Stop! Thief! by Urs Schmidli

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

News and Science

• Hundreds of twitchers flock to see giant white-tailed eagle soaring over the New Forest via Daily Mail [Twitter]
• Proposal to use poison in CA marine sanctuary demonstrates difficult ecological balancing act via The Washington Post [Twitter]
• Aussie birds get drunk loud and fall from the sky via Treehugger [Twitter]
• Digital tags track flights via The Asbury Park Press [Twitter]
• As Gators Rise With Water, Young Raptors Are In Peril via New York Times [Twitter]
• Dozens of birds, bugs emerge from winter 3 weeks early to take advantage of the warm spring via Daily Mail [Twitter]
• Philippine bird sanctuary under threat via AFP [Twitter]
• A change at your bird feeder due to climate change via YNN [Twitter]
• Pigeon Droppings Become Fertilizer via Kahleeg Times [Twitter]
• Pelican Island Audubon’s Richard Baker Wins National Award via Audubon of Florida News [Twitter]
• Birds dumping eggs on the neighbors via Science Daily [Twitter]
• First-ever avocets hatch at RSPB Old Moor via RSPB [Twitter]

Red Knots on beach by Bill Dalton

• Red Knot wintering population drops by more that 5,000, accelerating slide to extinction via Conserve Wildlife [Twitter]
• Reward Offered in Bald Eagle Killing in North Carolina via The Humane Society [Twitter]
• Question and Answers about Violet and Pip, the hawks in NYC via New York Times [Twitter]
• Reserves created for Endangered Fringe-backed Fire-eye via BirdLife [Twitter]
• Sigourney Weaver & Maya Lin Honored by Audubon via Treehugger [Twitter]
• Steer clear of nesting beach birds via Miami Herald [Twitter]
• Three Birds Fly Over 3,700 Miles Without Stopping via TreeHugger [Twitter]
• Dog that killed 27 birds on farm in Boulder County, Colorado still at large via Denver Post [Twitter]
• Peregrine Falcon chicks in Michigan named after inspirational women via The Detroit News [Twitter]
• Three baby birds survive possible tornado in upstate NY via Wellsville Daily Reporter [Twitter]

Unusual Northern Cardinal by Larry Ammann

• Gender benders are birds of a different feather via LiveScience – MSNBC [Twitter]
• Gamekeeper with huge cache of bird poison fined £3,300 via The Guardian [Twitter]
• Groups unite for increased fines for Oregon poaching via Oregon Live [Twitter]
• Saras Crane via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Engineers Look to the Birds for the Future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles via News Wise [Twitter]
• North Dakota considers banning oil waste pits via The Jamestown Sun [Twitter]
• Wild bird breeding hit by Scotland’s storm via BBC [Twitter]

Photos and Videos

• The season has started. Our first orphaned ducklings came in tonight. via Bird Treatment and Learning Center [Twitter]
• Great Crested Flycatcher via JKissnHug [Twitter]
• Hungry via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]

Anna's Running Start by pandatub

• Cute! Anna’s Running Start [Twitter]
• Two Little Owls getting affectionate via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]
• Time for an afternoon siesta via India Nature Watch [Twitter]
• Bad Day via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]
• Stop! Thief! via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]
• Silhouettes via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]
• Bald Eagle Jet via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]
• Hungry!!! via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]
• Pied-billed Grebe Chick via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]

Burdrs and Blogs

• Parenthood via Wings Among Us [Twitter]
• Eurasian Siskin via Wildlife’s Diary [Twitter]
• Merapoh via Unravel [Twitter]
• Penduline Tit via pewit [Twitter]

• Twilight Loon via Burdr [Twitter]
• Love the red eye! Streaked Wren-Babbler foraging on the ground via Tabib [Twitter]
• The Marvelous Migrating Whooping Crane via Greg Laden’s Blog [Twitter]
• Birding in Africa – Grey Crowned Cranes via Walk the Wilderness [Twitter]
• Babies!! via Winged Thoughts [Twitter]
• Brown Hawk Owls Sharing a McSunbird Meal via Gallicissa (WARNING:PHOTO) [Twitter]
• Review: Peterson Birds of North America for iPad/iPhone via The Nemesis Bird [Twitter]
• Bee-eaters via pewit [Twitter]
• Indigo Bunting via At The Water [Twitter]
• Silver Bird via Tabib [Twitter]
• Little Spiderhunter via Wings Among Us [Twitter]
• Flickr Roundup For Week Of 5/27/2011 via Burdr [Twitter]