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Birdfreak.com Year 1 Stats

Written by The Birdfreak Teamon December 1, 2007

Some stats from our first year of Birdfreak! (Some numbers are from Google Analytics between March 27th and November 30th) Total Vistors = 10,065 Total Page Views = 23,956 Number of Posts = 395 Number of Comments (including pingbacks) = 703 Number of Spams blocked by our spam blocker = 2,488 Total Number of Photos

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Birdfreak Day!

Written by The Birdfreak Teamon December 1, 2007May 4, 2011

Today marks the First Anniversary of Birdfreak! A year ago today the Birdfreak Birding Blog officially found its home at Birdfreak.com. It was a blizzardly day that left me stuck in the snow but the opportunity to transform a vision. And although our look has changed several times, our mission still stands: promote bird conservation.

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Birdfreak Christmas Gift Guide

Written by The Birdfreak Teamon November 29, 2007May 4, 2011

The Christmas season is upon us and to help out we’ve constructed the Birdfreak 2007 Christmas Bird Gift Guide. All of the items listed on the gift guide have been reviewed at some point during the last year and we plan to add a few more items if time permits. If you have an item

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Some Birdfreak History

Written by The Birdfreak Teamon July 6, 2007December 8, 2007

It was about this time last year that our concept of Birdfreak began. We were tossing around ideas for a Website name and discovered that birdfreak.com was available. However, this actually wasn’t our first choice. Not that we aren’t birdfreaks – the thousands of pictures, hundreds of magazines, and nearly constant effort to find birds

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One Million Birder Project

Written by The Birdfreak Teamon May 10, 2007December 8, 2007

The One Million Birders Project is a lofty goal to get a list of 1,000,000 birders. To become part of the project costs you nothing (15 seconds maybe). Just go to the One Million Birders Page and sign your name and location (city, state, country preferred). If you believe this statement sign up: I am

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Year in Review

Written by The Birdfreak Teamon December 31, 2006

The past year, like many, has had its ups and downs. The birding was about average the whole year, with lifebirds scattered throughout the year. It was the first year in the last five that I did not go on a “big” trip. I did get a few days to head to the U.P. of

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Month in Review

Written by The Birdfreak Teamon December 30, 2006

It’s already been a month of blogging. (Ok, it hasn’t been fully a month, but I plan on a Year in Review tomorrow before all the partying begins). Wow the time goes by fast. I won’t go through all the posts and pick any favorites although I have no problem with votes in the comments

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The Birdvine!

Written by The Birdfreak Teamon December 11, 2006October 9, 2007

Birdvine [burd-vahyn] n. – A list of web address links that pertain to wild birds, birding, and birders. Let me introduce you to a new concept created by the Birdfreaks known as the Birdvine. Most Internet surfers have seen link lists before – literally just a list of someone’s favorite links to other pages that

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Organizations We Love

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Birdscaping

– Landscaping for the Birds

– Native Plants for Birds

– Composting

– Planting an Orchard

Findlay Hats for Birding

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Take Kids Birding! has been updated. I’d love your feedback.

Backyard Farming Bird Conservation is a newish concept we are trying to promote.

Bird Friendly Chicago – add your support for birds in the world’s deadliest city for migrating birds.

Birdfreak Natural History Book Club

Birdfreak Natural History Book Club
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Natural History Book discussions, group reads and more!

Books we’ve read

Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
Desert Solitaire
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
Silent Spring
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America



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This website is written and maintained by Eddie Callaway and Jennie Callaway, a brother-sister duo with ties to northern Illinois and northwestern Ohio.

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We started blogging on December 1st, 2006.