas Intrepid ED 8×42 binoculars https://bit.ly/af54hK #
RT @Dendroica Loose Feathers #250: Common Tern with Wings Spread / Photo by Rosie Walunas (USFWS)Birds and birding… https://bit.ly/aDMSre #
RT @PatBumstead Nature News #19: Bird News Nova Scotia Piping plovers’ annual migration patterns are changing, wit… https://bit.ly/9j8vVe #
BirdLife: ‘We can hear the voice of the earth’ – Japan’s touring photo exhibition: A new photo exhibition, with th… https://bit.ly/cCQ4HS #
BirdersWorld: Kalmbach Publishing Co. acquires Discover Magazine https://bit.ly/9zpN6S #
RT @johnriutta Out Standing in a Field: “Would it really happen?” I kept asking myself. “Will I know it if I see i… https://bit.ly/dphvkF #
BirdAz: Gray Hawk: One of the many highlights of my Southwest Wings tour this week was the chance to see Gray Hawk… https://bit.ly/971OU3 #
10000birds: Another Visit to Jamaica Bay https://bit.ly/cq4MSv #
RT @Dendroica Birds and Muck at Jamaica Bay: Over the past few weeks there have been a series of good birds report… https://bit.ly/aTQQ9g #
BirdAz: Pronghorn: One of three pronghorns that greeted my Southwest Wings group in the uncharacteristically lush … https://bit.ly/c4oXMC #
Our guide Antonio Coral called from Manu road just now. He told Steve Hilty, who was guiding another group at Cock… https://fb.me/FbzlQeRH #
ReservoirCatz: Puffin chick 'abused' by adult 'Paedo' bird on Shetland: An a.. https://bit.ly/c4QIgO
– discretion adviced #
10000birds: White-tailed Kite in Connecticut https://bit.ly/a5jSxo #
10000birds: Clearing rats from UK Overseas Territories https://bit.ly/dnCgss #
BirdAz: The Tail Notch: As hoped, our Southwest Wings tour recorded four species of kingbird this week, though the… https://bit.ly/ab0q34 #
RT @DawnFine Bluff Point sunset: Howdee all, Jeff and I like taking walks at a nearby park on the ocean. This da… https://bit.ly/cnL2qL #
10000birds: From Russia with Love https://bit.ly/bSYcZx #
RT @johnriutta Perilous Crossings: There are no jobs in her village anymore, and after two years she desperately w… https://bit.ly/9QevlD #
10000birds: Hey Eastern Birders, Who Wants a Pacific Wren? https://bit.ly/bx1bFP #
BirdAz: Southwest Wings 2010: The list from our California Gulch tour, which visited Sonoita, Ruby Road, Californi… https://bit.ly/dzYLdG #
Scott Winton is blogging from Peru. He came along on special Young birder price for the last pelagic. And I gave… https://fb.me/AQ3LDCWn #
10000birds: Best Bird of the Weekend (First of August 2010) https://bit.ly/b9uiNi #

