Coming in to land by Austin Thomas

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

News and Information

• Gray-Hooded Gull, Rare Bird in U.S., Is Apparently on Coney Island via NY Times
• Hummingbird documentary nominated for an Emmy Award! via Kansas City Star
• Bird-Watching Is Big Business in Arizona via ABC News
• Falcons protect WA blueberry fields from starlings via San Jose Mercury News
• Audubon Welcomes Good News from Washington, D.C. via BirdLife
• Britain’s favourite garden birds threatened by lethal strain of avian pox via Mail Online
• Eagle deaths investigated at LADWP wind power generation site via LA Timesy
• Environmentalists call on Kentucky Governor to halt sandhill crane hunt via Bluegrass Politics
• UK garden birds hit by avian pox virus via The Guardian
• Rare Kori Bustard chick hatched at zoo in Ohio via Seattle PI
• Minnesota man faces jail for feeding birds via Examiner

Houbara Bustard, image from BBC video

• Sexually showy birds age faster via BBC
• UK garden bird avian pox virus spreading via PhysOrg
• Tree sparrows breed on Western Isles for the first time in 25 years via RSPB
• Walmart’s latest gift is for the birds via Crain’s New York Business
• Lost Antarctic penguin finds a following on the Internet with live video stream via The Republic
• 3 Year Decline of Tricolored Blackbirds Despite Conservation Efforts in California via ABC

Swan Attacks Kayaker by Thomas Burns

• Kayaker tells of swan attack via Stuff NZ
• Flamboyant birds are oversexing themselves into premature aging via io9
• Leading Bird Conservation Group Hails New Federal Lead Clean-up of Midway Island via ABC
• Abnormal coloration in birds: Melanin reduction via Sibley Guides
• American Zoos Help Return Condor To South America via NPR
• Drifting bird carcasses used to estimate Gulf oil spill’s toll via AL

Photos and Videos

• Coming in to land via 500px
• Northern Haw Owl in action via 1x
• Kung Fu Pheasant via 500px
• Roller with an itch! via India Nature Watch
• Tumblr Tuesday: Shimmy! via Burdr
• Sweet Lady Blue Eyes via 500px
• Hello!!! via 500px
• The Red and White Beauty via India Nature Watch
• Morning Pose via India Nature Watch

• Flickr Roundup For Week Of 8/5/2011 via Burdr
• Egyptian Goose with young ones via Guardian
• Sharp Dressed Man via 500px
• I lost a feather via India Nature Watch
• Messy Eater via 500px
• Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher via Project Noah
• Butterfly Wings via India Nature Watch

Burdrs and Blogs

• Big Babies via At The Water
• When a Little Blue Heron puffs up… via Red and the Peanut
• Robins Love My Birdbaths via The Zen Birdfeeder
• Woodcock via Unravel
• Love the last two before and after photos! :) Pete at Midway
• White-bellied Green Pigeon via Unravel
• Pretty! Green Broadbills via Wings Among Us
• Black and White and Pink All Over via Antarctic Fox
• Baby skimmers growing up via Dina’s City Wildlife Adventures