hungry by sonofdawra3

Here are ten of the top photos from the Burdr Tumblelog over the past week.

Hello! via northedelweiss

Face to Face by phalacrocorax

Thirsty by Guillaume Jan

Balance by Edwin Kats

On a high horse by gerdavs

Fluffy via linneab

Hey there! via suchastrangenumb

Baby Kingfisher via mommybird

Beautiful Morning by adrians_art

Feathers in Amber via LA Times

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

News and Information

• Couple wake to find 500 birds perched on their home via Daily Times
• Thirsty Birds ‘Burn The Engine’ In Flight via NPR
• Wind tunnel helps determine how birds fly so far without water via LA Times
• Endangered Short-tailed Albatross Killed by Fishing Boat Off the Coast of Oregon via American Bird Conservancy
• San Francisco considers bird friendly building codes via ABC7
• Scotland’s birds of prey ‘face decline’ over poisoning via BBC
• Conjoined Robin Released via About
• Cornell Lab Receives NSF Grant for BirdCast via eBird
• Snails once flew over Mexico (in the bellies of birds) via io9
• Auburn eagle mascot checks out OK after game mishap via USA Today
• Getting kids involved! Bird program taking flight in Australia via News Mail
• Millerbirds are transported to new home on Laysan Island after a 100 year absence!  via USFWS

Penguins via BBC

• How penguins find a perfect partner via BBC
• Shooting of Whimbrels sparks calls for regulation of shorebird hunting in the Caribbean via RSPB
• Hitchhiking snails fly from ocean to ocean via Science Daily
• Birds Are Changing Their Tune via Discovery News
• Australia’s city birds carry highest toxic load via PhysOrg
• Nests via Sierra Club
• A City of Glass Towers, and a Hazard for Migratory Birds via NY Times
• Advanced birds lived alongside ‘hairy’ dinosaurs via New Scientist
• Parrots teach wild birds how to talk via Telegraph
• Feathers found in amber offer glimpse of early birds, dinosaurs via LA Times
• Minnesota farmer charged in protected birds’ deaths via UPI
• Dino-killing asteroid wiped out birds, too via MSNBC

Photos and Videos

• Penguin Ear Muffs via 500px
• Inquisitiveness via 500px
• Tumblr Tuesday: Tailgating via Burdr

• Biomimicry – The Kingfisher and the Bullet Train via BirdFreak
• Thirsty via 500px
• Shower Massage via SF Gate
• You know you’re a birder when… via foursquare

• Yikes! That’s a tall tower!!! Birding on a Budget – Climbing the Tower at Amazon Manu Lodge in Peru
  via YouTube
• Symmetry via 500px
• Not this time! via 500px
• Flickr Roundup For Week Of 9/16/2011 via Burdr
• Wrong end of a take off! via India Nature Watch
• Morning Whisper via 500px

Burdrs and Blogs

• Blue Against Blue via Sandy Straits and Beyond
• Love the Wryneck! Been busy… via bogbumper
• Did you know… via Spotting and Jotting
• Whimbrel Navigates a Storm but Gets Killed Anyway via A DC Birding Blog
• The Big Birding Blog List via Birding Is Fun
• Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk via Picus Blog
• How penguins find a perfect partner via Penguinology
• Ten Ways to be a Better Birder via ABA Blog
• Biomimicry – The Kingfisher and the Bullet Train via BirdFreak
• The Big Year: Interview with Kenn Kaufman via Birds and Blooms
• Cool cake! Love the little binoculars! Barra Boys Celebrate via Birding Frontiers
• Trapping time in amber via Penguinology

Ruby-throated Hummingbird by AllHarts

Here are some of the new additions to the Burdr Flickr group for the week of September 16th, 2011.

Thanks so much to all the very talented photographers that have added and continue to add their photos to the group!

Dueling Hummingbirds by DansPhotoArt

Holy Crap by Gordo-the-Fly

Long-billed Curlew by Mike Forsman

Migrating by Just Used Pixels

Cormorant by Photomatt28

Enjoying the Sunset by DelawareBill

Down the hatch by Gene Herzberg

Eastern Kingbird by Betty Vlasiu

Birds 3 by @zyh

The Kiss by birdtracker

Chin Up, Eyes Forward by gseloff

Fishing Buddies by smacss

Stretch by gseloff

Grumpy Little Bluebird by Ruthie Kansas

Woodnymph by Zed's birds

Great Grey Owl by Rob McKay

Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling by lyn.f

Cattle Egret by marj k

Over the Rainbow by clayborough.photography

Tailgating via whysofly

Here are ten of the top photos from the Burdr Tumblelog over the past week.

Close Up via 2chblog

Sweet Fix by Cathie Rowand

Big Fish by juddpatterson

Hey You via birdofdarkness

Balcony Opera by Ovidiu-Cristian Cojocarit

Whoa! via ramenwithrice

Sunset via antarcticpoverty

Life of the Serengeti by Nikolai Zinoviev

Silhouettes via weheartit

Thirsty via donnapreguica

Here are 10 of the top Burdr Tumblelog posts over the past week.

Barn Swallow by JulioM

Mirror Finch via justcallmegrace

Double Fish via northedelweiss

On a high horse by gerdavs

Ears via petapeta

Hitchin' a ride by brodmann's 17

Hungry Pelican via fortheloveofanimals

Egret Neck via harvestheart

End of the Rainbow by islandlightphoto

Smile! by Cyron

Here are 10 of the top Burdr Tumblelog posts over the past week.