by Gunnar Engblom August 2, 2010 0

Gunnar’s weekly Twitter links about birding, birds and Social Media 2010-08-02

10000birds: Protection starts at home… https://bit.ly/dmiH0F #
RT @PatBumstead Marsh Diaries Part 12: Summer has truly arrived on the prairies. Things are slowing down, the temp… https://bit.ly/a5aC2T #
RT @Dendroica Alarm Systems Switched Off on the Deepwater Horizon Rig: According to testimony given during the Con… https://bit.ly/dxGlTN #
RT @lkamms A “Family” Dinner at Fogo de Chao: Carrying on an ages old tradition, authentic Brazilian gauchos at Fo… https://bit.ly/94tmps #
10000birds: To the East: Birding Cupsogue Beach County Park Part 2 https://bit.ly/d1Yhxn #
BirdLife: Forest & Bird welcomes Government’s mining decision: Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird… https://bit.ly/d4dvzZ #
BirdLife: The true costs of saving India’s wetlands: The struggle to save coastal wetlands is a global issue. The … https://bit.ly/d8H6dg #
ABC BirdNews: Mercury Pollution Still a Threat, Says American Bird Conservancy https://bit.ly/axrCQv #
10000birds: Appeals Court Makes Good Ruling https://bit.ly/dluu3H #
Humpback whale at 1m distance today – who is watching who – on pelagic from Lima. Wow! #
10000birds: Are Social Media fads? https://bit.ly/bl5Y9t #
RT @DawnFine Maple seeds: Howdee all, I took this photo back in May while visiting Sicksta Dell. I really love … https://bit.ly/cwlrrF #
10000birds: The Least of These https://bit.ly/bn1VPU #
RT @Dendroica Review: Molt in North American Birds: Molt, the annual cycle of feather growth, is vital to a bird's… https://bit.ly/ctaniW #
& the Satipo road – Pampa Hermosa project in Global gving Green Challenge Open is back at #3. https://bit.ly/abiZ2l #
ABC BirdNews: American Bird Conservancy Applauds Proposal to List Mountain Plover as Threatened https://bit.ly/bmFWe2 #
BirdersWorld: Latest changes to the AOU check-list https://bit.ly/9uY4yR #
BirdAz: Tyrants of the Desert: One of the great morning sounds of the Sonoran Desert is the rolling growls of Brow… https://bit.ly/dsYXHM #
RT @johnriutta The Bewildering Butterflies and Moths of Panama: Sandwiched among other useful guidebooks to the fl… https://bit.ly/cZJ84s #
BirdLife: New directory set to help conserve Cuba's birds: The National Centre for Protected Areas (CNAP, BirdLife… https://bit.ly/9LBIe3 #
A birding blog by Gunnar Engblom – BP and Bird Conservation. https://aweber.com/b/1iZne #
10000birds: BIG changes to the AOU list https://bit.ly/aLac4s #
10000birds: Jerks Shoot Gulls and a Crow https://bit.ly/9sZt17 #
RT @PatBumstead Wednesday Wings: A Merlin Moment:
https://bit.ly/bIH2XR #
RT @Dendroica Pollution Regulations Could Reduce Greenhouse Gases: By now you are probably aware that there will n… https://bit.ly/aCmbCU #
BirdLife: Aruba Birdlife Conservation visits Governor: The recently established Aruba Birdlife Conservation Founda… https://bit.ly/94Zlxg #
BirdLife: Launch of Wetland Globe International Wetland Awards: The World Wetland Network, an international initia… https://bit.ly/dDxMr8 #
Only two days left of the Green Open Challange and Satipo road/Pampa Hermosa is 4th. Spread the word please https://bit.ly/bvNOQz #
BirdAz: The Fifty-first Supplement to The AOU Check-list: It’s that season, and the new Supplement to the AOU Chec… https://bit.ly/aCbGMW #
BirdLife: Local community groups dedicate International Mangrove Ecosystem Protection Day to saving important shel… https://bit.ly/bqLW57 #
BirdLife: Los cauquenes volvieron a la escena en Coronel Dorrego: El jueves 24 de junio se llevó a cabo una reunió… https://bit.ly/bahLiq #
ReservoirCatz: Scillonian pelagic endangered due to 'massive indifference': .. https://bit.ly/9zAXWo
– discretion adviced #
Bill Lynch has posted his gallery from the Peru trip with us on Flickr. Awesome! https://fb.me/DtLKz6ya #
Now with Englsih subtitles. Would it not be great to have a Butterfly House at Mariposa, Satipo road? Support… https://fb.me/ujvEngzo #
10000birds: Charlie is 50! https://bit.ly/aqbtz6 #
RT @Dendroica NOAA Reports on the State of the Climate in 2009: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association r… https://bit.ly/dsHK6l #
Here is the second part of the Satipo road goes to Mindo with River Rafting and Orchid gardens. Both are… https://fb.me/A2uKWRhY #
10000birds: Where Are You Birding This Last Weekend of July 2010? https://bit.ly/cXddo5 #
I have adult attention deficit disorder but overcame some hurdles . So can you! https://bit.ly/bZSFwK #
They have a right to be upset! RT @thegrumpyowl: Russian Environmentalists Don’t Play: Anarchists Storm Town https://bit.ly/d31GXz #
Learn about adult ADD/ADHD https://bit.ly/7rc9Mv #
Satipo road goes to Mindo part 3. Asi es Maria! The most famous Antpitta in the world. Several of Angel Paz's… https://fb.me/DLf6xw8o #
