Birding

by Gunnar Engblom November 15, 2010 0

Gunnar’s weekly Twitter links about birding, birds and Social Media 2010-11-15

10000birds: Waxwings: You got how close…? https://bit.ly/boZesu #
Tom Mckinney is shouldering the loss of the Reservoir cats on birdingblogs.com A hilarious Don Quijote inspired tale https://bit.ly/b0bTn4 #
RT @lkamms Photo Quiz: Can you name this raptor?: Can you name this raptor?
Hint: I was standing down in one of … https://bit.ly/9kM1RI #
RT @johnriutta What You Don’t Know: It wasn’t that the warning notice on the label of our daughter’s pajamas was… https://bit.ly/9nnFQp #
ABA blog Blog Birding #4 International Bird Rescue Research Center – Who's collaring Bay Area gulls with beer c… https://bit.ly/cgYXXq #
10000birds: Talking Naturally Podcast: Dan Rhoads https://bit.ly/daZkT0 #
Birdingblogs.com most popular blogger right now is comic and slightly foul-mouthed Tom McKinney . New posts today https://bit.ly/b0bTn4 #
Arabian Shearwater in Australia https://bit.ly/bUkQDF #mega #seabirds #pelagics #
10000birds: The making of birding TV https://bit.ly/b2reA2 #
10000birds: England’s first Thayer’s Gull? https://bit.ly/cztNbD #
RT @DawnFine Time to Head South!: Howdee all, Yes..its that time of year…when the white stuff starts to fall..i… https://bit.ly/cxxAI4 #
10000birds: Review: American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation https://bit.ly/bcEm7F #
10000birds: If you are young and male, it pays to be gay https://bit.ly/bZUKAR #
10000birds: Someone needs to take the lead… https://bit.ly/9PB565 #
BirdAz: No Problem! No Problem?: I’ve never had any trouble identifying female Eurasian Wigeon.
That should be … https://bit.ly/9RdOWr #
10000birds: IATB #137 Deadline https://bit.ly/bazIKG #
RT @PatBumstead Grouse or Gas Wells?: A scientist from the University of Alberta says unrestrained gas developme… https://bit.ly/9lqlP4 #
ABA blog Big Year Reminiscing: One of the great things about doing a big year (or really about doing any intense… https://bit.ly/bTDzya #
Have you seen this? This video made my day. Awesome! RT @RayBeckerman: "Stand by me" https://is.gd/fh3Bv #
Steve Martin about the Big Day filming on Letterman show! Ihttps://bit.ly/cOssDu it's called "The Big Year" about competitive birdwatching. #
10000birds: Call it by its call – the onomatopoeic approach to naming a bird https://bit.ly/dBV6Qy #
BirdLife: State of the World’s Waterbirds: in trouble in Asia, recovering in ‘the West’: The rate of decline of … https://bit.ly/96uJs9 #
Steve Martin on Letterman show: it's called "The Big Year" and it's about competitive birdwatching (LAUGHS!) https://bit.ly/cOssDu #
RT @PatBumstead Wednesday Wings: The Big Guys Are Back:
Is that food I see up there?

