TV Show Is Casting Birders!!

OK, kids, it's time to polish those bins and put on your Sunday best convertible pants! A national cable network is looking for birders to appear on a new television series about birding.  If you are an avid birder – bordering on obsessive – we want you.  You do not need to have a degree in ornithology or a book coming out (although if you do, we want to hear from you). Please send your contact information, a short description of your birding experience (where you bird for instance) and a photo (if you have one) to natgeocasting@gmail.com.  (Please put “Bird” in the subject line.) 

Send it now. Because, after all, the early bird...  well, you know the rest. I personally hope that this morphs into an Amazing Race style show with Kenn Kaufman, David Allen Sibley, Richard Crossley and Lillian Stokes all sharing the same vehicle. But this is probably what we'll get:

 

 

Geek a Week Announcement

Hello all, NBB here. The eagle-eyed among you might have noticed that earlier this month we changed the blog's tag line, removing "To show the world you can be a birder without being a geek."

Why did we change it? Because today, Sharon officially joins one of the nerdiest herds around, the Geek A Week project!

sharon's geek a week card

Illustrator Len Peralta started this project to create one trading card a week, for a year, of an über-nerdy subject, along with an interview/podcast. In addition to the card front (above), you can view card back (with text by Paul of Paul and Storm, download the podcast, and read Len's write up about Sharon.

Congrats, sweetie! I'm so proud of my little geek!