Red-capped Robin by Jon Thornton

Here are some of the most popular posts, tweets, retweets, Facebook posts and photos from the world of Burdr over the past week.

News and Information

• 25% increase! Bald eagles build 7 new nests along Mississippi in MN via Star Tribune [Twitter]
• I prefer trees! Urban wildlife: Some birds crave cement, not trees via PhysOrg [Twitter]
• Is a love of birds also a condition? :) Dancing with the Stars Erin Andrews Reveals Her Fear of Birds via Entertainment Tonight [Twitter]
• Eye movements of the Buffy Fish Owl via Bird Ecology Study Group [Twitter]
• Volunteers Needed to Help Study Threatened Florida Scrub-jay via The Nature Conservancy [Twitter]
• That’s a lot! Two-thirds of Radnorshire’s breeding birds in decline via BBC [Twitter]

• Wow! United States has higher percentage of forest loss than Brazil via Mongabay [Twitter]
• Gulf oil spill has UC Davis wildlife experts on alert via UC Davis [Twitter]
• Upsetting! Bald Eagle shot from East Texas skies, authorities want answers via KLTV [Twitter]
• Golden age for finches but other birds at risk in Britain via The Scotsman [Twitter]
• Crane chicks hatch hours after ‘epic’ road trip thanks to volcano flight ban via Guardian [Twitter]
• Leaking Oil Well Lacked Safeguard Device via Wall Street Journal [Twitter]
• Oh no! Dead Birds Washing Up on Florida Beaches, article and audio via USF [Twitter]
• Me too! Audubon Fears Imperiled Birds Will be Next Victims of Gulf Oil Disaster via eNews [Twitter]
• Migratory behaviour affects the size of bird brains via Science Daily [Twitter]
• Oil spill could be disaster for animals, experts say via CNN [Twitter]
• Good! Judge denies Syncrude bid to toss charges over oily deaths of 1,600 ducks via Winnipeg Free Press [Twitter]
• Neat! White-throated Kingfisher’s eyelid via Bird Ecology Study Group [Twitter]
• Louisiana oil spill: slick reaches US coast, article and video via Telegraph [Twitter]

• Awesome! $40k Donation will keep World Bird Sanctuary hospital open via STLtoday [Twitter]
• Florida woman ready to help save birds from oil spill via Tampa Bay Online [Twitter]
• Oh my! Horrible! Who would do this?! Live-plucking birds for down via SF Gate [Twitter]
• That first picture says it all! Oil Spill Hits Gulf Coast Habitats via National Geographic [Twitter]
• It begins… Rescuers cleaning 1st oil-coated bird in Louisiana via AP [Twitter]
• Coast Guard reports second drilling rig overturns in Louisiana via Reuters [Twitter]
• We HAVE to support them! As Oil Slick Hits Shore and Coats Birds, Groups Take Action via Audubon Magazine [Twitter]
• Rescuers cleaning 1st oil-coated bird via Wood TV [Twitter]
• Members from IBRRC arrive in New Orleans Friday, article and video via KTVU [Twitter]
• Sad! About 80 birds found dead at Wyoming oil refinery pond via Business Week [Twitter]
• Bird Areas At Risk From Gulf Coast Oil Spill via Burdr
• 1000s of birds, like the Hermit Thrush, stop at NYC parks during spring migration via NY Daily [Twitter]
• Fishermen Sign On to Clean Up Oil via NY Times [Twitter]
• Bird lovers tune in to changing dawn chorus via Guardian [Twitter]

Photos and Videos

• Baby Boreal Owls via AKbirder [Twitter]
• Faces only a mother could love via trusthisheart [Twitter]
• Wood Stork video, St. Augustine Alligator Farm. Doing their nesting thing. via singraham [Twitter]

Birdwatching by amyweav

• Birdwatching by amyweav [Twitter]
• Minor Clark Fish Hatchery, Canada Goose and newly hatched goslings via rachelbirder [Twitter]
• Neat! Bird Cloud via zoenishimuta [Twitter]
• Awesome portrait! Bald Eagle at the Coca-Cola Football League Championship via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Cool silhouette! Stork building nest after sunset via Telegraph [Twitter]

• Residents take cover from the rain under a bird-shaped shelter at a park in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Red-capped Robin by Jon Thorton [Twitter]
• Awww! Caring citizen helps guide a mother duck and her hatchlings across the street in Wisconsin via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Not the most flattering angle for a Marsh Wren but… via LadyWoodpecker [Twitter]
• Wow! Fifty feral cats kill 54,000 birds on Tasman Island each year via Herald Sun AU [Twitter]

Mr and Mrs Pileated Woodpeckers by janeswalden

• Happy couple! Mr & Mrs Pileated Woodpeckers by janeswalden [Twitter]
• Check out those talons! Hen Harrier in Flight via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Three-week-old tawny owl is hand-reared with a puppet via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Beautiful portrait of a Coppersmith Barbet via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Three seems about right via alice_here [Twitter]
• Super cute! American Robin feeds newly-hatched babies via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Pair of White Egrets plucking up plumes via Guardian [Twitter]
• Love the “pony tail”! ;) Changeable Hawk Eagle via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Chestnut-backed Chickadee via alice_here [Twitter]

• Video of Song Sparrow song variations: Parson’s Beach, Kennebunk ME via singraham [Twitter]
• House Wren by dwmaiden [Twitter]
• Tufted Timouse with fur to line nest via birdchick [Twitter]
• Incredible! Touched by the moon via India Nature Watch [Twitter]

Burdrs and Blogs

• History Lesson: Birds And Dawn Dishwashing Liquid via Burdr
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird via Steve Creek Outdoors [Twitter]
• Sunken Drilling Rig Leaking Oil via A DC Birding Blog [Twitter]
• Waders at Mai Po via John’s Hong Kong Birding Blog [Twitter]
• Killdeer Photo via Cycroft Photography [Twitter]
• Cute! Great Horned Owls Ready To Fledge via BRDPICS [Twitter]
• Winds in Lancaster are blowing at top speed! Blowing little nestlings all over desert, this one is week old via Valley Wildlife Care [Twitter]
• Yep, that’s a grey head! Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher via Wings Among Us [Twitter]
• Cool action shot! Caspian Tern snags a fish by Earl Reinink [Twitter]
• You can tell by the way I use my walk… via Burdr

• Brandt’s, not Brant’s via Island Nature [Twitter]
• Coast Guard to set fire to gulf oil spill via IBRRC [Twitter]
• Blue-banded Kingfisher, Fit for a king via Wings Among Us [Twitter]
• What a walk! Walk along the Nile via Birds of Egypt [Twitter]
• Pretty! Velvet-fronted Nuthatch with a tasty snack! via Wings Among Us [Twitter]
• Roger Tory Peterson’s Life And Work via Burdr
• Females dig unibrows, Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Shoot via My Bird Tales [Twitter]
• RoboSwift, The Robotic Bird via Burdr
• Cute pic! Chickadees are back at it via Cary’s BirdCam Blog [Twitter]
• Green Heron Chicks via Points in Focus [Twitter]
• Beautiful Spring Bird Sightings via Nature’s Splendor [Twitter]
• Bluebird at Zion National Park via Photography Minute [Twitter]
• From nuclear weapons to environmental protection, “Birdman of Kings Bay” via ajc [Twitter]