American Robin tug of war with earthworm by kevansunderland

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

There were some fantastic videos shared this past week. Definitely check them out below!

News and Information

• Eight Ways to Save the Gulf’s Endangered Species via The Huffington Post [Twitter]
• Love of animals drives wildlife rehabilitators via Dothan Eagle [Twitter]
• The plight of the pelican is the poignant symbol of this disaster via The Independent [Twitter]

• Famed Cliff Swallows migrate to a new home in California via Orange County Register [Twitter]
• Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Part 2 via Audubon Magazine [Twitter]
• Scientists study wind-farm risks to birds via The Seattle Times [Twitter]
• White House Endorses Unlimited Liability Cap For Oil Spillers via Huffington Post [Twitter]
• Least Bell’s Vireo found nesting in Playa Vista in California via LA Times [Twitter]
• Oil-Soaked Birds Brought To Safety On Space Coast via CFN [Twitter]

• Horror Master tapped for Audubon California board via Variety [Twitter]
• Fishing gear bigger threat to birds than oil via The Independent [Twitter]
• World Oceans Day 2010 via Burdr
• Bird Friendly Farmer in Guatemala Says Trees Saved His Coffee via Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center [Twitter]
• BP says profits from spilled oil will benefit new wildlife fund via NY Daily News [Twitter]
• Oily Birds Start Flooding the Louisiana Wildlife Center via AP [Twitter]
• A Mountain Bird’s Survival Guide to Climate Change via Science Daily [Twitter]
• Bar-Tailed Godwit Sets Record for Long-Distance Flight via Science Daily [Twitter]
• Number of oiled birds increasing via UPI [Twitter]
• Plight For Pelicans: Oil Puts Nesting Season At Risk, article and audio via NPR [Twitter]
• 2nd year in a row! Four great bustard chicks born on Salisbury Plain via BBC [Twitter]

• 11 years old and willing to help via Burdr
• Help Tricolored Blackbirds for about a buck a bird via Audubon California [Twitter]
• Ohio man fined nearly $25K for poisoning birds via WLWT [Twitter]
• Lasers help researchers predict birds’ preferred habitat via EurekAlert [Twitter]
• Rehabilitated birds find new home! One giant leap for oiled birds via MSNBC [Twitter]
• I agree! “It’s time to do something about seabird bycatch” says EU Commissioner via BirdLife [Twitter]
• Cornell Lab team in Louisiana sees life and beauty, and the sudden arrival of oil via Cornell Lab of Ornithology [Twitter]
• Neglected Milan canal basin turns bird haven via Reuters [Twitter]
• Oil-Covered Birds a Vivid Symbol of the Crisis in the Gulf via PBS NewsHour [Twitter]
• The penguin crisis: over 60 percent of the world’s penguins threatened with extinction via Mongabay [Twitter]
• Oil-threatened estuary is key to life in the gulf via LA Times [Twitter]
• Post release survival of oil affected birds via IBRRC [Twitter]
• Oil spill could harm Arctic birds via CBC [Twitter]
• Montana oil firm fined over dead birds via Forbes [Twitter]

• Horrible! 11 and 12 year olds arrested for the torture and deaths of 1000s of pigeons via Wis News 10 [Twitter]
• 4 states set up websites to organize volunteers via USFWS [Twitter]
• Oh no! Oil Spill Covers Geese, Ducks In Utah via NPR [Twitter]
• Another one?! Oil spill in Red Butte Creek in Utah threaten wildlife via Desert News [Twitter]
• Why we must try to save oiled birds via CNN [Twitter]
• Yay! Brazilian Important Bird Areas get protection via BirdLife [Twitter]
• Don’t kill oiled birds, say UC Davis experts via UC Davis [Twitter]

Photos and Videos

• Wings via India Nature Watch [Twitter]

Snow Goose Sunrise by Craig Leaper

• Snow Goose Sunrise by Craig Leaper [Twitter]
• I’m just sooo thirsty!! via YsMum [Twitter]
• Red Kite chasing Crow by Roger Stelfox [Twitter]
• Brown Pelicans found off the Louisiana coast waiting to be cleaned at Fort Jackson via Telegraph [Twitter]

