Red-Winged Blackbird Scolding by DMF Photography

It’s almost 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!

The photo of the Red-winged Blackbird above was added to the Burdr Flickr group this past week by Flickr user DMF Photography. I can almost hear the bird right through the picture!

New and Information

• Oh no! Wildlife Officials in Florida think Pelicans were poisoned via CBS12 [Twitter]
• How to hook kids on nature through birdwatching via Lancaster Online [Twitter]
• Birdwatching 101: the American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) a.k.a. the Timberdoodle via Examiner [Twitter]
• Interesting! “Birds of a feather don’t always respond together to infection” via PhysOrg [Twitter]
• Don’t feed the swans via The Item [Twitter]
• Oh no! “Oil spill reaches important bird rookery” via UPI [Twitter]
• Yay! “Federal agencies agree to help sage grouse in Western US” via Business Week [Twitter]
• “Gay swans set up nest at world’s only swannery in Dorset” via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Plus one more! :) “Nearly 15,000 oppose Montenegro plan to drown wild beauty” via WWF [Twitter]
• Yay! “Osprey couple reunite at ‘summer home’ in the Lakes” via BBC [Twitter]
• Tell The NWF Your Favorite Birding Spots via NWF [Twitter]
• “McDonald’s Decides Cage-Free Eggs Are for the Birds” via SlashFood [Twitter]
• Nesting Maine Osprey Drops Branch, 6k Lose Power via WBZ38 [Twitter]

• “Piers have mixed effect on marsh birds” via Cape Gazette [Twitter]
• Neat! “Geese tagged to examine threat posed by wind farms” via Independent [Twitter]
• Whew! That’s a long journey! “A Ruddy Long Way to Fly” via BirdLife [Twitter]
• Yay! “$16.9M to Help Restore Seabird Species in CA Injured by Mysterious Oil Spills” via American Bird Conservancy [Twitter]
• Some migratory birds are retuning early! “Watch out worms! These birds are early!” via Vancouver Sun [Twitter]
• Spring Migration: It’s All About Timing via NWF [Twitter]
• Awesome! “Bird rescue group gives students tips on identifying, preserving raptors” via Grand Island Independent [Twitter]
• An odd couple! “Homer and Henry are best friends forever” via The Press [Twitter]
• Yay! “South Atlantic becomes more seabird-friendly” via BirdLife [Twitter]
• Uh oh! “Britain’s wildlife – birds, mammals and insects under threat” via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Oh no! “Birds are flying into the ash of the Icelandic eruption and dying” via Iceland Review [Twitter]
• Three young biologists from Cornell discover a new bird species in Peru via Cornell Lab of Ornithology [Twitter]
• Baby Owls Rescued After City Workers Cut Down Tree via KTVU [Twitter]
• Gaggle of geese and other words to describe birds via Carroll County Times [Twitter]

Photos and Videos

• Brun Pelikan / Brown Pelican / Pelecanus occidentalis via Mikael Johansson [Twitter]
• Gentoo penguin drinking via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Birds in a frame mementos! Found at a boutique in Carmel by the Sea via NacnyLiuChin [Twitter]

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings by alabang

• “A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings” by alabang [Twitter]
• So pretty! White-crested Laughingthrush via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Ospreys roost at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve in Dunkeld, Scotland via Telegraph [Twitter]
• I can walk on water!!! Can you? by mamaroo10 [Twitter]
• Love their song! “Blackberry scoped Hermit Thrush” via birdchick [Twitter]
• A Common Noddy on a Brown Pelican perch, Galapagos Islands via AKbirder [Twitter]

New Tenants by Rick & Kathy

• New Tenants by Rick & Kathy [Twitter]
• Osprey flight with stick by Laura Pipkin [Twitter]
• Catch of the day by dwmaiden [Twitter]
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher via Los_Maestros [Twitter]
• The cats are birdwatching… via Silentpanda [Twitter]
• Hooded Merganser dominates Mallards by colographicalchemy [Twitter]

Fluffy Gosling by KOHoff

• Awww! “Fluffy Gosling” by KOHoff [Twitter]
• “Life is beautiful” via Prozac Field [Twitter]
• Whoa! “Looks like something took a bite out this broad-winged hawk” via birdchick [Twitter]
• Wouldn’t want to make this bird mad! “Bring it On” by gainsheritage [Twitter]
• 1 man, 1 owl via Unique Daily [Twitter]
• “The moment an osprey swooped down and snatched a trout” via Telegraph [Twitter]

• Beautiful Backlit Spoonbill via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Robin Hatchling by dwmaiden [Twitter]
• Birdwatching by cindiann [Twitter]

