Gunnar’s Weekly Twitter-links

Here is the second edition of my Twitter-links. Why I do this, you can read in the introduction of last weeks edition.

Peru birding and news from Kolibri Expedions.

The hottest news this week was our sensational give away of 14 birding trips in Peru.

• Do you want an 8 day birdingtrip in Peru for FREE? Here are the first steps what to do to become eligible!!! https://bit.ly/8s830C #
• Where Will You Be in One Year? Join Corey Finger of 10000 birds on a trip to Peru https://bit.ly/893KrR #
• Some pics from Northern Peru from Chris Charlesworth. https://bit.ly/7HorRI #
• Resending this newsletter with lots of useful “social media for birders” links https://bit.ly/7wjPKF Why? I needed the short link!

Blog Carnivals

I participated in a few Blog Carnivals last week. There is always good reading to be found in these. The post on I and the Bird lead to an interesting discussion.

• Science for Dummies. Check out this blog carnival about research explained in simple words. https://bit.ly/5X0jAn
• New Nature Carnival: House of Herps! https://bit.ly/8LcKzs
• Carnival of the blue – new edition of the best blogs about the sea and the oceans and their creatures. https://bit.ly/8Lkx4U
• I and the Bird #114 https://bit.ly/7eOmhp This post was posted in last weeks summery, but the discussion that followed has been active for several days this week.
  

Conservation and Climate Change

With the UN Copenhagen Climate Change summit on the headlines, this has dominated last weeks conservation news.

• Climate change and birds https://bit.ly/5HKPO4 Great report!!
• Iron Curtain Wasn’t All Bad https://bit.ly/7a3A1I
• Conservation Groups Win Lawsuit to Halt Program Releasing Feral Cats in Los Angeles https://bit.ly/8y4NQ3
• Conservation Club: BirdGuides give-away https://bit.ly/580kGL
• Whooping Crane shot, reward offered https://bit.ly/8Kv2ta
• Operation Migration receives $15,000 after hangar break-in https://bit.ly/7ROu70 #
• Kauai creeper Akikiki is known to exist only in the highlands of Kauai, Hawaii … https://bit.ly/54j91o
• One last Christmas Present… https://bit.ly/4PLoI3 More from the Conservation Club. Join now!”

Birding in the US

• Watching Warblers WEST https://bit.ly/74Pie5 About a new film on 24 species of warblers
• Runtism Revisted https://bit.ly/4Qc6Py Midget Californina Gull discussed.
• What is the Christmas Bird Count? https://bit.ly/4ADfCv #
• Florida to Allow Capture of Peregrines https://bit.ly/4E3kSj #

Birding around the world

• Having a laugh reading reservoir cats blog “Bobbins Bird Guide – Complete Guide to Stringing The Birds of Europe” https://bit.ly/84C9jO
• What is a Bird’s Crop? https://bit.ly/8Wb3oE
• Birds of Borneo https://bit.ly/6ztAc1
• Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of December 2009? https://bit.ly/6AoFoB
• Great shots of Australian birds! by @steve_happ https://bit.ly/5Z5oY1

Twitching and Megas

• Best “Gripping Off” Ever https://bit.ly/6wAr6w On the recent Ivory Bill Gull at Cape May, New Jersey.

Non-birding links.

• Butterflies of 2009 https://bit.ly/6WF2q3 #
• RT @birdchick: Cougar sighting within our park boundaries! Mississippi National River & Recreation Area https://bit.ly/556jcc
• Ghana-Nigeria scam now on Skype https://bit.ly/5pf5v7

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