Weather Vane by ebirdman

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.

News and Information

• Aboriginal rock painting of extinct bird found in Australia via ABC [Twitter]
• Bird watchers flock to support restoration project, article and video via New 8 Austin [Twitter]
• Satellite transmitters are for the birds via SF Gate [Twitter]
• Fish invaders causing dramatic downturn in birds at eastern Oregon refuge via Oregon Live [Twitter]

• Wisconsin town killing geese to rid lake shore of bird poop via City Pages [Twitter]
• Wild parrots settle in suburbs via BBC [Twitter]
• Australia vets treat hundreds of “drunken” parrots via BBC [Twitter]
• Reckoning in the Gulf via NY Times [Twitter]

• Ocean currents likely to carry oil to the Atlantic via Mother Jones [Twitter]
• Homes Sought For 425 Rescued Birds via NJ AP [Twitter]
• Virus blamed as drunken parrots fall from sky via The Independent [Twitter]
• Brazil’s Paragominas municipality moves from deforestation blacklist to model of sustainability via The Nature Conservancy [Twitter]
• Nonprofit group releases graphic footage of hatchery ducklings and chicks via The Scevenger (WARNING:Video!) [Twitter]
• Oil Spill Answers from Bird Conservation Expert on the  Ground via Audubon Magazine [Twitter]
• How To Track The Oil Spill In The Gulf via Burdr
• Obese Kookaburra Sent To Bird Bootcamp, article and video via Burdr
• Oiled Birds Found Onshore May Be a Fraction of the Total Toll on Birds From Gulf Spill via ABC [Twitter]
• TAMUG WildBirders won their division for the 3rd time in the Great Texas Birding Classic via WildBird Magazine [Twitter]
• Banding birds in the Smoky Mountains, video via WBIR [Twitter]

• Caught In The Oil via Boston (WARNING:Photos!) [Twitter]
• Definitely. Wildlife rescue effort is a challenge in the gulf via LA Times [Twitter]
• We are all Gulf victims now via CNN [Twitter]
• Yay! Endangered Least Tern population is rebounding in California via SF Gate [Twitter]
• Letters to the President #501: The birds” via Anderson Cooper 360 [Twitter]
• The Alaotra Grebe – We do care! via BirdLife [Twitter]
• US officials under fire as birds succumb to oil via AFP [Twitter]
• Windows are clear and present danger to birds via Redding Record Searchlight [Twitter]
• How you can help birds caught in the oil spill via Anderson Cooper 360 [Twitter]
• Open access to 15 spill-threatened species in Birds of North America via Cornell Lab of Ornithology [Twitter]
• Wild Whooping Crane Chicks Hatch At Necedah National Wildlife Refuge via  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service [Twitter]

• Who would do such a thing?! Bluebird boxes destroyed and baby birds killed via The Washington Post [Twitter]
• A Little Bird Mired In Oil Illuminates A Big Problem via NPR [Twitter]
• Do birds a flavour and don’t feed them crisps (chips) via RSPB [Twitter]
• Helping save 20,000 oiled penguins in Cape Town, South Africa in 2000, 90% released back into wild via IBRRC [Twitter]
• A long history of saving oiled wildlife via IBRRC [Twitter]
• Osprey chicks hatch at Rutland Water via BBC [Twitter]
• Bird washers hard at work as Gulf spill toll grows via Reuters [Twitter]

Photos and Videos

• Baby Black-capped Chickadees by Debbie Burrous Stika [Facebook]
• A baby American Coot in the reeds by Nick Chill [Twitter]
• Worth staying up past bedtime via lfroese [Twitter]
• Robins in the Nest by MGaryHanson [Twitter]
• Thirsty via India Nature Watch [Twitter]

Bushtit by waslin

• Bushtit by Waslin [Twitter]
• Corvus cornix, “Hooded crow” taking a bath via rachidH [Twitter]
• Killdeer egg well camouflaged by Nick Chill [Twitter]

• Preening Ruby-throated Hummingbird via MaineBirder [Twitter]
• Hand Fed Titmouse by dwmaiden [Twitter]
• Sandhill cranes displaying their beautiful feathers by JKissnHug [Twitter]

Hey, Watch It Buddy! by shelshots

• Hey, watch it buddy! by shelshots [Twitter]
• Cygnet’s arrive on the lake by richcovephotography [Twitter]
• Moody Stork via India Nature Watch [Twitter]

I want to hold your talon! by PhotoJoe Campbell

• I Want to Hold Your Talon by PhotoJoe Campbell [Twitter]
• Short-eared Owls nesting via Guardian [Twitter]
• Taking a break from the fledglings – Male Purple Finch via MainBirder [Twitter]

• Calaveras Bald Eagle chicks testing their wings, getting close to leaving the nest via chuqify [Twitter]
• Mud Collector via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• The story of every oil spill is told in images of dead or dying birds via NY Times (WARNING:Photos!) [Twitter]
• Finch at the Feeder via Beverly’s Photo for the Day [Twitter]
• Evening Grosbeak at the “local watering hole” via natrlvisions [Twitter]

Salvin's Mollymawk by Peregrine's Bird Photography

• Great shot! Salvin’s Mollymawk by Peregrine’s Bird Photography [Twitter]
• Noses (or beaks) to the grindstone by labels 30 [Twitter]
• Semipalmated Plover by Laura Pipkin [Twitter]

Burdrs and Blogs

• Cher Ami: The War Pigeon via Burdr
• Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) via Cycroft Photography [Twitter]
• Wondrous Warblers via Nature’s Splendor [Twitter]
• New Birding App Supports Hatian Relief Efforts via John E. Ruitta [Twitter]

• Would you eat a mealworm? via Burdr
• Crossbills and friends at the bird bath, video via Natural Visions Blog [Twitter]
• Big Bend via Antshrike’s Bird Blog [Twitter]
• Love that first photo! Osprey Nesting Pair Update via The Birder’s Report [Twitter]
• Downtown Worcester Peregrine Falcon chick closeups via The Curios Birder [Twitter]
• Unisphere Red-tailed Hawks nest update via Fotoportmann [Twitter]
• Phoebe Nest, video via Betsy’s Bird Journal [Twitter]
• Cute! Bremer Peregrines via The Raptor Center [Twitter]
• Actual journal entry too! Western Tanager – Discovered in Idaho by Lewis & Clark via Idaho Birding Blog [Twitter]

• Video of Red-necked Grebes via Birding Copenhagen [Twitter]
• Baya Weavers teaching fledglings to fly via Bird Ecology Study Group [Twitter]
• 15 Bird Species At Serious Risk Due To Gulf Spill via Birdchick [Twitter]

• Bobolink, photo and video via Steve Ingraham’s Pic of the Day [Twitter]
• The impact of wetland isolation and adjacent land use on bird communities via Conservation Maven [Twitter]
• A Super cute Coot and more in this week’s Burdr Flickr Group Roundup! via Burdr

• Incubating Whiskered Treeswift Day 20, photos and video via Wings Among Us [Twitter]
• Fischer’s Turaco via The Northern Myth [Twitter]
• Good luck! Gun shot Cooper’s Hawk admitted via Valley Wildlife Care [Twitter]
• Grey Heron and White-bellied Sea Eagle “rub shoulders” via manta’s experience [Twitter]

• Thanks to all the volunteers who are saving Louisiana’s wildlife one Pelican at a time! via Burdr