Is this ho… https://bit.ly/bnCrcA #
10000birds: Pakistan to allow ‘Gulf Dignitaries’ to hunt Houbaras https://bit.ly/92fXDr #
Some anarko-birding on the internet. How to download the BBC 4 documentary Birds Britannia! https://bit.ly/a909AF #birds #birding #twitcher #
RT @PatBumstead Project Feeder Watch Needs You!: Every winter, more than 15,000 birdwatchers throughout North Am… https://bit.ly/9Awlqv #
BirdAz: What They Look Like Here: Purple Finch was one of my very first “life birds,” and it remains, all these … https://bit.ly/a6sDD1 #
RT @DawnFine I want know why Bears want to hibernate: Howdee all, It was cold and blustery yesterday….Jeff and … https://bit.ly/dCAs4v #
10000birds: Top 101 Blogs to Inspire You To Protect Endangered Species https://bit.ly/91LIpn #
Now you can see the BBC program about British Twitchers (listers) on-line – also outside of Britain https://bit.ly/a909AF #birding #twitching #
BirdAz: This Wasn’t Supposed to Be a Quiz Bird: But I’m not much of a photographer, and this creature wasn’t muc… https://bit.ly/9j9KMj #
Thick-billed Grebe found in the UK. https://bit.ly/bo8zcv #birding #twitching #birds #mega #
BirdingFrontiers: Mysterious Dark Waxwing https://bit.ly/9oqF9E #birding #
Reserva Amazonica Canopy walkway. https://fb.me/v6sh8lP9 #
Aba gear guide. You got to get it! https://bit.ly/9tyWLH #
10000birds: My Son’s First Chase https://bit.ly/diRT9d #
10000birds: I and the Bird #138 https://bit.ly/d2Sb1l #
BirdLife: Rare Indonesian owl photographed by Danes: One of the world’s most elusive owls has been found – and p… https://bit.ly/9l65Et #
Birding in SE Peru fr the canopy walkway at Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica w great comfort. Bring ur non-birding spouse https://bit.ly/cPsNbl #
In case you didn't see. ABA gear guide for birders. Essential tool for chosing birding gadgets (only for members) https://bit.ly/9tyWLH #
RT @johnriutta Edward Said on Intellectuals: "Insiders promote special interests, but intellectuals should be th… https://bit.ly/9IgHhr #
BirdLife: Rare Indonesian Flores Scops-Owl photographed. One of the world’s most elusive owls has been found: https://bit.ly/deozoh #
ABA blog Sibley Guide to Birds now on Android Platform: David Sibley announced on his blog today that his acclai… https://bit.ly/a0Od0M #
RT @DawnFine Beach Walking..: Howdee all, So here is where I left you last post..looking out to the inlet..Jeff… https://bit.ly/dbfDz0 #
3 weeks later the layout is somewhat better & w Facebook & Twitter pages. Here is the birdingblogs press release https://bit.ly/9kQShR #
10000birds: What is a babbler? https://bit.ly/95tRr6 #
10000birds: Wings over Water, and bird festival ettiquette https://bit.ly/dBC1b6 #
RT @PatBumstead Nature News #32 Bird News Deformed birds appearing in Alaska, northwest, and Canada at record-b… https://bit.ly/9RgcBz #
10000birds: Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of November 2010? https://bit.ly/dvZ7iz #
BirdAz: A Visit to the Pool Leaves My Head Swimming: Yes, there’s a swimming pool on the beach a block from our … https://bit.ly/9F7Z20 #
10000birds: Why Ambelopoulia is a problem for Europe https://bit.ly/bMGa1H #
RT @johnriutta Lionel Trilling on Ideas: "When we say a movement is bankrupt of ideas we are likely to suppose t… https://bit.ly/cPGINw #
10000birds: 60 Second Sell: Friends of the National Parks Foundation https://bit.ly/9W57Vr #
RT @DawnFine Did you see this?: Howdee all, Just a reminder that my post is up at Birdingblogs.com Featured Bi… https://bit.ly/a5La9p #
10000birds: Matheson Hammock, Miami. https://bit.ly/bRQ8RZ #
ABA blog Inside Birding, November 2010 issue: Part 1 of 3: The November 2010 Birding was “my” 51st issue of the … https://bit.ly/dn9taf #
10000birds: Extremely rare Indonesian owl photographed by Danes https://bit.ly/dzv52J #
RebeccaNason: : 'A FAIR ISLE SEASON' – ILLUSTRATED TALK by Rebecca NasonDATE: 15th NovemberVENUE:… https://bit.ly/d8PvVP #photos #birds #
10000birds: Sea Lice infest wild salmon all along BC coast https://bit.ly/aO2pLS #
10000birds: Treasure at the Feeders https://bit.ly/dm1el9 #
BirdAz: A Hermit Dances: Few birds are more familiar over most of North America this time of year than Hermit Th… https://bit.ly/cineTg #
10000birds: Cuts threaten Somerset’s natural world https://bit.ly/bwdT1J #
10000birds: Mud, glorious mud! https://bit.ly/aCvXEc #
ABA blog Inside Birding, November 2010 issue: Part 2 of 3: Note: This is Part 2 in a three-part series that take… https://bit.ly/cx204T #
10000birds: ‘Talking Naturally’ podcast: Nial Moores, Birds Korea https://bit.ly/dapATA #
RT @johnriutta Things Too Easily Forgotten: The other morning while driving our daughter to school the family do… https://bit.ly/dfvdex #
10000birds: Drab, but with yellow on face. https://bit.ly/cv4iPM #
RT @DawnFine Ruby-crowned Kinglet shows its ruby: Howdee all, I took this video 2 years ago, November, when vis… https://bit.ly/bgjtox #
ABA blog America the Beautiful: A life in conservation embraces a love of nation, a love of neighbor, a love of … https://bit.ly/9S21mT #
10000birds: Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of November 2010) https://bit.ly/cuNJv4 #