ABC BirdNews: Appeals Court Quashes Migratory Bird Treaty Act Challenge https://bit.ly/9y3YTD #
Special offer. Donate 100-150 dollars to the RainForest Partnership project and get a 100-150 dollar discount https://bit.ly/caxSwv #
BirdAz: Like Avocets to Water: It’s a familiar sight on the upper Texas coast in spring, hundreds of American Avoc… https://bit.ly/cDGpPW #
10000birds: Hating Seagulls is Like Being Racist or Homophobic https://bit.ly/92S3KL #
Thanks for the RT @DawnFine Satipo road – last chance – last post https://bit.ly/c7KIHs #conservation #Peru #Win-Win #birding #
10000birds: David Yarnold is New President of Audubon https://bit.ly/cK5Yqu #
RT @johnriutta Caterpillar Conundrum: Making it appear even more menacing, as if its five inch length wasn’t suffi… https://bit.ly/bQollP #
10000birds: Audubon North Carolina launches new conservation blog https://bit.ly/bENDcV #
BirdLife: Bicknell’s Thrush gets a conservation action plan: The International Bicknell’s Thrush Conservation Grou… https://bit.ly/d2jVW1 #
RT @Dendroica Loose Feathers #249: Tree Swallow in Box / Photo by Donna Dewhurst (USFWS) Birds and birding newsFed… https://bit.ly/97xWok #
BirdLife: Oversummering Spoon-billed Sandpiper discovered in Thailand: Photos confirming the first record of the C… https://bit.ly/aJes76 #
RT @DawnFine My Small Garden, Ledyard,CT: Howdee all, Here are the photos i promised. My small garden space..see… https://bit.ly/d1lFAx #
BirdLife: Noted Conservation and Communications Leader to be Audubon President: The National Audubon Society annou… https://bit.ly/9N8F6I #
10000birds: Oikonos and the 10,000 Birds Conservation Club https://bit.ly/9joAuC #
BirdLife: Smart business leaders see nature as an asset: Attitudes of consumers and business leaders are changing,… https://bit.ly/afa2ag #
Time limited offer. Donate 100 bucks to Satipo road and get a 100 dollar discount. Everybody wins. https://bit.ly/caxSwv #
No time to lose! https://aweber.com/b/xhse #
Special time-limitied offer. Only 10 hours left. Donate 100-150 dollars to the RainForest Partnership project and… https://fb.me/EzXMOU9G #
RT @lkamms A Family-friendly Walking Tour of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor (Overview): I cherish the way my kids glow f… https://bit.ly/cPBYnT #
BirdAz: Shorebirds: Quality, Not Quantity: Shorebirders are never satisfied: one day the water’s too low, the next… https://bit.ly/bJBdIf #
BirdersWorld: Excessive preening suspected in dramatic feather degradation in oiled Laughing Gulls https://bit.ly/9MhWIj #
10000birds: Rand Paul: Ignorant Moron or Coal Industry Shill? https://bit.ly/9yX7Rk #
10000birds: Ten Key Indicators Show Global Warming “Undeniable” https://bit.ly/c74Da8 #
10000birds: Review: Beautiful Yetta, the Yiddish chicken https://bit.ly/dn7yGQ #
RT @Dendroica Phlox: Posted on A DC Birding Blog under a Creative Commons 3.0 License. https://bit.ly/aV1smW #
RT @Dendroica Oil Spill Updates: A US Fish and Wildlife officer tries to rescue an oiled bird BP plans to try a s… https://bit.ly/aPcHU8 #
Anne Mansfield and Pam Tregunna – two hard-core +70 years old birding
ladies from the UK just started their Peru… https://fb.me/Dx3ccuXT #
BirdAz: Peña Blanca Monsoon: Today was scouting day for my Southwest Wings field trip to California Gulch–but Lori… https://bit.ly/d5PvkJ #
I want a wine app for my iphone or blackberry with loads of user feedback available. And i want to keep my own notes too. #Wine #
10000birds: Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis at Jamaica Bay https://bit.ly/d7uHUs #
Birding jokes contest. Let's make August the funniest month. Tell us your best birding related joke below. The… https://fb.me/Eqw8JYB4 #
10000birds: Honors for Your Humble Hosts https://bit.ly/aZF9Wo #
10000birds: Birds Bring Countries Together https://bit.ly/9Hk1vv #
RT @Dendroica Skippers at Griggstown Grasslands: Yesterday I visited Griggstown Grasslands Preserve, a large nativ… https://bit.ly/df7MpZ #
Something wrong with the contest because I couldn't find the Bloggy Blog RT @DawnFine 2010 Top Birding Blogs award! https://bit.ly/bk2H76 #
1st PepsiCo scandal on Scienceblogs and now @Boraz https://bit.ly/bPJcmI & @grrlscientist https://bit.ly/bdqzWm leave SB. Is there an end? #
10000birds: The Juan Fernández Islands https://bit.ly/aXNksq #
Albatrosses and Petrels https://post.ly/plr0 #
ReservoirCatz: Escaped gallinule irony escapes twitchers: Birders around the.. https://bit.ly/cXnH44
– discretion adviced #
BirdAz: Just Add Sugarwater….: Most of the little buzzers visiting our feeders right now are Costa’s Hummingbirds,… https://bit.ly/dADMcc #
10000birds: Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of July 2010) https://bit.ly/bg7oQP #
BirdLife: Save the Serengeti – road proposal must be stopped: Serengeti Darf Nict Sterben – The Serengeti Shall No… https://bit.ly/9AZ07s #

