Peek-a-boo! I see you! Red-headed Woodpecker and Squirrel by Earl Reinink

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

Earl Reinink added this wonderful photo of a Red-headed Woodpecker to the Burdr Flickr group this past week. To me, it almost looks like a game of Peek-a-boo! Definitely check out the entire series of photos in his set called Red-headed Woodpecker!

Below you’ll see a video called Transformer Owl. The owl in the video is a Northern White-faced Owl. It has a unique defense mechanism. When face with a what it considers a threat, it tries to make itself appear larger. When face with an even larger threat, it tries to take on a completely different appearance. Pretty neat!

News and Information

• Saving the brown pelican via Houston Chronicle [Twitter]
• Bird rehab center moving out of hurricane zone via Florida AP [Twitter]
• For Male Finches, Range Comes With Muscle via The New York Times [Twitter]
• Close encounter with a giant Harpy Eagle of Venezuela via BBC [Twitter]
• Many hundreds of miles away, Gulf tragedy looms via ajc [Twitter]
• For the sake of eagles, it’s time to get the lead out via Edmonton Journal [Twitter]
• About the Spotted Owl, Losing an owl but saving a forest via Oregon Live [Twitter]
• Group of three small penguins released back into wild after recovering at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo via The Sydney Morning Herald [Twitter]
• Must be a way to make it work without killing birds, School turns off wind turbine after bird deaths via BBC [Twitter]
• Young birds go to ‘song school’ via Star Tribune [Twitter]

• Yay! Belted Kingfisher released! via Volunteers for Wildlife [Twitter]
• Birds may be capable of forward planning via The Independent [Twitter]
• How oil spill cleanup workers use common grocery items in relief efforts via Examiner [Twitter]
• How birds prepare for war via University of Bristol [Twitter]
• Scientists Call on Bird Watchers to Monitor Nests for Signs of Oil via NewsWise [Twitter]

• What happens to the birds that depend on the Great Salt Lake if the body of water shrinks? via Audubon Magazine [Twitter]
• GPS devices fitted to Puffins offer insight into their daily feeding patterns via BBC [Twitter]
• In Bird versus Cat, people do all the arguing via The Washington Post [Twitter]
• Welcome back, Snowy Plover! via The Bay Citizen [Twitter]
• Completely white American Robin seen in Ontario via Ontario Birding [Twitter]

• Oregon residents to hold service to mourn 109 euthanized geese via The News Tribune [Twitter]
• Thousands of egrets have taken over strip via The Dallas Morning News [Twitter]
• Story about a blind Great Horned Owl at wildlife rehab center in Washington state via Seattle PI [Twitter]
• Horrible! Colony of Black Skimmers in Texas loses 39 of their baby birds to hit-and-run via Corpus Christi Caller [Twitter]
• Birders flock to British Columbia beach to see rare white raven via CTV [Twitter]
• Draining of Mesopotamian marshes reversed as birds and rivers return to region via Guardian [Twitter]
• Be neat if I could too! Sharp-eyed robins can see magnetic fields via PhysOrg [Twitter]
• The stork arrives for Whooping Cranes via La Crosse Tribune [Twitter]
• Resident vs. Migrant Birds: Who copes better with change? via Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center [Twitter]
• Indiana Jones and the last Saker Falcon? via BirdLife [Twitter]

Photos and Videos

• One of five baby Barn Swallow’s that fledged by Peregrine’s Bird Photography [Twitter]
• Call of the Wild via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• White-throated Sparrow spotted singing and showing off, rare for Denmark via Netfugl [Twitter]
• What can I say… I am a chick magnet! via follownathan [Twitter]

• Northern White-faced Owl AKA “The Transformer Owl” via zetanian20 [Twitter]
• Birds of Peru: Rufous-crested Coquette by joel n rosenthal [Twitter]
• The Grumpy Cardinal by Steve Creek Outdoors [Twitter]
• Western Bluebirds bathing by Chuq [Twitter]

Gull versus Bald Eagle by Mick Durham

• Gull versus Bald Eagle via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Wisconsin by flyboy7388 [Twitter]
• The Landing by KerriFar [Twitter]
• Neat photo! Painted Duos via India Nature Watch [Twitter]

