Wildlife Preservation Canada would like express our gratitude to everyone who was involved in the 2016 Eastern Loggerhead Shrike field season through surveying and reporting sightings. Your efforts greatly enhance those of our field staff; reports are very important for establishing accurate population counts and for determining migration routes.
The sighting of a banded Loggerhead Shrike on Gull Island in Presqu’ile Provincial Park this week is a great reminder to keep an eye out for birds as they make their southward migration. A whopping 105 captive-bred juveniles were released in to the wild this year, so there are plenty of birds to spot! A detailed summary of season results will be posted in October, but in the meantime, if you spot a shrike, please let me know. Birds may be banded, either with a single metal band on the left leg (indicating it’s a bird that is also carrying a radio tag), or with a metal band and a combination of colour bands. Please take some time to get a good look at the legs of any shrikes spotted if you can, and note any bands seen. This year will be especially challenging, as we had to include grey colour bands in the mix, to ensure we had enough individual combinations for all the birds. Note that any birds released this year with colour bands will have either YELLOW over SILVER, or SILVER over YELLOW on the left leg. Thank-you again for volunteering your time to the recovery effort for this critically endangered bird. If you are interested in participating in the Adopt-A-Site Program next season or would like more information, please contact me. Happy birding! Hazel — Lead Biologist - Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Wildlife Preservation Canada 5420 Hwy 6 North, RR#5 Guelph ON N1H 6J2 519-993-5155 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
