Cutting the water by mattlev12

Another week is about to begin! So here are some of the most popular posts, tweets, retweets, Facebook posts and photos from Burdr over the past week.

Flickr user mattlev12 added another fantastic photo of a Black Skimmer this week to the Burdr Flickr Group. One he added earlier was in the Flickr Roundup For Week of 3/26/2010. I just love the way the bird skims the water!

News and Information

• Nice story and pics, Raptor Trust in New Jersey is a healing refuge for wounded birds of prey via NJ.com [Twitter]
• Californian man pleads guilty in bird-smuggling scheme via Washington Post [Twitter]
• Trek Stars At Audubon Birding Event via TrekToday [Twitter]
• Oh no! Red kite recovery in north Scotland in jeopardy by illegal killing via RSPB (WARNING:Photo!) [Twitter]
• The Scrub Jay and Florida (article and video) via WBBH [Twitter]
• Yay! Big, bright birds signal spring is here via Star Tribune [Twitter]
• British farmland birds population plummet by 11 per cent via Daily Mail [Twitter]
• Icelandic Volcano’s Impact on Global Warming, Green Transportation, Bird Watching via Audubon Magazine [Twitter]
• Birds in southern England feeling the heat from global warming via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Clever New Caledonian crows can use three tools via BBC [Twitter]
• Earth Day message from Audubon Interim President Frank Gill via Audubon California [Twitter]
• City rips out swallow nests for developer via Seattle Times [Twitter]
• Protection of 507 Acres Adjacent to Prime Hook NWR in Delaware via The Nature Conservancy [Twitter]
• Floating island in Florida aims to protect nesting birds via Tampa Bay Online [Twitter]
• Tens of thousands of Vaux’s swifts migrating to US bunked in brick chimney in LA for the night via UPI [Twitter]
• How to lure ospreys to a new nest site (article and video) via BBC [Twitter]

Photos and Videos

• Black-chinned Hummingbird via Bosque_Bill [Twitter]
• Birdwatching by SteTheFlyingMan [Twitter]
• Mallard X Northern Pintail by puffinspictures [Twitter]
• Male Flicker Nest Building by dwmaiden [Twitter]
• Perched Osprey via kootenayphotos [Twitter]

Flicker defends his nest by dcstep

• Flicker defends his nest by dcstep [Twitter]
• Wise old scientist via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Cutting the water by mattlev12 [Twitter]
• Bronzed Cowbird by Stephen Pollard [Twitter]
• Pheasant-tailed Jacana (In Breeding Plumage) via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Leucistic Blackbird via Gul_Ziyenne [Twitter]
• Cute! The newest Curve-Billed Thrasher in Tucson, Arizona via searchnetmedia [Twitter]
• Cedar Waxwing by dwmaiden [Twitter]
• There’s nothing like… via There’s Nothing Like Australia [Twitter]
• Prairie Chicken Strut. Early morning on the Llano Estacado. via Tuckertown [Twitter]
• In a pool of molten gold… via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• The pollen from a mallow flower. Its spines help it cling to birds’ feathers. via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Eastern Bluebird via hummingbird2 [Twitter]
• Green Heron by dwmaiden [Twitter]

Sentinels by AKbirder

• Sentinels await the arrival of students for “5th Grade Bird Watch” at Creamer’s Refuge via AKbirder [Twitter]
• Spring is definitely in the air by puffinspictures [Twitter]
• Red-winged Blackbird by Mully410 [Twitter]

• Breakfast – together via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Female Northern Harrier Hunting via kootenayphotos [Twitter]
• Rare Beauty in Golden Light via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Hermit Thrush perched amid berries via hummingbird2 [Twitter]

Eastern Bluebird Chick by Stephen Pollard

• Eastern Bluebird Chick by Stephen Pollard [Twitter]
• Barred Owl for Earth Day by strobist [Twitter]
• American Coot at Minor Clark Fish Hatchery via rachelbirder [Twitter]
• Verditer Flycatcher after sun down! via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Red-winged Blackbird via hummingbird2 [Twitter]

Eastern Phoebe with a beak full by KerriFar

• Eastern Phoebe with a beak full via KerriFar [Twitter]
• Why do they gotta hate on our birder friends? via jordiebirder [Twitter]
• Kamakaze Sparrow via gemswinc [Twitter]
• Hatchling California Towhee. This little one and his sibling were found on a sidewalk. via Valley Wildlife Care [Twitter]
• Topper the horse looks after a brood of ducklings via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Wild Turkey by rachidH [Twitter]
• “Death of one brings another to life.” Malabar Grey Hornbill via India Nature Watch [Twitter]

Burdrs and Blogs

• Birding at the Asa Wright Nature Centre in Trinidad via Tails of Birding [Twitter]
• Birding in North Eastern India – Part 4 of 4 via Walk the Wilderness [Twitter]
• Long-tailed Ducks via Pewit [Twitter]
• Mourning Dove via Cycroft Photography [Twitter]
• Oak Titmouse Chicks Hatching via The Birders Report [Twitter]
• A Sense of Wonder via Burdr
• Digiscoped Northern Flicker & Brown Thrasher via Mike’s Birding and Digiscoping Blog [Twitter]
• Spotted Owl Sunbathing via Bird Ecology Study Group [Twitter]
• Love the colors! Warbler Wonderland via Lost in Birding [Twitter]
• Blue skies above Castor via bogbumber [Twitter]
• Aggressive Red Wattlebirds via Trevor’s Birding [Twitter]
• Injured Bald Eagle Gets Some Help! via Burdr
• Photographer raises >$20K for wildlife rehabilitation clinic in southwest Florida via Wildbird on the Fly [Twitter]
• Two Hawks Hatch at the Franklin Institute via A DC Birding Blog [Twitter]
• Upside down Crossbill via Hakodate Birding [Twitter]
• Yellow-headed Blackbird via At The Water [Twitter]
• Grackle begging with its mouth WIDE open! by My Bird’s Blog  [Twitter]

• Flickr Roundup For Week Of 4/23/2010 via Burdr
• Buff-rumped Woodpecker via Frogmouth [Twitter]
• Penny The Duck via Burdr
• First photo almost looks like a boomerang! Pacific Swift via John’s Hong Kong Birding Blog [Twitter]
• Digiscoped bird of the day via Bill of the Birds [Twitter]
• Ways To Make Earth Day For The Birds via Burdr
• Watching the Dollar via Tabib [Twitter]
• Scariest Birdhouse Ever! via Burdr
• Tree Pipits by pewit [Twitter]
• Great Grey Owl Courtship via Burdr
• Backyard Birding: Bach or Beethoven for Bluebirds? via Birds, Words and Websites [Twitter]
• Fledgling time for Great Horned Owlets via Taking Flight [Twitter]
• Blackcap via pewit [Twitter]
• Battle on the Lek-a Prologue via Photo Feathers [Twitter]