by Gunnar Engblom July 29, 2010 1

Satipo road – last chance – last post

Future birders on Satipo road

The kids at the school at Apaya-Calabaza had a painting contest. Here are the winning items. You can easily tell that these kids are fascinated with nature. In the village sling-shots are now prohibited and not sold in the store. This is the place for the future lodge that RainForest Partnership is raising money to. We hope that this contest will both bring necessary funds and awareness so more people visit this wonderful area.

Pampa Hermosa is the district that comprise Mariposa, Calabaza/Apaya and Carrizales on the birding route known as Satipo road which house endemic birds such as Eye-ringed Thistletail, Marcapata Spinetail (weskei race), Fire-throated Metaltail, obscura ssp of Rufous Antpitta, Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant, the undescribed Millpo Tapaculo and access to Black-spectacled Brush-Finch and the undescribed Wren and Thornbird in the Andamarca valley (Mantaro drainage). Birding is simply fantastic with spectacular birds such as Cock of the Rock, Umbrellabird, Golden-headed and Crested Quetzal, Black-chested and Solitary Eagles, Torrent Duck, Fasciated Tiger-Heron, Sunbittern, Lyre-tailed and Swallow-tailed Nightjar, 45 species of Hummingbirds and 53 species of Tanagers. The species composition reminds me very much of Manu road. There is contineous forest habitat from around 1000m to 3600m.
A more complete species list and birding information can be found on Birding Peru https://www.birdingperu.com/peru/details.asp?idperu=26

The community is commited to conservation and RainForest Partnership is doing great awareness work here. Right now the project is in fifth place in the Global Giving Open Green Challange competition. If RP could sail up as a winner, 10000 dollars extra would be granted.