by Gunnar Engblom November 10, 2010 2

Canopy Walkway at Reserva Amazonica

More birding at Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica

Due to my many recent trips, the continuation of the reports from our stay around my birthday in July at Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica near Puerto Maldonado has become a bit delayed. Here are the previous reports.

Anyway, I have looked through my photos from the trip and it brings back good memories. I believe one should be absolutely clear, so I should make it known that the whole family was invited to stay there. My task was to blog about our experience and also make suggestions to Inkaterra how to reach birders and make improvements for birders.
Inkaterra, under the direction of conservationist and visionary luxury hotels entrepreneur Jose Koechlin, has been of the forefront of making birder-friendly lodges in Peru. Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel is of course the flagship with all the hummingbird feeders and in reality the first hotel in Peru that implemented feeders extensively to became a tourist atraction. So while Pueblo Hotel is ever so famous among birders, the luxury lodge Reserva Amazonica near Tambopata is lesser known. Very few birders have visited there.

As mention in the first post above Inkaterra is constructing a new lodge – in the economy bracket (still probably over US$100/night with full board) at Concepcion – even closer to Maldonado (so close that there is cell phone reception!!!) that shall be ready in the beginning of 2011. This means that there are great resources available in a combined program of the two lodges. Or using one lodge and visit the other.

What makes Inkaterra different?

Luxurious treatment. There is even a spa! Sure the lodges are costly, but really not much more costly than a fancy bird tour with bird guide.
Ample material available for birders such as checklists, bird call CD:s and plates with the most common birds – so even non birders can be introduced to the birds this way.
Eco Eco Eco. Everything is planned in detail to minimize the impact. You get a waterbottle you can fill up as often as you want. you don’t have to buy loads of plastic bottles of potable water. Heck, you can even buy “organic wine” in the restaurant.
A la carte menue. Excellent choices, free fruit juices with the meals.
Ambiance music in the dining room is by Peruvian musicians. Some of these music productions have been sponsored by Inkaterra.
Ample cooperation with researchers in different fields. For instance a Flora over the plants of the reserve has been produced with Missouri Botanical Gardens and collaboration of botanists from Cuzco.
The best gift shop I have ever seen in a jungle lodge. Bring the credit card!
Fantastic and very helpful staff
Child friendly – in spite of not specifically targeting to families, we had no problems with Luciana (three and a half year old) and Anahi (1 year old) and the staff was marvelous.
Resident guides that know birds and have equipment such as Jesus and Percy. You can therefore bring a non-birding spouse and your family.

The cabins were very spacious and comfortable. The kids and Elita loved the hammock.

Birding Highlights

Canopy walkway – for the birds in the tree tops
Boardwalk into an aguajal – a palm swamp
Lago Sandoval – although the walk is long – a huge lake that has Giant Otters.
The creek at Concepcion – a very good alternative to Sandoval and much closer without a long walk.
The bamboo birding available at Concepcion and Sandoval lake.

Canopy Walkway

The canopy walkway is without doubt the best attraction at InkaTerra. Luciana and Elita loved it, while Anahi stayed with one of the girls of the lodge.
The staircase to reach the the walkway is very sturdy and safe. Luciana loved it!

