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Visit Antarctica With Antarctic Fox
January 10, 2010 – 10:44 pm | 2 Comments
Visit Antarctica With Antarctic Fox

Visit the Antarctica through the photos and stories of Kevin and Rachel Fox as they write about their epic journey online!

Biking Birder
January 3, 2010 – 10:07 pm | 2 Comments
Biking Birder

Gary Prescott, a 53 year old teacher from Bromsgrove, Worecstershire will be spending the entire year birdwatching all over the United Kingdom. His mode of travel? Bicycle!

Frog On A Bird
January 2, 2010 – 10:35 am | 6 Comments
Frog On A Bird

Dennis Davenport, known as guitarman4 on Flickr, added some fascinating photos of a Downy Woodpecker to the Burdr Flickr group this week. The bird appears to have some sort of frog riding on its back!

Hakodate Birding Best Of 2009
December 31, 2009 – 12:54 am | No Comment
Hakodate Birding Best Of 2009

The Hakodate Birding blog has a huge two part blog post featuring some favorite photos from 2009.

Pileated Woodpecker By Dan Waltz
December 26, 2009 – 7:24 pm | 4 Comments
Pileated Woodpecker By Dan Waltz

See Dan Waltz create a water color painting of a male Pileated Woodpecker in his latest blog post.

Snow Angel
December 24, 2009 – 3:44 pm | 2 Comments
Snow Angel

On the “Rural Chatter” blog, Beverly posted some lovely photos of the birds in her backyard. My favorite is this little “snow angel”.

Decorate A Tree For The Birds
December 20, 2009 – 1:44 pm | 3 Comments
Decorate A Tree For The Birds

With a little help from The Zen Birdfeeder, learn how to make a few homemade treats for your backyard birds.

Inside A Bird Hospital
December 15, 2009 – 10:34 am | 2 Comments
Inside A Bird Hospital

Here are the sights and sounds of an IBRRC bird hospital during the rescue of hundreds of birds from a harmful algal bloom in the Pacific Northwest.

Mandarin Ducks By Fraser Simpson
December 14, 2009 – 7:44 pm | 9 Comments
Mandarin Ducks By Fraser Simpson

See some gorgeous shots of Mandarin Ducks by Fraser Simpson at his site called Fraser’s Birding Blog.

Operation Migration
November 30, 2009 – 3:28 am | 2 Comments
Operation Migration

Since 2001, Operation Migration has been reintroducing endangered Whooping Cranes into North America.

Story Behind Burdr’s Twitter Picture
November 23, 2009 – 3:02 am | 8 Comments
Story Behind Burdr’s Twitter Picture

Many of you have asked about the Burdr Twitter icon photo. Who’s in it? What kind of duck? When was it taken? Well, here’s the story!

India Nature Watch
November 16, 2009 – 12:23 pm | 5 Comments
India Nature Watch

The Burdr Flickr group is an excellent place to see beautiful photos of birds, but there are many other wonderful places online. India Nature Watch being one of them.

Birding in the Everglades
November 8, 2009 – 1:46 pm | No Comment
Birding in the Everglades

I really enjoy learning about birding in different places through the first hand accounts of other burdrs. Jonathan takes us on a tour of some of the birds you may see in the Everglades.

Put A Snag In Your Garden
November 1, 2009 – 1:01 pm | No Comment
Put A Snag In Your Garden

Sometimes the best things don’t have to be brand new. I really like what Bird Girl did. She placed a snag in her garden.