The money will be used to build a basic community lodge with clean beds and linen and working toilets and showers – as a minimum infrastructure to promote tourism (not only birding) and leave some funding with the community itself. There will also be workshops for the locals to learn to provide food for visiting tourists (hygiene and presentation) and mapping of eco-tourism in general such as waterfalls and cock-of-the-Rock leks. Other projects in a near future include sustainable Butterfly and Orchid farming.

You simply have to visit Satipo road. We shall not only do birding trips there, but also workshops of all type of biodiversity, specific butterfly watching, orchid watching and nature photography trips. The beds will be implemented immediately in the village school. There are already clean toilets implemented this year.

Spot less bathroms, assigned and cleaned by students. Photo: Patricio Prieto

Satipo road goes to Mindo

Below follows the three videos from 2008 when Kolibri Expeditions took three farmers from Pampa Hermosa together with three farmers from Carpish to Mindo in Ecuador. Pampa Hermosa is like Mindo was 10-15 years ago. With this in mind, the farmers now have a vision how the want their valley to develop within the coming years. RainForest Partnerships project and Kolibri Expeditions committment will make this possible – but not without your help.
The videos now have English subtitles thanks to Patricia Gonzales, who kindly helped me. Enjoy!

Satipo road goes to Mindo part one. Arrival and Butterfly garden

Satipo road goes to Mindo part 2. Rafting and Orchid garden

Satipo road goes to Mindo, part 3. Maria the Antpitta and Angel Paz

Upcoming departures.

It is mainly our new community trip to Satipo road and Carpish that has scheduled departures between September to December. Let us know if you want to visit at other times.

by Gunnar Engblom July 26, 2010 0

Gunnar’s weekly Twitter links about birding, birds and Social Media 2010-07-26

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xsssssssssss @DawnFine @LRockwellatty that first part was written by Anahi – 1 year on the 31st…Gotta change dipers. Later! #
It is my fund-raiser trip. Eventually, there will be a lodge…but for now they just installed three working toilets! #
Shortening problems: https://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birding/peru_tours.aspx?TOUR=carpish-satipo-road-bird-watching-tour&idtourk=157 #
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by Gunnar Engblom July 25, 2010 7

50 years! Happy birthday, Gunnar!!

No gifts please, but consider this..

Today I am turning 50. The photo is from the canopy walkway at Reserva Amazonica this morning. I am lucky to be in good health and have a loving family and that is really all I want for myself and no gifts. But please consider this. Make a donation to RainForest Partnership and the Satipo road project. That would make me extremely happy. I explained about this project on my recent blog post. When did you last spend 10 dollars wisely?
It would be great if you could contribute with 10 bucks. RainForest Partnership was number 1 for a week or so, but have now dropped to third place in the Global Giving Green open Challange. There is $10000 extra to be earned for the conservation project if we can make 1st place. And if we get the most donors there is a $4000 bonus.

Thanks a million…..

by Gunnar Engblom July 19, 2010 0

Gunnar’s weekly Twitter links about birding, birds and Social Media 2010-07-19

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Thansk fo RT @DawnFine: @kolibrix Gunnar’s weekly Twitter links about birding, birds and Social Media 2010-07-12 https://bit.ly/aecwkd #
Plenty of upcoming pelagics in Lima in July and August. https://fb.me/Cl27Jvqb #
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GOing to bed. Tomorrow i shall lead a pelagic in Lina. #
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by Gunnar Engblom July 18, 2010 2

Nature watching deals in July

Nature watching excursions in July with Kolibri Expeditions.

I’d like to present a couple of nature excursions that Kolibri Expeditions are organizing this month for very modest prices. These are chiefly directed to residents in Peru who are enjoying holidays over the Fiestas Patrias (Peru National Day July 28) and the weekends around the 28th of July and no previous knowledge of birdwatching is necessary. Obviously visiting independent birders may also be interested in these excursions as some of them are offered at special prices – especially for Young birders up to 25 years old.
I also present some of our regular birding excursions here which are directed to visiting birders but which can be joined by residents for a lower cost.