Hanging bridges in the treetops. Very well built.

Here is a view from the highest platform (taken with my iphone) from where we watched toucans, aracaris, tanagers, woodpeckers and woodcreepers.

Best to bring a telescope to get good views of more distant birds. Luciana added several birds to her increasing Peru list.

How many 3 and a half year olds do you know that have seen Striolated Puffbird? Digiscoped (with too high ISO)

Some animals found near the lodge itself

How often do you see a Tinamou? This Great Tinamou was surprisingly easy to see from a boardwak from the kitchen over a little moist area with Heliconias.

Gray-necked Wood-Rail in the clearing.

Brown Agouti in the clearing. There were several running around between the cabins. Yes, it is a rodent!

One mid-morning we were called by the staff. The had found a Rainbow Boa near the administration. Beautiful and harmless.

The only other snake we saw was this inoffensive Common Swampsnake Liophis reginae.

Some of the staff looking after Anahi!

Here is our bird guide Jesus with Anahi.

Barnman Tony – who spoke excellent English – in spite never been outside of Peru and Sherlock the waiter – who has heard Holmes mentioned in combination with his first name more than once…… Look how spacious the dining area is. Lots of room for Anahi to crawl around and explore.

Lovely Diana met us in Puerto Maldonado. She fell in love with Anahi and took every opportunity to kidnap her for a while.

Final thoughts

Although only 19km east of Puerto Maldonado, there is a surprising abundance of birdlife. I think birders who bring their non-birding spouses will love Reserva Amazonica combined with new lodge in construction and yet yield a very good species list. Sure, there are less large macaws compared to Manu or Tambopata, but this is out-weighed by the extreme comfort available.

