Gunnar Engblom

Stunning Peru bird photography

by Gunnar November 30, 2011 13

Photographing birds in Peru. Once in a while you come across bird photography that is so jaw-dropping that you simply want to throw your camera to the floor in dispair […]

Happy Birthday Birdingblogs

by Gunnar October 20, 2011 2

Birdingblogs started on Oct 20, 2010 as a joint effort between a number of bird bloggers. We can only conclude that it has been very successful for everyone involved. One […]

What is the future of birding. Are big days or big years really that interesting to people in general? Can birding really become main stream, and will listing be interesting enough for masses of people? Did you ever wonder why there are more hunters in the world than birders? Why are there more people interested in fishing than in birding? For all I know, there are probably even more stamp-collectors than birders.

Four birds – that hurts

by Gunnar September 21, 2011 0

Tristan Reid aka as Binocularface is doing a painful quest. He is raising money for bird conservation in Turkey, while adding 20 tattoos of Turkish birds to his arms. So far he has raised £1,420.00. The goal is to raise £10, 000. Check out the first 4 bird tattoos. Aren’t they something?

Are you going to the birdfair?

by Gunnar July 28, 2011 8

The BIG British BirdFair Meet-up. It might be a surprise to some that I am actually going to the British Birdfair this year. Last year about this time I was […]

Pathetic pelagics in Peru

by Gunnar July 22, 2011 0

Steve Howell, Hadoram Shirihai and Peter Harrison comment on the fabulous pelagics from Peru run by Kolibri Expeditions. Now there is only one problem. There is no boat. But there may well be one – if you can help it. In fact it is a very good offer. You gotta check it out.

How to niche an eco-lodge into a birding-lodge

by Gunnar July 18, 2011 7

Gunnar Engblom has visited Amazon Refuge on the Yanayacu river near Iquitos. Here Gunnar presents a manual how an eco-lodge should cater to birders with an example Amazon Refuge as an example. A birding lodge is easier to market than an eco-lodge especially if there are some good birds that birders would do a detour to see. A birding lodge targets a very specific niche and makes marketing much easier.

Satipo Road – new name?

by Gunnar June 30, 2011 0

For fundraising purposes the birding circuit known as Satipo Road needed a new name. Rainforest Partnership has a hard time to market a road as a pristine area among non-birders, and the name Pampa Hermosa which has been used in the past is already in use at two other birding sites in Peru. A recent poll singled out Colibri Trail as the favorite, which makes much sense since there are 45 species of Hummingbirds recorded from this area. Colibri means Hummingbird in virtually every language except English.

Facebook for birders with a cause

by Gunnar June 4, 2011 9

Those that read my regular blog where I post less and less frequently since I started Birdingblogs, know that I am obsessed about Social Media in general and Facebook in […]

Jonathan Franzen: Liking Is for Cowards.

by Gunnar May 30, 2011 3

Bestseller author Jonathan Franzen is a birder Jonathan Franzen is a very famous modern American author praised by the critics and awarded many fine nominations and awards. He has been […]

BirdingBlogs Fest #003 May 21, 2011

by Gunnar May 25, 2011 0

6 posts from the past week of awesome blogs about birds. Tips for point and shoot cameras; Pelagic birding featuring Blue Fulmar and Zino’s Petrel; Fantastic shots of Ruby-throated Hummingbird; and Tom McKinney in one of his funniest posts – on how to identify plugs from DSLR photos on the Forum. Enjoy!

Birdingblogs Fest #002 May 15, 2011

by Gunnar May 16, 2011

Warbler week. This is not how I planned this. Trying to get together a new birdingblog fest in just a few hours before the publication. But I have been busy, […]

Colombian Mysteries

by Gunnar May 12, 2011 2

Colombia has a lot of birds and not all are easy to identify. While in the old days, the info of field guides was scanty and a lot of birds […]

Birdingblogs Fest #001 May 7, 2011

by Gunnar May 7, 2011 2

No time to follow all the birdingblogs out there? How to sellect the best blog posts among the 1000s of posts out there? We will do it for you. Guaranteed the best of birdblogging will show here on a weekly basis.

Birdingblogs.Collected

by Gunnar May 5, 2011 0

Birdingblogs compilation Just because “I and the Bird” birding blog carnival died – this does not mean that birdblogging has died. There are more birdbloggers out there than ever. One […]

RIP IATB – Long live BirdingBlogs.

by Gunnar May 2, 2011 4

IATB – No More! IATB was published with its final edition today. A five year old institution dies. First read Mike Bergin’s excellent IATB obituary on 10000birds. UPDATE May 3, […]

Women for Conservation – in ProAves reserves in Colombia

by Gunnar April 28, 2011 1

In last week’s post, Colombian bird conservation NGO – ProAves – did not come out in good light, and even if that critique was justified, one should not forget some […]

Is the credibility of ProAves and ABC damaged?

by Gunnar April 20, 2011 11

In a recently published letter by The Condor editor it is revealed that a referee on the editorial board for the ProAves magazine Conservacion Colombiana acted unethically and manoeuvred to trick the Condor out of considering Diego Caranton’s manuscript for the new Antpitta in NW Colombia. Is the credibility of ProAves and in extension ABC damaged? Time for some damage control?

About PunkRock Big Year, Blogging-strategy and ticking tomatoes

by Gunnar March 31, 2011 0

Here at Birdingblogs we like things with an edge. We’re not afraid of letting a foul mouthed blogger like Tom McKinney on our team – and lose all possibilities of getting any decent Google Page Rank. We don’t shun to feature controversial or opinionated issues such as Wind power – or gay birders taking marital vows (That post is still missing – but it will appear). And anyone who has done something bad for birds and need a kick in the nuts – we shall put on our Doc Martens – and stomp. Rest assured! Therefore it our pleasure to promote this rather odd quest in 2011. Paul Riss will do a big year in Ontario. Nothing strange about that – you’d think? Well how about blogging about a big year with Punk Rock music in the car to the twitch or in the bar the night before the twitch to the early hour…and then finishing the day at the Tatoo parlor – getting a new tatoo for every new bird on the Ontario year list. That is birding with an edge. That is Punkrock Big Year 2011.

Birding top-lists

by Gunnar March 24, 2011 1

Think NatureblogNetwork! Think Fatbirder Top 1000! Here are the first dedicated topsites for Birding Tour Operators and for single person birdingblogs all around the world. There are specific categories for geographic areas – and some specific topics such as world birding, pelagics, bird photography and birdfeeding.

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