July 19. Full day Pelagic – Seabirds, whales, dolphins and sealions. Guiding and food included. Cost: Regular price $175. Young birder up to 25 $90. Price for expat and Peruvian residents $55.

July 24-25. Santa Eulalia Canyon and Milloc Bog. Condor, Alpacas and Diademed Sandpiper Plover.
A great program . Who would have thought there would be Condors 3 hours from Lima. Night in Huacho Pampa. Food and lodging included. Regular cost: 270 . Special offer $220. Young birders $180. Price for expats and residents 130 dollars. Guide, driver, transport, lodging, and food inlcuded. Guide Alejandro Tello.

July 26. Full day Pelagic – Seabirds, whales, dolphins and sealions. Guiding and food included. Cost: Regular price $175. Young birder up to 25 $100. Price for expat and Peruvian residents. $75Guide: Gunnar Engblom

July 28.- Aug 1. Fiestas Patrias to Satipo road. Photographic expeditions with Alejandro TelloDay 1. July 28. Lima-Ticlio-La Oroya-La Merced-Satipo- MariposaMostly a driving day with selected stops en route. Night in Mariposa villageDay 2. July 29. Visit to Water fall near Mariposa watching birds and butterflies on the way. Transfer to San Antonio.Day 3-4 birding Satipo road.Day 5 return to Lima via Comas and Concepcion.
Cost Normal Price around $650. Special Offer: Non-residents $400. Young birders pay Resident 250Additionally 10% of the fee goes to the Satipo road (aka Pampa Hermosa project) run by Rainforest Parntership. Please consider supporting this project. Check out this blogpost. When did you last spend $10 wisely. There is a contest going on right now and Rain Forest Partnership is second.

Also check my post A marathon for Conservation 2010 for more background details.

Alternative trip for Fiestas Patrias to Tambopata.
Tambopata July 28-Aug 1. Short Mega birding trip
This trip is a bit more advanced with birdwatching from dusk to dawn. We travel via the new road to Puerto Maldonado. Our expert birding guide Alex Durand will show you up to 400 species in a mere 5 days
July 28. Drive via Huacarpay lake to Marcapata. En route you can observe Bearded Mountaineer, Giant Coot, Andean Snipe and Andean Goose. Near Marcapata Alex has recently found Red-and-White Antpitta and Marcapata Spinetail. July 29. The birding via Quincemil to Puerto Maldonado is simply excellent. Some of the great birds we have found include Cock of the Rock, Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo, Black-backed Tody-Tyrant, Slaty Gnatearter, Blackish Rail and many more. There are very good bamboo-patches en route that house those special Manu birds that were only accessible by paying high lodge prices previously. Night in beds with mosquito netting under roof in lodge under construction. Showers and toilets are available. July 30-31. Birding trails near lodge. Special birds include Peruvian Recurvebill, Rufous-headed Woodpecker, Puru’s Jacamar and many more. On the 31st at night we drive back to Cusco.Aug 1. Free day in Cusco or Visit Abra Malaga. Our vehicle shall be leaving Cusco airport at 7 AM and via Sacsayhuaman go to Ollantaytambo. At 9 AM we continue up to the Polylepis woodland at the Abra Malaga pass.
Price: non resident. $600. Young birders up to 25 years old. $400. Resident expats and Peruvians pay $300
August. 11-20. Same program as above but 10 days, although this program also visit a macaw lick and a Giant Otter cocha. ..Price: non resident. $1200. Young birders up to 25 years old. $795. Resident expats and Peruvians pay $600

Kolibriexp@gmail.com or telephone 988555938 or RPM #752755

by Gunnar Engblom July 17, 2010 1

Birding Meet-up in Lima again

Birders in la Aurora

Here are some pics from the last meet up.
In Parque Ramon Castilla in La Aurora we saw a bunch of birds such as Banaquit, Blue-gray Tanager, Vermilion Flycatcher both Red and Dark morphs, Canary-winged Parakeet, Long-tailed Mockingbird and many more.

