I and the Bird #31

By Mike • August 31, 2006 • No comments yet

the soul longs to move
migration is one true path
nesting another

This modest verse is my way of introducing Mariya of migrateblog, someone who knows all about weighty matters like migration and nesting. She slings a mean haiku too, as you’ll find out when you read her perfectly poetic presentation of I and the Bird #31!

Is bird blogging like poetry to you? Share those beautiful, imaginative, and elevated thoughts with the sensitive readers of I and the Bird. Send a link and a summary to me or our next wonderful host, Deb of Sand Creek Almanac by Tuesday, September 12 for inclusion in our Thursday, September 14 edition.

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Mike

Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird, Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network.

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A team of researchers has found that the populations of common birds around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan has plummeted. Most disturbingly, the populations of species that the area has in common with Chernobyl has fallen more in Fukushima than they did in the site of worst nuclear disaster in world history.