Barn Owl baby number 5 ... coming soon by Valley Wildlife Care

• Barn Owl baby number 5…………coming soon! via Valley Wildlife Care [Twitter]
• A pair of colorful Barn Swallows enjoy a day at the beach via hummingbird2 [Twitter]
• Lanner falcon snatches a sandgrous via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Wattled Starling shakes itself off after a bath via Telegraph [Twitter]
• A gannet is the victim of a mid-air mugging by another greedy bird via Telegraph [Twitter]
• “Intelligence” via India Nature Watch [Twitter]

"Mrs. Kestrel is inviting Mr. Starling over for dinner." by colographicalchemy

• “Mrs, Kestrel is inviting Mr. Starling over for dinner.” by colographicalchemy [Twitter]
• A melodious aria sung from the treetops via hummingbird2 [Twitter]
• “Who me???” via India Naure Watch [Twitter]
• Savannah Sparrow in dappled light via Los_Maestros [Twitter]
• Another photo of the “Mid-air fight between two Arctic Terns” via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Difference between adult and juvenile Sarus Cranes via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Greater Roadrunner by dick cannings [Twitter]
• Can you ID the duck wing? via birdchick [Twitter]
• Good morning everyone!!! via India Nature Watch [Twitter]

Burdrs and Blogs

• Something to grouse about via RadleyIce [Twitter]
• I want the boat! He got into birding using opera glasses, now top Idaho birder – Steve Butterworth via Idaho Birding Blog [Twitter]
• Flickr Roundup for Week of 4/9/2009 by Burdr
• Cute! Squacco’s bad hair day via NicoleBPhotos [Twitter]
• Love the first photo! “Watching” via Jane Toft [Twitter]
• Sorta NSFW Trailer For British Birdwatching Thriller ‘Pelican Blood’ Hits via The Playlist [Twitter]
• Love to visit! “Armchair naturalist discovers wonderland of orchids and birds in Ecuador” via Vancouver Sun [Twitter]
• With a mouthful too! Beautiful! “Golden-naped Barbet” via Amazing Birds of Borneo Blog [Twitter]
• Enjoyed the video! “An April Hike” via Outside My Window [Twitter]
• Love the Masked Booby photos! “Late Post” via Tern Island Times [Twitter]
• Beautiful Eastern Towhee photos via Chicago Bird Watching Blog [Twitter]
• Funny! “Jet-assisted crane flight” via Barry the Birder [Twitter]
• Great photos and videos, “South Padre Island the Birds” via Dawns Bloggy Blog [Twitter]
• Cute! “Okay, I accepted this nest!” via Tabib [Twitter]
• Beautiful bird and flower! “Little Spiderhunter” via Frogmouth [Twitter]
• Nice one! “If you can’t see it” via Mikey Boy’s Blog [Twitter]

• Bird With A Broken Beak via Burdr
• “Never seen this in nearly 40 years of birding” via The Daily Wing [Twitter]
• Empire State Pigeons via Flickr Blog [Twitter]
• Terranora Broadwater via Steve Happ Photography [Twitter]
• Birding in style via Gallicissa [Twitter]
• “Blue Jays – The Bird We Love to Hate” via The Zen Birdfeeder [Twitter]

• Blue Stork via Burdr
• Padre Island birding, Migration Fallout via Dawns Bloggy Blog [Twitter]
• Bob The Eastern Screech Owl on NPR via Burdr
• Birding Satipo road in central Peru via A Birding Blog By Gunnar Engblom [Twitter]
• How To Make An Origami Peacock From A Dollar Bill via Burdr
• Lots of “Trogons” via Costa Rica Birding [Twitter]
• “Odd Birds In and About REGI” via Taking Flight [Twitter]
• “A bit of Spring after a bit of Winter…” via Hakodate Birding [Twitter]
• “Malaysian Hawk Cuckoo” via Frogmouth [Twitter]
• Rush hour across the Hudson via Fotoportmann [Twitter]

• “Guessing the next 10 North American bird splits” via Sibley [Twitter]
• “Birding Longboat Key, Florida” via Red and the Peanut [Twitter]
• Interesting! “Anatomy of a bird: Cloaca or Vent” via Outside My Window [Twitter]
• Love the close up! “Brown Thrasher” via Chicago Bird Watching Blog [Twitter]
• Flickr Roundup For Week Of 4/16/2010 via Burdr
• ASPA plan for Cape Hallett preserves huge Adelie colony via Penguinology [Twitter]
• Red-bellied Woodpecker eating a Salamander via Red and the Peanut Blog [Twiter]
• Rescued Great Horn Owlet via Burdr