This is Saffron Finch.

At Pantanos de Villa we went straight to the Marvilla area, after having paid entrance fee (5 soles for residents and 10 soles for tourists), and found the usual suspects of Andean Coot, Great Grebe (one that strangely seemed to have become adopted by Black Vultures!!), Pied-billed Grebe, Yellow-hooded Blackbird, Many-colored Rush-Tyrant, Wren-like Rushbird, Plumbeous Rail and more.

One of the best birds seen was the Least Bittern fishing in the reeds.

Also check Merceded Benavides photos from the outing.

Personally, I got a new list for Lima. A very rare – probably the only recent record the last 20 years – Wilson’s Plover.

Finally as I was filming everyone attending the outing an out of this world event happened. Welcome to Star Wars!

Next meet-up went to Pucusana on July 17. Report forthcoming.

by Gunnar Engblom July 12, 2010 1

Gunnar’s weekly Twitter links about birding, birds and Social Media 2010-07-12

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RT @DawnFine Chatham, MA… 4th of July parade: Howdee all, I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July. While in … https://bit.ly/bxKSxs #
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RT @PatBumstead Marsh Diaries Part 9: Summer birding has clearly arrived on the prairies. It’s no longer a matter … https://bit.ly/bL91nc #
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ReservoirCatz: Birders call for pigeon fancier cull: A pigeon fancier from D.. https://bit.ly/b4Fjow
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BirdLife: Indiana Jones and the last Saker Falcon?: You'll be glad to know that it's not another terrible sequel t… https://bit.ly/ajQCzQ #
10000birds: Awesome New eBird Feature https://bit.ly/bDT9Yx #
BirdersWorld: On newsstands now: Our August 2010 issue! https://bit.ly/bvMEXW #
RT @ToDoPeru: RT @Travellingtips: Foursquare's Crowdsourced Travel Guide — the Future of User Reviews? https://bit.ly/cgyCMf #
10000birds: Beat the Heat! https://bit.ly/dqTlWS #
BirdLife: A narrow escape for Nature Kenya staff: Nature Kenya (BirdLife Partner) staff, journalists, Kenya Wildli… https://bit.ly/aNHtOi #
BirdLife: Vuvuzelas could disturb sensitive birds: Birdlife South Africa (BirdLife Partner) are concerned the beau… https://bit.ly/bpjTGR #
BirdLife: Music & Migration – YOUR Migration music!: Martin Holm updates us on progress with his Music & Migration… https://bit.ly/bCoayl #
RT @DawnFine Around Chatham, our daily walk: Howdee all, Early morning walks in Chatham.. Past beautiful homes….. https://bit.ly/auJols #
RT @Dendroica Disturbing Nesting Birds While Cleaning Beaches: Beach Oil at Pensacola / US Air Force PhotoDrew Whe… https://bit.ly/b5NxqG #
RT @PatBumstead Wednesday Wings: Camp Thief:
Did anybody see me fly in?