by Gunnar Engblom November 8, 2010 0

Gunnar’s weekly Twitter links about birding, birds and Social Media 2010-11-08

BirdLife: Project to save reefs from climate change launched: Nature Seychelles (BirdLife Partner) have launched a… https://bit.ly/dpoWLd #
BirdingFrontiers: Pallas’s Warbler https://bit.ly/cu7MYi #birding #
Hello Tweople. Back in Lima after a week in the rain forest of Sira Mountains. #
ABA blog Blog Birding #3 Red and the Peanut – Snowy Egret feeding nestlings: Even though I try, I can't begin to … https://bit.ly/9LDWft #
10000birds: The Final Beats https://bit.ly/dnF7lS #
RT @johnriutta Thank God It’s Over: While it wouldn’t be intellectually honest to declare the run-up to the most r… https://bit.ly/dmEKU9 #
ABA blog Native?: The day before yesterday, I received in the mail vol. 41 no. 3 of the fine journal Western Birds… https://bit.ly/asolbq #
ABC BirdNews: World Governments Agree on Zero Extinction Target https://bit.ly/b2kEKK #
10000birds: Autumn in New England https://bit.ly/aQeFmX #
10000birds: Avian Quiz Answer – November 2010 https://bit.ly/a7b7to #
RT @DawnFine View from here: Howdee all, Been busy lately…seems like I am always writing this. I have spent less… https://bit.ly/afco2p #
ABA blog I Bird I Vote, or, Excuse Me, What Does Your Sign Mean?: Liz Gordon, Jim Rapp, and Wendy Rapp Nash head t… https://bit.ly/ahcQQ9 #
10000birds: Birders Should Vote! https://bit.ly/ayhvQF #
Dale Forbes post from Extremadura and Vultures on Birdingblogs.com https://bit.ly/bs1HYp #
The Ibiza of Birding. Tom McKinney refers of course to Scilly! https://birdingblogs.com/2010/tommckinney/the-ibiza-of-birding #
Rich Hoyer's favorite place on Earth for birding https://bit.ly/dBWvon on birdingblogs.com #
Birding News on BirdingBlogs.com: Magnificent Frigatebird will be split! https://bit.ly/bVEVlJ #
10000birds: Register for Space Coast Yet? https://bit.ly/8XkoI5 #
New ABA president Jeff Gordon is also on birdingblogs.com Here a cool video of Yellow-rumped Warbler https://bit.ly/aK2Nw5 #
BirdLife: Satellites Keep Eye on Mangroves within Largest Barrier Reef System in the Americas: The Water Center fo… https://bit.ly/dynDFF #
What they talk about in Britain: BBC 4:s documentary on the obsessed twitchers. https://bit.ly/dvg9Et #birdingblogs #news #
10000birds: It’s a Waxwing invasion! https://bit.ly/b0BRe6 #
BirdLife: South African birds in trouble: Of the 10,000 bird species on Earth, 1,226 are listed as Critically Enda… https://bit.ly/cJGWFA #
10000birds: Welcome to New Zealand! https://bit.ly/dhSWjO #
RT @DawnFine Fort Nature Refuge,North Smithfield, RI: Fort Nature Refuge North Smithfield, Rhode Island Fort Tra… https://bit.ly/9555WH #
In case you missed New ABA president Jeff Gordon's post on https://birdingblogs.com Cool video of Yellow-rumped Warbler https://bit.ly/aK2Nw5 #
Cristalino Lodge in Brazil – Excellent birding https://bit.ly/dBWvon on birdingblogs.com #
Magnificent Frigatebird on Galapagos will be split! https://bit.ly/bVEVlJ #birding #birds #newspecies #taxonomy #splits #
10000birds: Ducks Winding Up Migration https://bit.ly/cMlJs6 #
RT @PatBumstead Wednesday Wings: Red Crossbills: These are clearly not the best pictures, but crossbills are are s… https://bit.ly/dzqGJB #
10000birds: Honduran Ornithological Society website online https://bit.ly/cTBcZj #
BirdAz: Jericho Park: How beautiful these past warm mornings have been here in Vancouver!
The birds have been enj… https://bit.ly/biMAH6 #
BirdingFrontiers: Scilly Hawk https://bit.ly/c23PEk #birding #
10000birds: Oh, Yeah, I’m Going to Ecuador! https://bit.ly/cRr82T #
In case you missed Dale Forbes post from Extremadura and Vultures on Birdingblogs.com https://bit.ly/bs1HYp #
Tom McKinney is back and in high form. "A trip to the Recycle Centre" https://bit.ly/bIfmNX #
10000birds: Introduced rats targeted on Pitcairn Islands https://bit.ly/cqBe0K #
BirdingFrontiers: Scilly Hawk 2 https://bit.ly/diZYRU #birding #
10000birds: Review: The Biggest Twitch https://bit.ly/97RdMj #
ABA blog Faces of Flight – Space for Place: America is adrift, stumbling forward with a road map drawn by shock-jo… https://bit.ly/chMRFu #
BirdAz: I Love a Good Cliché…: …as much as the next guy, but really.
The totem pole in front of the Maritime Muse… https://bit.ly/cROlhd #
ABC BirdNews: American Wild Birds in Trouble; New Book Provides Hope for Future https://bit.ly/bQVMwW #
BirdingFrontiers: Scilly Hawk 3 https://bit.ly/a0h3J8 #birding #
