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Here are some of the links you may have missed over the past week from all things Burdr.

News and Information

• Island off Alabama coast bursting with birds after oil spill via Reuters
• Owl leaves imprint on Kendal woman’s window via BBC
• Secretary bird, hooded vulture at risk of extinction via The Star
• New breeding population of Spoon-billed Sandpipers found in Arctic Russia via BirdLife
• World First: spoon-billed sandpiper chicks hatch in captivity via RSPB
• Protected shorebirds killed on Marco beach, Florida via Naples Daily News
• An Eco-Conscious Shoe Company Delivers by Carrier Pigeon via TreeHugger
• Whooping cranes still flying through oilsands via CTV News
• Drug-Smuggling Pigeon Captured in Columbia via Terra
• 241 acres donated to Maine bird society via The Republic
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Initiate Listing of Red Knots via ABC
• Beaches in New Zealand littered with dead birds after stormy weather via NZ Herald
• Own your own original Sibley bird painting via Sibey Guides
• Animal ambassadors get a second chance via The Gilroy Dispatch

Airborne Penguin from Blue Planet by BBC

• Penguins take to the air via BBC
• More on Illusions of Size via Sibley Guides
• Children have a hoot meeting owls from Raptor Foundation via Cambridge News
• Authorities probe how 5 pelicans ended up partially covered in oil in California via CNN
• 98% of Duck Stamp purchases go to saving more land for NWRs via USFWS
• Squawking on water: Bird sets up its nest in the middle of a lake via Mail Online
• Internet bald eagle observers win recognition from National Park Service via VC Reporter
• A Brighter Future For Hundreds Of U.S. Species via Huffington Post
• Vast wind energy proposal could kill endangered birds via Reuters
• Federal money helps cities smooth way for migratory birds via Kansas City Star
• Little bird, big deal: tiny hummingbird makes a huge splash in Abilene, TX via Reporter News
• Planning Commission Approves New Bird-Safe Standards for San Francisco Buildings via ABC
• Relative size and proportions via Sibley Guides
• Scientists scale new heights to study Scotland’s mountain birds via RSPB
• Bird Conservation Group Hails Iowa DNR Decision Prohibiting Use of Lead Shot for Dove Hunting via ABC
• South African scientists to track penguins in wild via AP
• Birds of a Feather, Mated-Eagles Reunited via WGRZ
• Weather battered birds take to skies in New Zealand via TVNZ

Photos and Videos

• Claws Close Up via Burdr Tumblelog
• Trio via India Nature Watch
• Harrier versus Red-shouldered Kite via Burdr
• Plain and Simple via India Nature Watch

White Kiwi by Mike Heydon

• Rare White Kiwi via Burdr Tumblelog
• Riding around on a crocodile via Burdr Tumblelog
• Running on Water via India Nature Watch
• Laughter via Burdr Tumblelog

Spoon-billed Sandpiper chick by MJ McGill

• Spoon-billed Sandpiper Chick via Burdr Tumblelog
• Takeoff via Burdr Tumblelog
• A Lover’s Dance via Burdr Tumblelog
• Wings Wide Open via Burdr Tumblelog
• Talons via Burdr Tumblelog

Burdrs and Blogs

• Marsh Harrier food pass via pewit
• Male Pileated Woodpecker via At The Water
• Spatuletail via Birder Naturalist
• Snails Survive Bird Digestion via Burdr
• Searching the Farmland via Wildlife Photographic Journals

• Kirtland’s Warbler in Wisconsin via Burdr
• Dickcissel via The Daily Wing
• Don’t turn your back on your bait fish via Dina’s City Wildlife Adventures
• Robin’s Nest – No Vacancy via At The Water
• Harpy Eagle Talons via Burdr
• Pileated Woodpecker Saves Young via Burdr
• Identifying Common Backyard Hawks via The Zen Birdfeeder
• Peek-a-boo! Flickr Roundup For Week Of 7/15/2011 via Burdr
• A PeeWee Pewee via At The Water
• Another food pass via pewit
• Warbler of the Woodlands via Wildlife Photographic Journals
• Woodpeckers! via Nature Knitter