Kingfisher fishing by Angel Pulido

Here are some of the birding links you may have missed over the past week.

News and information

• Calls to cull fur seals off Kangaroo Island for Penguins via News AU
• Bats and Birds Face Serious Threats From Growth of Wind Energy via NY Times
• Texas drought will have lasting impact on ecosystems via USA Today
• Abused baby boobies grow up to abuse other chicks via BBC
• Animal lover loses the sight in one eye trying to save bird via This is South Wales
• Pigeon-Guided Missile could have changed the course of World War II via io9
• Murre Seabird Chicks Hatch for the First Time in 100 Years on the Channel Islands via USGS

• Sea eagles released into the wild from Fife via BBC
• One California Woman’s Fight to Save the Birds via Los Altos Patch
• Displaced pelicans shipped to San Diego via The Arizona Republic
• Washington Western Bluebird Reintroduction Effort a Success! via ABC
• Bird bones could be one million years old via ABC News
• Shell confirms oil leak in North Sea via The Guardian
• Giant fossil shows huge birds lived among dinosaurs via BBC
• Research reveals how butterflies copy their neighbors to fool birds via EurekAlert

Photos and Videos

• Ibis Up Close via India Nature Watch
• Clash of the Titans via India Nature Watch
• Night Heron via 1x
• Tumblr Tuesday: Haaa Choooooo! via Burdr
• Kingfisher fishing via Pixdaus

• Moonlight Interaction via 500px
• Courtship via 500px
• Fight Club via 1x
• Quenching the Thirst via Photos by November Gale

Burdrs and Blogs

• Green Nemesis via Wildlife Photographic Journals
• Open Wide! via At The Water
• Summer Great Gray Owls via Rob McKay
• Record worm via pewit

• Flickr Roundup For Week Of 8/12/2011 via Burdr
• Red-rumped Swallow via Unravel
• The Great Penguin Rescue via Burdr
• Over the Top via Wildlife Photographic Journals
• Walks On Water via Outside My Window