Wut is on my head? by pinterest

Seriously? via skoftheshades

Get in mah belleh! via angrybirdsaddict

Horse takes ducklings under his wing - well, hoof! via MSiegal

Short-eared Owls via luontoportti

Dive! via Extreme Birds

Sardine Run by pats0n

Whooping Cranes with an almost complete lunar eclipse by Scott Buckel

Albino Eastern Screech Owl by Jon P. Inghram

Here are 10 of the top Burdr Tumblelog posts over the past week.

Be sure to watch the video of the Hermit Thrush. Such a beautiful song, one of my favorites!

Albino Black Vulture via mollykathrynnn

Laughter by Cephas

Are we there yet? by Gary Samples

Angry Bird via ohaha

Hard at work! via projectsentinel

Drink anyone? via mansaard

Colorful via fatallyasian

Feeding by malikimran

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

News and Inforamtion

• Orange-throated Hummingbirds: more questions via Sibley Guides
• Birds Insult Each Other Through Song via Irish Weather
• Gay birds as faithful as straight pairs via Telegraph
• The finer points of wing translucence via Sibley Guides
• Threat to birds as Shell struggles to halt oil leak via The Independent
• Is avian malaria a disaster for British birds? via The Guardian
• A tool to measure stress hormone in birds — feathers via EurekAlert
• What to do about House Sparrows at feeders that eat everything in a few hours via Birdwatching

Hooking kids on birdwatching by Jim Williams

• Hooking kids on birding via StarTribune
• Oil spill worst in decade for North Sea but no BP via MSNBC
• Happy Feet Departure Date Set via Stuff
• Lost penguin getting lift back towards its flock and a bonus GPS tracker via Guardian
• Condors vs. power lines, and for once, the condors win via San Jose Mercury News
• Bird homes: a look at some of the most incredible nests in the world via Slate Magazine
• 2nd Leak Detected At Shell’s Gannet Alpha Platform via Red Orbit
• Yay! Loon population thriving in Vermont via WCAX
• Bird Expert Tags Rare White Hummingbird via The Pilot
• British garden birds enjoying ‘baby boom’ via Press Association
• Bird watchers to investigate mystery of disappearing summer migrants via Telegraph
• Twenty years and counting for the Alaska Bird Observatory banding station via News Miner
• Birdwatchers rally to save the sounds of summer via RSPB

The Big Year by Murray Close

• First look at Owen Wilson, Steve Martin, and Jack Black in The Big Year via Birdwatching
• Migrant birds are ‘disappearing’ from Britain via Metro
• Penguins don’t freeze, but they do get very, very cold via New Scientist
• Clapper Rail Bird, Thought Extinct in San Francisco, Found Nesting! via SF Weekly
• Cuckoos 5,000 km journey tracked by satellite via BBC
• Climate change driving species out of habitats much faster than expected via The Guardian
• Summer visitors top list of fastest-falling British bird populations via The Independent
• Shell stops North Sea leak after 10 days via The Guardian
• Boom in British baby blackbirds viaTelegraph
• Why birds of a feather flock together via  The Guardian

Photos and Videos

• Tumblr Tuesday: Cuddle via Burdr
• Little owl and Pygmy owl via Proud Photography
• Jerky Starling and the Imperturbable Prairie Dog via 500px
• Pileated Woodpecker via YouTube

• Flickr Roundup For Week Of 8/19/2011 via Burdr
• Sun bathing Roller via India Nature Watch
• Birdie and the Beast via 500px

• Yay! Pileated Woodpecker returns to the wild via YouTube
• Juggler via 500px
• Morning Yoga via India Nature Watch
• Stare Down via 500px
• The High Jumper via India Nature Watch
• Lookout! via 500px

Burdrs and Blogs

• Juvenile Wood Ducks…at eye level via Red and the Peanut
• Bearded Tit juveniles via pewit
• Birds and dragonflies at Kapok Park via Dina’s City Wildlife Adventures
• Blue Jay buzz cut? via Barry the Birder
• What’s happening with birds in August via Stokes Birding Blog
• A Gallery of Hummingbird Fun Facts via The Zen Birdfeeder
• Back to the Dartford via Wildlife Photographic Journals

Albino Hummingbird by Dave W.

Here are some of the new additions to the Burdr Flickr group for the week of August 19th, 2011.

If you click the photo above by Dave W, you’ll find a few more photos of this extremely rare albino hummingbird.

Thanks so much to all the very talented photographers that have added and continue to add their photos to the group!

Barred Owl profile by Steve Courson

Open wide... by DansPhotoArt

Abstract Eye by C Davis

Anna's Hummingbird by KOHoff

The Rippple Effect by btn1131

Amazonian Royal Flycatcher by asnyder5

Great Blue Heron by Mike Forsman

Grackle dispute by Andrea Westmoreland

Red-shouldered Hawk by Earl Reinink

Egret by rcolameco

Einstein by Raymond Lee

Vulture by feichtnerc

Not certain. A little insecure. by Elizabeth Haslam

White-crested Hornbill by ashapiro515

Sunset by nyë

Cuddling Reed Warblers by Dennis Rademaker

Here are 10 of the top Burdr Tumblelog posts over the past week.

Surrounded by Love by Jacky Parker

Fuzzy Chicks by Jeff Clow

<3 via footfistway

Owling via wizzardess

Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk by J Centavo

Gotcha via likeawormindirt

Wet Finch by Hui Hou

Splendid Fairywren via kozcritic

Sunset Dance via urbansavior