Charge! by shelshots

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

Below you’ll see a photo of a Mourning Dove with white primary feathers by Flickr user mattlev12. He took the photo earlier this year. If you want to learn a little more about feathers, visit Kate St. John’s blog called Outside My Window and read her article she published this week titled Anatomy: Feather Shapes. Lots and great information and a nice picture where you can see a Sharp-shinned Hawk‘s feathers laid out side by side.

Also this week, Jackie Garner posted a fabulous sketch of a leucistic Rockhopper Penguin via Twitter. She’s a professional wildlife artist based in Gloucestershire. If you want to see more of her artwork, visit the Jackie Garner website!

News and Information

• Found after a landslide! Researchers retrieve fossil track of giant extinct bird via The Bellingham Herald [Twitter]
• Babies of the oil spill face an uncertain future via AP [Twitter]
• Birding on National Wildlife Refuges via US Fish and Wildlife Service [Twitter]
• Zapata Rail on the edge via BirdLife [Twitter]
• Earth’s first Seabird Conference this September via World Seabird Conference [Twitter]
• Local Louisiana Firm Retrofits Hammond Bird  Rehabilitation Facility via Restore The Gulf [Twitter]

• Pay attention to what our birds tell us! via Burdr
• Bald eagles thrive at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland via US Fish and Wildlife Service [Twitter]
• Officials plan to reduce the Cormorant population on Lake Chaplain via Burlington Free Press [Twitter]
• The Great Goose Roundup, the Aftermath via The New York Times [Twitter]
• Including 2 Birds of Paradise, Malaysia raid for stolen cars nets protected birds via AP [Twitter]
• Horrible! Flock of 18 Canada geese beaten and shot in New Jersey town via AP [Twitter]
• Donation of ibis gives Middle East’s rarest bird renewed hope of survival via BirdLife [Twitter]
• How the not-so-good-looking finches get the girls via ScienceShot [Twitter]
• Boy in New Jersery sells pelican drawings to help birds hurt in Gulf oil spill via Daily Record [Twitter]
• Conservationists working hard to bring back one of Britain’s rarest birds, the Avocet via BBC [Twitter]
• Near San Francisco? Adopt a rescued egg-laying hen! via SF Gate [Twitter]
• Pretty! Oystercatchers in Spring Blossoms via Dicovering Alpine Birds [Twitter]
• Breeding site of the large-billed reed warbler has been found in Tajikistan via BBC [Twitter]

• Letter to the Editor about the killing of Geese in New York via The New York Times [Twitter]
• Good question. Geese Culled in U.S., Beaten and Gased – Where is the Uproar? via All Voices [Twitter]
• What does a bird conservationist director do? via Audubon Magazine [Twitter]
• Warehouse for stolen cars hides endangered wildlife in Malaysia via Borneo Post [Twitter]
• Seep found near BP’s blown out oil well via AP [Twitter]
• New population of Grey-breasted Parakeet found in Brazil via BirdLife [Twitter]
• Ancient Birds from North America Colonized South Thanks to Panama Land Bridge via ScienceDaily [Twitter]
• Why don’t airplanes have flapping wings like birds? via How Stuff Works [Twitter]
• Oh no! Red kite chicks fall victim to irresponsible rodenticide use via RSPB [Twitter]
• Fossil evidence that “Big Bird” roamed the Northwest US 50 million years ago via NPR [Twitter]
• Record breeding season for loons in Vermont via Vermont Center For Ecostudies [Twitter]
• Bird watcher took a fatal fall while conducting a spotted owl survey in California via LA Times [Twitter]
• European Goldfinches under threat from gangs of poachers via The Independent [Twitter]
• Gulf Oil spill’s threat to fowl not always obvious via Daily Comet [Twitter]
• Adopt a Barn Owl – and make a difference via The Barn Owl Trust [Twitter]

• Great Blue Heron and an Egret! Man cited for killing birds at golf course in Saratoga County, NY via WNYT [Twitter]
• Lasting Effects of Exxon Valdez and the Future of the Gulf via ABC News [Twitter]
• Company Guilty of Over 1600 Bird Deaths Sets Example in Prosecuting Bird Deaths Due to Industry Negligence via American Bird Conservancy [Twitter]
• Major project to build DNA database of birds via The Hindu [Twitter]

