Spoon-billed Sandpiper by Elana Lappo

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

The photo above is of a young and really cute Spoon-billed Sandpiper. It’s from the BBC article about trying to save them from extinction.

News and Science

• Birders feed a growing niche of Maine’s tourism industry via Mainebiz [Twitter]
• Birds are thriving in the warm spring and public affection via The Guardian [Twitter]
• RSPB expresses anger at wild bird killings via The Courier [Twitter]
• Missing Eagle rediscovered in west of Scotland via Telegraph [Twitter]
• Transmitters used to track Whimbrels via Northumberland Today [Twitter]
• After DDT scourge, bald eagles return to Catalina via CBS News [Twitter]
• Wyoming wind farm using military technology to track birds and bats to reduce deaths via The Republic [Twitter]
• Horrible. 3 California condors die of lead poisoning via SFGate [Twitter]
• If a bird and building collide, the bird loses via TwinCities.com [Twitter]
• Project to sort out why birds crash into buildings via INFORUM [Twitter]
• Yay! With a broken wing now healed, bald eagle to be released at Arkansas lake via The Republic [Twitter]

Bird Watcher mapping Iowa nesting species by Iowa Outdoors

• Bird watchers mapping Iowa nesting species via Eastern Iowa Outdoors [Twitter]
• Birds’ greatest urban predator: The city skyline. via MPR [Twitter]
• 9 Falcon Chicks Born Atop 3 NYC Bridges via NBC New York [Twitter]
• Penguins do the wave to keep warm via MSNBC [Twitter]
• German police train vulture ‘detectives’ to find bodies via BBC [Twitter]
• eBird surpasses 3 million bird observations in May via eBird [Twitter]
• Internet offers peek into East Tennessee bald eagle nest via WBIR [Twitter]
• High hopes for Cambodian vultures via Stuff.co.nz [Twitter]
• Reward offered for information leading to arrest & conviction golden eagle poacher via USFWS [Twitter]
• So cute! Bid to save sandpiper at risk of extinction in Russia via BBC [Twitter]

Photos and Videos

• Hitching a Lift via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]
• Parenthood via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]

White Kiwi Chick by Mike Heydon

• Manukura, a rare white kiwi chick via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]
• Family via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]
• Cute Coot Family via Mark Phillpot [Twitter]
• Birds’ nests in unusual places via The Telegraph [Twitter]
• Ash-throated flycatcher “You lookin’ at me?” via SearchNetMedia [Twitter]
• Pelican via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]
• Birds of Peru: Johnson’s (Lulu’s) Tody-Flycatcher via jpperret [Twitter]
• Red-Winged Blackbird Calling via Martin Belan [Twitter]
• Cormorant Fishing via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]

• Paradise via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]
• Chasing Sunset via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]
• Flying upside down… via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]
• Babies via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]
• Spring Dream via Burdr Tumblelog [Twitter]

Burdrs and Blogs

• FAQs about Feeding Mealworms to the Birds via The Zen Birdfeeder [Twitter]
• A Short-billed Dowitcher walking the beach… via Red and the Peanut [Twitter]
• Dark-Necked Tailorbird: Up Close & Personal via Wings Among Us [Twitter]
• Fishers via Thaibirds and more [Twitter]
• Perseverance via Burdr [Twitter]
• Crossbill on the Peanuts? via Fair Isle [Twitter]
• Right Place, Right Time via Birding Dude [Twitter]