This Week In Burdr: Twisted
Here are some of the links you may have missed over the past week from all things Burdr.
News and Science
- Owner of pheasant hunting business says he killed Golden Eagle, fined $10k via Daily Journal
- African Penguins face extinction via Global Post
- More than 8,000 birds were collected during the oil spill via PNJ
- Planting for the birds via San Antonio News
- Optical illusions and bird identification via Sibley Guides
- Bird-safe building standards taking flight in San Francisco via The Examiner
- Second Graders In NY Learn Why Birds Are Windows to the Planet’s Health via Rivers Town Patch
- An Engineering Feat by Birds That Doubles as Home for a Brood via NY Times
- European birds use nectar as migration energy drink via BBC Nature
- Bizarre new craze for birds with arms gets internet in a flap via Mail Online
- Humans Might Be Able to See the Earth’s Magnetic Field, Like Birds Do via Popular Science
- Emperor penguin from Antarctic visits New Zealand beach via BBC
- Caution urged with lost Emperor Penguin via Massey University
- Sad. Maryland’s only nesting northern goshawk is killed via Washington Post
- Yay! Injured golden eagle rehabs and is released in West Virginia via New Haven Register
- College scientist cites enlarged skeletal muscles as reason birds exist via EurekAlert
- 4.3 Million for Neotropical Migratory Birds and Habitat Conservation via Birdlife
- Bird Study Suggests Effects of Childhood Bullying Don’t Last via NY Times
- Reward offered for killer of rare goshawk in Maryland via UPI
- What Birds Teach Us: Don’t Take Them – or the Future – for Granted by David Yarnold via Huffington Post
- Good News! Birds Thought Extinct Return to Harvested Rain Forest via LiveScience
- Birds of a feather display only a fraction of possible colors via EurekAlert
- Scientists look for surviving Eskimo curlew birds via Reuters
- Why Penguins Are Afraid of the Dark via ScienceNOW
- First Short-tailed Albatross Born In U.S. Fledges via American Bird Conservancy
- Songbirds eavesdrop on predatory chipmunks via BBC Nature
- Tanzania steps up for the Serengeti and says ‘no’ to asphalt road via BirdLife
- New Zealand Birds affected by Awakino oil spill via NZ Herald
- Great! Injured Bald Eagle in Washington healed and released via APB
- Evolution of Flight: Did Early Birds Run and Flap Before They Flew? via Discover
- Blue grosbeak makes very rare visit in Michigan via Herald Palladium
- Ill penguin stranded in NZ is offered a lift home via Boston
- Threatened shorebirds establish colony atop Florida wildlife officials building in the Keys via The Republic
- Endangered Puerto Rican Parrot on the Rise via ABC News
- She loves birds even though she’s never seen one via StarTribune
Photos and Videos
- Close via Burdr Tumblelog
- Thirsty via Burdr Tumblelog
- Somersault via india Nature Watch
- Golden Eagle feeds its chick via Burdr Tumblelog
- Grey Heron hunting ducklings (WARNING:PHOTOS) via The Telegraph
- The final gulp! via India Nature Watch
- Twisted via Burdr Tumblelog
- Clash of the Eagles via Burdr Tumblelog
- Mother and Child via Burdr Tumblelog
- No one can hurt you as long as I’m here via Burdr Tumblelog
- The Toss via India Nature Watch
- Flight via Burdr Tumblelog
- Babies via Burdr Tumblelog
- Spoon-billed Sandpiper via Burdr Tumblelog
- Crow at sunset via India Nature Watch
- Awww! via Burdr Tumblelog
- Nature’s Baby via India Nature Watch
- At last got the fish via India Nature Watch
Burdrs and Blogs
- Happy Father’s Day via Stokes Birding Blog
- Best foot forward via Mersey Bird Blog
- She with the aqua-colored eyes… via Red and the Peanut
- Officer named Byrd rescues a bird! via Burdr
- Pacific NW specialty… Varied Thrush via Pacific NW Birdr
- Woodpecker Inspired Shock Absorber via Burdr
- Male Yellow Wagtail in wheat and Yellowhammer via pewit
- Wandering Albatrosses via Stacey in Antarctica
- Common Nighthawk – Photo Study via The Nemesis Bird
- Supreme Court Backs Ban On Pesticide via Burdr
- An apparent hybrid Yellow-billed x Common Loon via Sibley Guides
- Spoon-billed Sandpiper via Burdr Tumblelog
- Birds With Arms via Burdr
- The new Wood-Warbler taxonomy via Sibley Guides
- Love the video! Gearing up for this…Papua New Guinea via Lost in Birding
- Red-winged Blackbird singing in the High Meadow at VOA Park… via Red and the Peanut
- Hummingbird at the birdbath via The Zen Birdfeeder
- Flickr Roundup For Week Of 6/24/2011 via Burdr
- Finch Saved From 2-Story Drain Pipe via WildRescue
- Cute! Black neck stilt family via Dina’s City Wildlife Adventures
- Barn owls, barn owls, barn owls… via WildRescue
- Like the video! A Savannah Sparrow chips in the High Meadow… via Red and the Peanut





