White-headed male Chaffinch by John Mc Fall

It’s the beginning of a new week and time for a recap! So here are some of the most popular posts, tweets, retweets, Facebook posts and photos from Burdr over the past week. Enjoy!

Facebook user John McFall added this awesome photo of a white-headed male Chaffinch to the fan photos on the Burdr Facebook page this week.

John said:

The White Headed Chaffinch photograph was taken in my back garden in Scotland on the 20 /1/2010 this is the second winter this bird has visited our feeders and seems to vanish come spring.

So very lucky!

Thanks again to John and to all the other Burdr Facebook fans that have added their photos to the Burdr Facebook page!

News and Information

• What studies of how songbirds learn to sing can teach us about human speech via NWF [Twitter]
• 6 top birders reveal their favorite places to watch birds during spring migration via NWF [Twitter]
• Rare White Puffin Photographed via Burdr
• Oh no! Rise in bird of prey poisonings via BBC (WARNING:Photo!) [Twitter]
• Feds serve up $3M in grants for San Joaquin Valley bird, wetland habitat via U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service [Twitter]
• Ethical Birding via Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks [Twitter]
• Not sure about this, ‘Taking on Tyson’ will chronicle boxer’s love of pigeons on Animal Planet via Broadcasting & Cable [Twitter]
• Horrible! Two people arrested after 80 birds and a dog die in east London park via BBC (WARNING:Photo!) [Twitter]
• Sad! Scottish bird of prey poisonings rise to near record levels via Guardian (WARNING:Photo!) [Twitter]
• Awesome! Developers of a new power line are spending $500K to make sure whooping cranes don’t hit it via Business Week [Twitter]
• Arctic birds and fish on the increase — as polar bears suffer decline via Times Online [Twitter]
• Bird Bones May be Hollow, But They are Also Heavy, Biologist Says via PhysOrg [Twitter]
• Uh oh! Conservation organization reveals Government mining plans in New Zealand via Scoop [Twitter]
• Group Enlists Citizens to Report Sightings of Rare Swallow-tailed Kites via The Nature Conservancy [Twitter]
• Buzzard flocks create a buzz in Ohio via USA Today [Twitter]
• Swallows on their way back to Cali via NBC LA [Twitter]
• Yay! Scientists say their unique radar reduces wind farm risk to birds! via UPI [Twitter]
• RSPCA investigates mystery of starling flock that fell out of the sky via Times Online (WARNING:Photo!) [Twitter]
• Me too! :) Conservationists back bird-safe buildings via UPI [Twitter]
• Spectacular massing of seabirds mass for annual herring spawn via Island Nature [Twitter]
• Awesome! Effort to protect key Michigan bird areas planned via Detroit News [Twitter]
• New Population of Very Rare, Long-whiskered Owlet Discovered in Peru via ABC [Twitter]
• Klamath, Oregon farmers cut irrigation to help birds via Argus Observer [Twitter]
• Human disturbance study on UK East Coast birds via BBC [Twitter]
• Happy Birthday Twitter! via Mashable [Twitter]

Photos and Videos

• Ring-Necked Duck by puffinspictures [Twitter]
• Black Kite via NickCantle [Twitter]
• Blue Jays love peanuts via dwmaiden [Twitter]
• Goldfinch with breeding plumage developing via Los_Maestros [Twitter]
• Gull on the boardwalk via Photo Minute [Twitter]
• Bald Eagle Chases European Starling via Burdr

Boreal Owl In Nest Box by AKbirder

• Female Boreal Owl in nest box at Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary last spring via AKbirder [Twitter]
• Rare Lightfooted Clapper Rail in the Tijuana Estuary, California via Nick Chill [Twitter]

Face of a Muscovy by Nick Chill

• “Face of a Muscovy” by Nick Chill [Twitter]
• “Big Mouth” via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• American Kestrel in Flight at Bosque del Apache via bosque_bill [Twitter]

Mounain Bluebird by kootenayphotos

• Mountain Bluebird via kootenayphotos [Twitter]
• “Pileated Woodpecker checks out the temp” via WKOW TV [Twitter]
• Nice day for a pileated woodpecker! via lizmstanley [Twitter]
• Snowy owl – *literally* via Daniel Keedy [Twitter]

Dinner Date by g'pa bill

• “Dinner Date” by g’pa bill [Twitter]
• Sandhill Crane hangin’ out in the flower bed via captlep [Twitter]
• Artic Tern fishing via Telegraph [Twitter]
• “One for the road” via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• First Sandhill Crane photo! via hummingbird2 [Twitter]
• A handsome Turkey Vulture, on the beach, at Lake Murray in San Diego by Nick Chill [Twitter]
• White Blackbird via Burdr
• Really cool! “Aerodynamics” via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• A few lingering tree sparrows around before they push north via birdchick [Twitter]

Thursday was perfect for birdwatching by marlitah

• Thursday was perfect for birdwatching via marlitah [Twitter]
• Nice view! Desktop birdwatching is excellent this time of year via nauticalgrandpa [Twitter]
• Osprey (ready for mating) by Laura Pipkin [Twitter]
• Kingfishers In Action by Joe Petersburger via Burdr
• Gull flies over the Bosphorus in Istanbul via Guardian [Twitter]
• Mid-afternoon snack for white ibis via Los_Maestros [Twitter]

Burdrs and Blogs

• Soldiers Point Birding via Steve Happ Photography [Twitter]
• Celebrating first Northern Lapwing of the year via dreamfalcon [Twitter]
• Guide to New England owls: barn owl, barred owl, boreal owl via Examiner [Twitter]
• How Fast Can A Peregrine Falcon Fly? via Burdr
• “White Death Strikes from Above” via Environmental Graffiti [Twitter]
• Study links mercury contamination with changes in birdsongs via Conservation Maven [Twitter]
• An interview with illustrator & birder Diana Sudyka via Inkling [Twitter]
• Birding in India – Black-hooded Oriole via Walk the Wilderness [Twitter]
• Simply Cedar Waxwings via Mike’s Birding and Digiscoping Blog [Twitter]
• Molly The Barn Owl Introduces Max! via Burdr
• Birding in India – Grey-backed Shrike via Walk the Wilderness [Twitter]
• Nordic Jackdaw via Birding Copenhagen [Twitter]
• Good luck to all the new patients! A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Bald Eagle Hit by Car, Rough-legged Hawk Shot via Taking Flight [Twitter]
• “A ‘sweet’ banding session” via Minnesota Birdnerd [Twitter]
• Spring Photo Blog: Westham Island Birding via Lady Woodpecker’s Birds & Beyond Blog [Twitter]