Friday Roundup: November 6, 2009
Lots of carnivals filled with NBN members this lat week.  Enjoy! –=====– Festival of the Trees #41 - A bilingual edition at Avores Vives Scientia Pro Publica #15 - Observations of a Nerd covers the latest in science for the people Carnival of Evolution #17 - The Origin of Species An

Support for the Discouraged
We’re all friends here, right? Of course we are. Blogging friends attend to the micro-publishing portions of our souls, those parts of us that crave, secretly or otherwise, online attention, followers, subscribers, links, and traffic. Friends pick us up when we’re down and tell us the truth even when it hurts. Because we’re all friends, I’m going to share a plea for help I’ve recently received from a fellow member of the Nature Blog Network. The frustration, confusion, and even pain this nature blogger is feeling is apparent in her missive. Could you consider her questions and offer her the advice of a friend? OK,

Newest Blogs in the Network: 11-4-09
The NBN just keeps getting bigger and better! Meet our newest members, listed below. Academic Blogs photos de Dominic Gendron - My blog is about nature photography. Birds, plants, wildlife, landscape and conservation. Most pictures are from Québec and Ontario. Birds Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge - What happens in Julatten, where is it and why is it an important bird area. Neotropical Birding - This is

Carny Deadlines: November 3, 2009
Lots of carnivals reset for the new month.  Make sure you get your submissions ready! –=====– Friday Ark #268 - to The Modulator by Thursday, November 5 I and the Bird #113 - to The Modern Naturalist by November 10 Scientia Pro Publica #16 - to TBD by November 13 Carnival of Evolution #18 - to

Nature Blog Networking: Nature in your Backyard
For most of us, the vast majority of interaction we have with the natural world comes from our very own backyard.  When trips further afield are impossible or unnecessary, our yard is there, to fulfill that need we all might have to enjoy nature from the comfort of our own domicile.  Be it a simple bird feeder or a carefully managed mini-ecosystem, we’re able to enjoy the wonders of nature with only a slight adjustment of scale. While many blogs in the NBN draw content from what’s going on in their yard, a few make it their end-all be-all reason for blogging.  And so for the next couple weeks we’ll salute those erstwhile backyard bloggers by looking at our Ame