Photos and Videos

• Snack time! via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Three Day Old Robins via mgaryhanson [Twitter]
• Juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker snags beetle for lunch via rachelbirder [Twitter]
• Baby Pelicans recover at Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Day Three Of Birds In My Yard Week via Steve Creek Outdoors [Twitter]

My new friend: The Dodo by Bibi

• I want one! Plush Dodo by Bibi [Twitter]
• Black-Chinned Hummingbird by Stephen Pollard in Texas [Twitter]
• And… who said you could take a look? via Image-In [Twitter]
• Photos of Grebes feeding their young, Sandpipers, Wren, Gull, Heron, Goldfinch & more via Kootenay Nature Photos [Twitter]
• Wow! Indian Roller Rolling via India Nature Watch [Twitter]

Swallow by takaortho

• Swallow via takaortho [Twitter]
• Crested Owl by uropsalis [Twitter]
• Yellowthroat Gluttony by Mully410 [Twitter]
• The Final Day – Birds In My Yard Week via Steve Creek Outdoors [Twitter]
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher via Photography Minute [Twitter]

Sketch of leucistic Rockhopper Penguin by garnerart

• Sketch of the leucistic Rockhopper via garnerart [Twitter]
• Squirrel jumps for the bird feeder in a desperate lunge for dinner via Daily Mail [Twitter]
• Mirror mirror on the feeder via Image-In [Twitter]
• Red-Bellied Woodpecker by Leighton Photography & Imaging [Twitter]
• Bald Eagle juvenile on nest. First flight should be in a few days. via MaineBirder [Twitter]

I'm Allowed To Show Off... Coz I'm Beautiful... by Wire_cat

• I’m Allowed To Show Off… Coz I’m Beautiful… by Wire_cat [Twitter]
• A sprinkle of Mallards via LadyWoodpecker [Twitter]
• Red-rumped Swallow by takaortho [Twitter]
• Bluebirds: I think we have a boy and a girl. via PineLilyFNPS [Twitter]
• Watch birds recuperate after washing in the aviary at Fort Jackson, Louisiana via IBRRC [Twitter]

Mourning Dove with white primaries by mattlev12

• Pretty! Mourning Dove with white primaries by mattlev12 [Twitter]
• Charge! by shelshots [Twitter]
• The incredible beak of a Long-billed Curlew by Nick Chill [Twitter]

Burdrs and Blogs

• Crimson-crested Woodpecker via Campephilus Woodpeckers [Twitter]
• Birding abroad is not always free of danger via SzimiStyle [Twitter]
• White-shouldered Starling via John’s Hong Kong Birding Blog [Twitter]
• New Feeder via Bird Canada [Twitter]
• The Hazards Of An Empty Feeder via Birdchick [Twitter]
• Black-tailed Godwit travels via pewit [Twitter]

• Frenzied feeding technique of the Greenshank via Birding Copenhagen [Twitter]
• Red-bearded Bee-eater via Frogmouth [Twitter]
• Feeding behavior of a Bee-eater via Manta’s Experience [Twitter]
• Hudsonian Godwit and Roseate Terns via Birding Dude [Twitter]
• Gorgeous! Bombay Beauty via Birds by Kim [Twitter]
• I agree! Videocam: A powerful tool for studying birds via Bird Ecology Study Group [Twitter]

• Red-winged Blackbird showing off! via Burdr
• Crossing Paths with an Osprey, Belted Kingfisher, and Green Heron via JournOwl [Twitter]
• Juvenile Cardinal via Renee Dawson’s Blog [Twitter]
• Northern Ireland’s largest seabird colony via Peregrine’s Bird Blog [Twitter]
• Blue-throated Bee-eater sunning via Bird Ecology Study Group [Twitter]
• Looks like the bird is wearing a mask, Black-Bellied Malkoha via Wings Among Us [Twitter]

• A’ one, and a’ two, and a’ three… toes! via BrdPics [Twitter]
• Which way for the ABA? via Birding with Ken and Kimberly [Twitter]
• Anatomy: Feather Shapes via Outside My Window [Twitter]
• Wonderful photos of Ospreys banded and Kestrels released on Long Island, NY via Fotoportmann [Twitter]
• Color-marked Plovers Moving South via a DC Birding Blog [Twitter]
• Prancing Around via The Early Birder [Twitter]

• Migration is restarting (if it ever stopped) via bogbumper [Twitter]