Does Sira Tanager really exist? Birding report from Sira Mountains https://bit.ly/bbquw7 #birding #birdingblogs #ExpeditionBirding #
Fork-tailed drongos use deceptive mimicked alarm calls to steal food from the Meerkat. Fascnating BBC Earth story https://bit.ly/9jH5C5 #
10000birds: Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of November 2010? https://bit.ly/9wdU4d #
BirdAz: Review: The Biggest Twitch: You can read my review of Alan Davies and Ruth Miller’s excellent new birdin… https://bit.ly/bN74S6 #
ABA blog : Now here’s a real challenge. Think back to your most recent really good day of birding, and tell the … https://bit.ly/aRhu3W #
My Favorite birding blog stops publishing. Reservoir Cats blog calls it a day. https://bit.ly/dzhytH #
10000birds: My Nuthatches https://bit.ly/9IidRy #
RT @DawnFine Check out my Featured Bird blogger: Howdee all, My second post is out at Birdingblogs.com. Looks… https://bit.ly/bLbiue #
10000birds: Birding Where the Wild Things Are https://bit.ly/aLapzG #
Today's birding scope: Reservoir Cats stochastic interview https://bit.ly/aPWYau #
Two weeks aftern launch and birdingblogs.com is already among the top 10 of the birdingblogs on NBN https://bit.ly/aiP88B #
If you missed my Cerros de Sira report on Birdingblogs.com here it is again! https://fb.me/DxoEfX24 #
RT @PatBumstead Nature News #31 Bird News Cattle egrets spotted in Ottawa Three NL men charged for excessive ha… https://bit.ly/cYFHrd #
BirdingFrontiers: homeyeri Great Grey Shrike https://bit.ly/aGjGf7 #birding #
BirdAz: Pied American Wigeon: There’s never a bad time to look closely at American Wigeon, but this time of year… https://bit.ly/cBQW97 #
Ivory Gull in California!!! https://bit.ly/bEysHi #
All right….bed-time! Night tweeties. #
10000birds: ‘Wild Wonders of Europe’ blog https://bit.ly/bVKyJa #
10000birds: Rats, owls, and Lord Howe https://bit.ly/9iqSFg #
BirdingFrontiers: Taiga Great Grey Shrike https://bit.ly/dyR6aJ #birding #
The ivory Gull in California has been refound today. https://bit.ly/bEysHi #
ABA blog Let The Good Times Roll: America is filled with 501(c)3 conservation non-profits that hide from politic… https://bit.ly/cpOBCp #
Research shows up to 3,000 barn owls are killed on Britain’s roads each year. Noicse sensor could save them https://bit.ly/aCoU2I #
Imagine living in a city having over 30000 geese in the middle of the town. This is Tata, Hungary. https://bit.ly/cCweXg #
BirdAz: “Mallard-sized”: We were standing on the dike at Brigantine, years ago, and a Peregrine Falcon had just … https://bit.ly/9lkYKf #
Scotland's White-tailed Eagles are doing well https://bit.ly/czPifA #conservation #goodnews #birds #
RT @DawnFine Two Bird bloggers and a Rainy Day: Howdee all, What happens when you get two bird bloggers togethe… https://bit.ly/c9aTwt #
Great vulture digiscoped photos from Extremadura https://bit.ly/bMdspx #birds # birding #vultures #
10000birds: Cyprus: Two MILLION birds caught illegally https://bit.ly/bgkF9v #
BirdingFrontiers: Brown Shrike https://bit.ly/b6r2rR #birding #
BirdAz: The Season for Saw-whets: All across the mid-latitudes of North America, silent flights of Northern Saw-… https://bit.ly/99GK7E #
Taita Falcon – one of Africa's rarest raptors https://bit.ly/bMdspx #birds #birding #raptors #SouthAfrica #
Amazing digiscoped flight shots of Vulture in Extremadura Spain https://bit.ly/baOlVi #raptors #vultures #birding #digiscoping #
Thanks for RT of birdingblogs.com stories @wildlifestories @docforestal @NESASK @angelwings0511 @DawnFine @birdwatchwales @azmichelle #
Thx 4 RT Birdingblog.com stories @Cherrybarnowl @wheatus @calidris_birder @Birding_Is_Fun @angelwings0511 @TinoBambino @tavistorer @YsMum #
thx for the RT of birdingblogs.com stories @dgdreamin @angelwings0511 @BirdGalAlcatraz @birdingdude @lkamms @BotswanaTourism @wheatear9 #
ABA blog You May Be Right, I May Be Crazy: I know; this is ridiculous. You're right, I'm crazy. But what if you … https://bit.ly/c3lS5V #
Awesome bird photos by Rebecca Nason https://bit.ly/b8GmvQ #
10000birds: Best Bird of the Weekend (First of November 2010) https://bit.ly/9HOd7u #
BirdingFrontiers: Thayer’s Gull https://bit.ly/cX9AEW #birding #

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 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 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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