• When Owls Dream by Amanda Moors via WildlifeSociety [Twitter]
• Pixel perfect flight shot of a Marbled Godwit via Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center [Twitter]
• Beautiful legs via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Birder Beginner by smccormack [Twitter]

Finch Kisses by Kathy Peck

• Finch Kisses by Kathy Peck [Twitter]
• Dipper Cinclus cinclus by Peregrine’s Bird Photography [Twitter]
• Red-winged Blackbird feeding dragonfly to young by JKissnHug [Twitter]
• Black-chinned Hummingbird flashing gorget via Bosque_Bill [Twitter]

• Song Sparrow on a post via Steve Ingraham’s Pic of the Day [Twitter]
• Shhhh…go away via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Black terns flirting via birdchick [Twitter]
• What a fun name: Bokmakierie by Bronwyn [Facebook]

I can't do a thing with my hair! by Andrea Westmoreland

• I can’t do a thing with my hair! by Andrew Westmoreland [Twitter]
• Female Northern Cardinal via Image-In [Twitter]
• Very upsetting. Oil-covered Brown Pelican chicks on Cat Island, Louisiana via Guardian [Twitter]
• Beam me up…birdie by Living Nature Photography [Twitter]

• Short video of birds from yellowhammers to sea eagles struggling in the hard winter by kijip [Twitter]
• All For Water via India Nature Watch [Twitter]

Burdrs and Blogs

• Oiled Seabirds: To Kill Or Not To Kill? What Is The Ethical Thing To Do? via Living The Scientific Life [Twitter]
• Nice series! Killdeer via Ivars’ Birds [Twitter]
• Another Bald Eagle released back to the wild! Nothing but tail feathers via Bird Treatment and Learning Center [Twitter]

• How many mealworms can a bluebird stuff in his bill? via Stokes Birding [Twitter]
• The Big Loop or The Quest for the Holy Rail via RadleyIce [Twitter]
• How A Dove Drinks via Steve Creek Outdoors [Twitter]
• Pileated Woodpecker feeding its family via Cycroft Photography [Twitter]

Gull Sunrise by PhotoJoe Campbell

• Gull Sunrise by PhotoJoe Campbell [Twitter]
• Backyard Birdnests via Nature Knitter [Twitter]
• They grow up so fast! Nesting Update via Winged Thoughts [Twitter]
• Black snake creates terror at the flicker nest! via My Bird Tales [Twitter]

• Love the video! Black-browed Reed-warbler via Hakodate Birding [Twitter]
• Attracting Goldfinches to your yard via The Zen Birdfeeder [Twitter]
• Meet artist Debby Kaspari via Julie Zickefoose [Twitter]
• Eastern Phoebe via Cycroft Photography [Twitter]

• Where Did That Woodpecker Go? via Burdr
• All things bright and beautiful via bogbumper [Twitter]
• Chickadee Nesting Report #4 via The Zen Birdfeeder [Twitter]
• A beautiful surprise at the Flicker nest… via My Bird Tales [Twitter]
• Our Precious Piping Plovers – Can They Survive? via The Nature of Framingham [Twitter]
• Great Blue Heron Mug Shots via Red and the Peanut [Twitter]

• Pied Flycatcher with snacks! via Dan’s Wildlife Blog [Twitter]
• Absolutely horrendous behavior of a visitor to Farne islands via Farne Island Photo [Twitter]
• Black-necked Stilt – maybe some things you didn’t know via Idaho Birding Blog [Twitter]
• Wonderful photos! Fledgling Swallows via pewit [Twitter]

• Birdwatcher Finds Poachers While Out Birdwatching via Burdr
• Flicker Flicks via My Bird Tales [Twitter]
• Finding A Pileated Woodpecker Nest via Bill of the Birds [Twitter]
• Would you call this birdwatching or catwatching? Flickr Roundup For Week Of 6/11/2010 via Burdr [Twitter]
• When birds know they’re cool… via Red and the Peanut [Twitter]

• Scarlet Tanager eating a mulberry via Dawns bloggy blog [Twitter]