Blogthings
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Somewhere in middle America
I'm always surprised, and more than a little amazed and humbled, when someone discovers the House and then procedes to read the entire thing from the start. Often it happens in a couple of sittings, lasting hours. I can't imagine that I would elicite that much interest. So out there in middle America, in Omaha,
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Baker Lake blogging confab
Baker Lake has several bloggers operating there. Which isn't surprising given how large the community is. Was anyone else surprised to learn that about 2400 people live there? If I'm not mistaken there are about 4 blogs that are active, but the blogger that I'm most familiar with is Jennith's. Jennith just celebrated her 5
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Beat it, reprise
My first stint as a Beat writer at 10,000 Birds is up. 10,000 Birds is quite simply the 600 pound gorilla of Nature Blogging, widely read and a force in the wild bird enthusiast community. I'm honoured to be included in their cabal of Beat writers. An Arctic Primer is my introduction to my beat,
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The right kind of attention from a Spammer
Most of my comment spam, which admittedly is pretty small all things considered, comes from the Philippines. Its pretty easy to spot, usually it happens on an older post, there'll be link to a commercial website and a comment along the line of "Thanks for the excellent post. It gives me something to think about."
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Conversations with birds
It's I and the Bird #138, over at the incredible Susannah's Wanderin' Weeta. Do go and check out the many wonderful posts in the carnival. And do take some time to wander around Wanderin' Weeta. Susannah has a prodigious curiousity about life, and it shines through her blog.
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Beat it.
I'm in some pretty good company. As of today, I'm one of the beat writers for the fantastic bird/birding blog, 10,000 Birds. My "beat" is the Canadian Arctic. And while as a bird writer I probably have that niche sewn up, I keep looking at the other beat writers that are also joining 10,000 Birds
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Welcome
It always surprises me that I have anyone apart from family and friends who read this blog. It makes me happy, but it still surprises me. It is especially surprising when it attracts the attention of mainstream media and the wider audiance that they have, but that is just what happened recently. My little (somewhat
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On the receiving end, but I did ask.
The House has been reviewed by the blog reviewers Ask and Ye Shall Receive. And they like me, they really really… well okay not "really really" but it was a favourable review from a group that can be pretty notoriously hard to please. Stop by and read what they have to say, and bask in
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Interview
So I was contacted by Peter Mansbridge to be interviewed for his One on One series. What? It wasn't Peter Mansbridge? Alright, almost as good, Morena tagged me in an interview meme. Rules are simple, answer five questions posed by the tagger, create five of your own and tag five others. First my questions: 1.