Monday, August 10, 2009

Dawns Blogaholic Weekly Reader #3

Howdee all,

Here I am after a short break with my Blogaholic Weekly reader.

Some great stuff for you this week.

Bugs, Birds, and the sad and gruesome death of a beloved pink bug.

So for this weeks reading pleasure, I give you….

 

Dawns Blogaholic Weekly Reader

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Bugs bugs and more amazing bugs..Pictures to delight!

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From Andy At Natures Potpourri comes Butterfly in my hand.

Yes this picture below that looks like a leaf is a butterfly..click on Andy's photo below to see more pictures of this very cool butterfly…and yes ..the other photos are just as cool!

Thanks Andy!

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Have you ever looked into the eyes of a Dragonfly?

Check out these amazing images.

Thanks to

Steve from Shooting my Universe  Ipswich Dragonflies

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Have you ever gone on a Safari?

A bug Safari?

Shelly aka Q loves macro photography and always has wonderful photos. A card company will be using some of her photos! congrats Shelly!

Check out these from her Sunday Safari. Some cool Birds too! Thanks Sherry!

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One more bug story…Do You remember the Beautiful Pink Katydid?

She died a pretty Gruesome death. Yeah..pretty Nasty, to be eaten from the inside out…Yuck…

Read the details and Autopsy Report and photos of what was eating her up..

Thanks to Jim from Ohio Birds and Diversity 

(a wonderful blog, that all of you should have on your blogroll)

Pinky the Katydid: June ? - July 29, 2009 RIP

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Birds…Birds and more Birds.

Would you like to See Puffins?

Tom from Mon@rchs Nature Blog went on a boat ride off the coast of Maine to see some!

Now I want to go!

Puffins at Machias Seal Island

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Do you have a Spark Bird?

One that got you interested in Birds and Birding?

Bird Girl from My Bird Tales does

and its a beauty! Read her story.

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Its that time of year …Birds are starting to migrate south

Mike from The Feather and the Flower has a Microphone on his roof to listen to them!

Read his post on his amusing, interesting observations of the sounds of the night.

The Rising of the Moon

Full moon by Luc Viatour, courtesy Wikipedia.com. 594px-Full_Moon_Luc_Viatour………………………………………………………………………………..

Yep the Birds are a coming!

This Website is a must if you are on the north east coast and want to see where the birds are in Migration. Great Maps…and links to another site in Florida

(Badbirdz-Reloaded) that does the same kind of mapping.

Radar Migration Forecasts! So very cool!

David LaPuma aka Woodcreeper  At Woodcreeper.com

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Would you kill a bird for an ABA record?
White-crested Elaeniawhite crested Yeah…a bird was killed a year and a half ago...and Some are not happy about it!

I for one was shocked when I read this!

Thanks Nate from The Drinking Bird for bringing this to our attention.

The sad story of a first ABA record

A shocking, controversial Must Read!

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Teens with iPhone snag possible 1st US bird record

iphone Yep thats right..IPhone helps with Rare Bird ID

Read here at Warren and Lisas site The Birdcouple

The Coolest birding couple around!

Thanks Warren and Lisa!

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Last but certainly not least!

Catherine is in Love with sulfurous muck.

Click on this site to read something so heartfelt and beautifully written.

and an Amazing piece of Digital art she created!

Go now and read and see!

Catherine from Birdspot

Thanks Catherine…always beautiful!

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That's it folks..Hope you enjoyed the third weekly reader!

Stay tuned …for next weeks

Dawns Blogaholic Weekly Reader

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12 comments:

  1. AdeleMonday, 10 August, 2009

    I laughed, I cried, I was amazed and intrigued.... teehee.

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  2. QMonday, 10 August, 2009

    Dear Dawn,
    I am so honored to be included.
    Thank you.
    Sad about the Pink Katydid.
    I am very excited about my photographs being on greeting cards.(They will also be on other gift items soon.) The cards are in production right now!
    Thanks again for including Q's Corner and Sunday Safari.
    Bugs are good.
    Namaste,
    Sherry

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  3. KellyTuesday, 11 August, 2009

    Cool....loved that Dead Leaf butterfly! Thanks for putting these together. I found a few new blogs.

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  4. Bhavesh ChhatbarTuesday, 11 August, 2009

    What a superb colletion dAwN. I sure will go through each of these :)

    And thank you for visiting my Brand New Blog on Fresh Quotes :)

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  5. bobbieTuesday, 11 August, 2009

    I always get a chuckle when I read your title. When I was in grade school, we used to get "The Weekly Reader" in class each week.

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  6. Dan HuberTuesday, 11 August, 2009

    Great Links Dawn. I love this idea, introduces a lot of great blogs I can add to my list of hope to read

    dan

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  7. Warren and Lisa StrobelTuesday, 11 August, 2009

    Dawn,
    Thanks for the shout out! We are beyond honored to be included in your round up.
    Love from MD,
    L&W

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  8. CindyTuesday, 11 August, 2009

    Dawn, I will look forward to this when ever you do this. Great idea, as Dan said, it introduces us to some really neat blogs and some great information. Sad about pinky :(

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  9. noflicksterTuesday, 11 August, 2009

    Hi Dawn, Thank you - I'm honored to be included in your weekly reader! Maybe I should blog more often at one in the morning!
    :-)

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  10. MaineBirderTuesday, 11 August, 2009

    Excellent selections Dawn! All excellent reads and some new blogs to add to my list.

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  11. ShelleyTuesday, 11 August, 2009

    I'm wiping away the tears over the pink katydid! Aw!! Thank you for listing all of these good blogs to read - some are already on my list and some I need to make an acquaintance with! :-)

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  12. squawmamaTuesday, 11 August, 2009

    Great post!!! Love the bugs & birds & the little stories with them... That was very sad about the Pink Katydid.
    I thought she was so beautiful... Thanks

    Have fun & Safe Travels
    (((HUGS)))
    Donna

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