Oil platform in background as Brown Pelican flies past surfer off coast of California by AP

It’s almost the beginning of a new week and so it’s time for another This Week In Burdr! Here are some of the most popular posts, tweets, retweets, Facebook posts and photos from everything Burdr over the past week.

I saw the photo above in gallery on the Telegraph earlier this past week. I think this photo is one of those that fall into the category: A picture is worth a thousand words!

News and Information

• Two birds, cleaned of oil, to be released northeast of Vero Beach, Florida via NOLA [Twitter]
• Oil-free, rehabilitated Gulf birds set for Monday release via AFP [Twitter]
• Lights Kill Rare Birds in Hawaii via CNS [Twitter]
• First birds rescued from oil spill are relocated via Florida AP [Twitter]
• Jake Gyllenhaal Is Terrified of Ostriches via NY Mag [Twitter]
• Yikes! Dive-bombing birds attack woman via NBC2 [Twitter]
• Silent Summer: Portions of writer’s fictional oil spill story may come true via Naples News [Twitter]
• Huh!? 11 Extreme Oil Spill Solutions via The Daily Beast [Twitter]
• Fruit Trees Help Ensure Tropical Birds Future on Coffee Plantations via Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center [Twitter]
• Yay! Injured baby owl has chance to recover via Charleston Daily News [Twitter]
• New survey found 148 land bird species in North America facing rapid decline via NY Times [Twitter]
• First two birds found in oil spill released this week! photo and video via Burdr

• Rooster in China attacks any human he sees after one of his hens was killed via Burdr
• International Cooperation Key to Protecting Migratory Birds via Kansas City Info Zine [Twitter]
• Defence rests in Syncrude duck trial, verdict on June 25th via Fort McMurray [Twitter]
• Bay Area wildlife teams wait nervously at gulf via SF Gate [Twitter]
• Oil Slick’s Slow Advance Gives Defense Crucial Time via WSJ [Twitter]
• Father and son rescue a Bald Eagle photo and video via Burdr
• Away with the birds: Britain’s remotest campsite, in St Kilda via Guardian [Twitter]
• Yay! Kirtland’s warbler may be taken off endangered list via Oakland Press [Twitter]
• Interesting! Color Illusion and thrush identification via Sibley Guides [Twitter]

Photos and Videos

• Worm-eating Warbler, head close up via rachelbirder [Twitter]
• That Red-bellied Woodpecker is spoiled! by John C. Akers jr. [Twitter]

Kookaburra Sunrise by addie dordoma

• Kookaburra sunrise by addie dordoma [Twitter]
• That is one angry looking bird! via India Nature Watch [Twitter]

I am so sleepy!! A Spotted Wood Owl just woke up from roost by Samson Tan

• I am so sleepy! by Samson Tan [Facebook]
• American Coot chick sticking close to mom by Nick Chill [Twitter]
• Flickr Roundup For Week Of 5/14/2010 via Burdr

Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla by Nigel Blake

• Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla by Nigel Blake [Twitter]
• Very sad! Oil-stained cattle egrets via Guardian [Twitter]
• Of all the places! Birds make home in ash tray via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Wet Chipping Sparrow by dwmaiden [Twitter]

Male Chaffinch feeding by Danny Gibson

• Male Chaffinch with a mouthful of flies by Danny Gibson [Twitter]
• Early arrivals at the finish line in the World Series of Birding via singraham [Twitter]
• Cattle and Egret via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Morning yawn! via India Nature Watch [Twitter]

Brown Thrasher by KerriFar

• I found this Brown Thrasher during my Dragon hunt today by KerriFar [Twitter]
• LaChua Buzzard by Leta [Twitter]

Burdrs and Blogs

• Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker and Indian cherry berries via Bird Ecology Study Group [Twitter]
• Birding in India, White-eyed Buzzard via Walk the Wilderness [Twitter]
• Great views of great birds at the Magee Marsh! via Laura’s Birding Blog [Twitter]
• What do you think? Is it desirable to tame birds? Part 1 of a series via Bird Ecology Study Group [Twitter]
• Turkey Vultures you either love them or loathe them via Birding in the Falkland Islands [Twitter]
• A Birding Injury! via Birdchick [Twitter]
• Never seen anything like this! Olive-backed Sunbird builds nest around a light bulb via Bird Ecology Study Group [Twitter]
• Photos and a cute video of a Pied Triller via Frogmouth [Twitter]
• You’re so vain… via Birding in Michigan [Twitter]
• Squirrels, Love Hate Relationship via At The Water [Twitter]
• Bluebirds Still Being Well-fed via Steve Creek Outdoors [Twitter]
• Wild Swans of Sweden via Fraser’s Birding Blog [Twitter]

• Crow and cat become friends, actual home video footage via Burdr
• Big Catch! via Nature’s Splendor [Twitter]
• Little Spiderhunter via Wings Among Us [Twitter]
• Hank and Vinny webcomic about birds, birders and birdwatching via Burdr
• Hello baby Mourning Dove! via Birding in Michigan [Twitter]
• Whiskered Terns and Light via pewit [Twitter]
• Photos and video of Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Early Morning in Onuma via Hakodate Birding [Twitter]
• Life Lister via audublog [Twitter]

• Audubon California’s Yellow-billed Magpie Survey set for June 4 – 7 via audublog [Twitter]
• Pale-billed Woodpecker in early morning via Campephilus Woodpeckers [Twitter]
• Moose & Goose via Kootenay Nature Photos [Twitter]
• Eurasian Cranes at Hornborgasjön in Sweden via Fraser’s Birding Blog [Twitter]