Honey, is this the feather you were asking about? by guitarman4

• Honey, is this the feather you were asking about? by guitarman4 [Twitter]
• The squeaky wheel! via LadyWoodpecker [Twitter]
• Brown Thrasher via Steve Creek Outdoors [Twitter]
• Eastern Bluebird coming to life via PineLilyFNPS [Twitter]

This just in... by PhotoJoe Campbell

• This Just In… by PhotoJoe Campbell [Twitter]
• At the wrong house: Green Heron via PineLilyFNPS [Twitter]
• Wonderful photos of Wading Birds: Jamaica Bay, NYC via Fotoportmann [Twitter]
• What’s to Grouse About? by Frank Scott Photography [Twitter]

• Song Sparrow preening by sing1947 [Twitter]
• The Oklahoma State Bird via Steve Creek Outdoors [Twitter]
• Osprey watches as note are taking during ringing via Guardian [Twitter]
• Baby Junco all fluffed up via alice_here [Twitter]

4 week old Kestrel gets leg fixed by Jeff Moore

• 4 week old Kestrel gets his leg fixed at St Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Great White Egret via NatureAllied [Twitter]
• There’s been a lot of this going on at the feeder recently via Image-In [Twitter]
• Pair of Hairy Woodpeckers feeding each other at the birdfeeder via SideshowAmi [Twitter]

Barn Swallow by chuqui

• Barn Swallow by chuqui [Twitter]
• Red-throated Loon by Sigurjón Einarsson [Twitter]
• Birds sharing some water in the heat via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Something “Fowl” at the Houston Police Academy via Houston Police Department [Twitter]

• Interesting TED talk about paying attention to penguins by Dee Boersma via TED [Twitter]
• Baby Kingbird by David*B [Twitter]
• Nodding Owlets via The Barn Owl Trust [Twitter]
• White-tailed Jay by jpperret [Twitter]

Reddish Egret by Laura Pipkin

• Reddish Egret by Laura Pipkin [Twitter]
• Robin with berry by dwmaiden [Twitter]
• Ladder-back Woodpecker convention via FatFinch [Twitter]
• Wow! Thirsty!!! via India Nature Watch [Twitter]

Burdrs and Blogs

• Wonderful silhouettes of birds! Air Itam Dalam, mainland Penang via Dig Deep [Twitter]
• Colorful! Blue-winged Pitta via Thai Birds and More [Twitter]
• Photos of Loons, Ducks, Coots, Gopher, Sandpiper, Eagle, Dragonfly, Sapsucker, Moose via Kootenay Nature Photos [Twitter]
• Oriole Enjoying A Summer Snack via Winged Thoughts [Twitter]
• Splish! Splash! Birds Taking A Bath! via Burdr

• Nightjar via pewit [Twitter]
• Barred Owl trying to beat the heat via The Nature Lady [Twitter]
• Bird house Air Conditioning via Stokes Birding Blog [Twitter]
• Solitary Sandpiper in Golden Light via Richard Hogg Photography [Twitter]
• Plastic waste that is in out oceans claims yet another life via Peregrine’s Bird Blog (WARNING:Photo!) [Twitter]

• Owls hanging out at the local watering hole via Burdr
• Wallcreeper Photos by Discovering Alpine Birds [Twitter]
• The Common Moorhen via Craig’s Bird Watching and Nature Blog [Twitter]
• Whooper Swan Family via Hugh Harrop [Twitter]
• Ashy Prinia via Walk The Wilderness [Twitter]

• Ah-ha moment for baby Hairy Woodpecker via Stoke Birding Blog [Twitter]
• Best Birding Trip via Sandy Straits and Beyond [Twitter]
• It’s been an Oriole kind of summer… via My Bird Tales [Twitter]
• Photos of Osprey & Young, Sparrows, Kingbird via Kootenay Nature Photos [Twitter]
• Great photos of the Black Skimmer! The Dare-To-Be-Different Bird via Red and the Peanut [Twitter]

• Huge Flock Of Birds! via Burdr
• Let’s Eat! via A New England Life [Twitter]
• Baltimore Oriole trying to cool off via My Bird Tales [Twitter]
• Crazy Cardinal not so crazy after all via Cary Birdcam Blog [Twitter]