I'll just mosey on over t… https://bit.ly/b7TfJA #
RT @Dendroica Ice-covered Rocks: On a day like today, a scene like this feels a lot more inviting.Posted on A DC B… https://bit.ly/9GNqYc #
10000birds: I and the Bird #129: Five Years of Bird Blogging Brilliance https://bit.ly/cH3Ub6 #
BirdLife: State decree institutes Cherry-throated Tanager ecological corridor: Located in the montane region of th… https://bit.ly/9wrc4g #
RT @Dendroica A Response to Radiolab's Report on the Kirtland's Warbler: Kirtland's Warbler Female / Photo by Joel… https://bit.ly/bSmhew #
10000birds: Membership vs the Electricity Bill https://bit.ly/8ZGPYi #
10000birds: San Francisco to Ban Small Pet Sales? https://bit.ly/bFANk1 #
10000birds: Iraq: war-torn nation or wildlife hotspot? https://bit.ly/d0f7md #
I updated an old trip report named Carpish and Unchog in 4 days! https://bit.ly/clEa1f for IATB #129 https://bit.ly/cH3Ub6 Insane! #
ReservoirCatz: Siberian Chiffchaffs and sums confusing says LGRE: The head o.. https://bit.ly/dAR1ZT
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Can't believe the cheapness. The Macaw lick people at Manu that charge 50 dollars for the experience won't send us… https://fb.me/BXvPAc6M #
RT @DawnFine Lighthouse beach,Chatham, MA: Howdee all, July 4th Jeff and I went for a walk on Lighthouse beach. … https://bit.ly/b1nFxC #
Anahi 11 months does not want to sleep. It is 00.02 in the morning. #
10000birds: Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of July 2010? https://bit.ly/dDiCNS #
10000birds: Don’t Mess with Bird Nests in Minnesota https://bit.ly/9mUmt4 #
RT @Dendroica Loose Feathers #246: Piping Plover on a New Jersey beach / Photo by Gene Nieminen (USFWS) Bird and b… https://bit.ly/dwXFxi #
RT @PatBumstead Nature News #15: Bird News A Bristle-thighed Curlew spotted in on Vancouver Island at Tofino, BC t… https://bit.ly/cBBicd #
BirdAz: The New “Little Petersons”: “Veteran birders will know how to use this book.”
True now, true when a variat… https://bit.ly/aULDSD #
ReservoirCatz: Crap Wars threaten UK birding scene: In scenes reminiscent of.. https://bit.ly/b7FffF
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Yesterday, I put a note on this page (see below) and some people that I felt specifically should be part of this… https://fb.me/D0srD17A #
10000birds: Black-crowned Night Heron at Big John’s Pond https://bit.ly/aXJZTp #
Going to bed… #
BirdAz: Sign Up for Our Shorebird Trip: Registration starts today for our free Tucson Audubon tour to the Sea of C… https://bit.ly/dmsxMo #
10000birds: BirdLife Malta: Raptor Camp Malta 2010 https://bit.ly/9d2Ov1 #
RT @Dendroica Insects on Coneflowers: A few days ago, I wrote about the insects I found on milkweed plants at Rutg… https://bit.ly/d17uM1 #
RT @DawnFine Sunset Lighthouse beach, Chatham Ma, Pink water: Howdee all, This is a continuation from my previous… https://bit.ly/a1KAKX #
RT @PeruEnglishNews: Spy mystery: Was NY columnist a wife betrayed? https://retwt.me/1NMzr | #PERU #
ReservoirCatz: Houbara Bustards at Minsmere: The ongoing drought at the Mins.. https://bit.ly/cE6bBk
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Yay! The Satipo Road (aka Pampa Hermosa) conservation project is No 1 on the global giving campaign. https://bit.ly/abiZ2l Donate! #
RT @ToDoPeru: Yay! The Satipo Road (aka Pampa Hermosa) project is No 1 on the global giving campaign. https://bit.ly/abiZ2l Donate! #
10000birds: Interview: Ceri Levy https://bit.ly/99t2AT #
RT @Dendroica Switching Caps on the Leaking Oil Well: The Discoverer Enterprise and other ships flare off oil from… https://bit.ly/auxQ8g #
ReservoirCatz: LGRE discovers lots of new stuff: There was growing consterna.. https://bit.ly/crmTGh
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10000birds: Plans to Reduce Lake Champlain Cormorant Population https://bit.ly/d3dIvA #
BirdAz: Some of the Things One Learns…: …as a reverse snowbird.
https://www.desertriversaudubon.org/newsletters/201... https://bit.ly/cxJHXn #
10000birds: Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of July 2010) https://bit.ly/dr8XUK #
BirdLife: Important Bird Areas in the Pacific region identified: A quarter of the World’s critically endangered bi… https://bit.ly/aCs9lr #

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