[This message was approved by the Birdnews moderators] Wildlife Preservation Canada (WPC) is looking for volunteer surveyors for the 2021 Adopt-A-Site program. We are looking for help in a number of historic shrike ‘hot-spots’ across Ontario (Carden, Napanee, Grey-Bruce, Manitoulin, Pembroke/Renfrew and Smiths Falls).
Volunteers are asked to survey their designated sites three times over the spring and summer (April 15th to June 30th) for evidence of Loggerhead Shrikes, and a suite of other birds found in the same habitat. The information gathered on shrikes will be used to assist field staff with carrying out various recovery activities and provide valuable information contributing to accurate broad-scale population counts. The Loggerhead Shrike has suffered serious declines throughout its historic breeding range over the last 50 years. The eastern subspecies, found in Ontario, has been designated endangered in Canada since 1991. WPC has been leading the recovery effort for this bird since 2003, and every year our field staff to monitor the numbers and breeding success of wild birds, and release captive-bred juveniles to bolster the wild population. A summary of last year’s recovery activities can be found here: https://wildlifepreservation.ca/2016/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Ontario-LOSH-Update-2020_public-for-web.pdf <https://wildlifepreservation.ca/2016/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Ontario-LOSH-Update-2020_public-for-web.pdf> If you would like to help, or would like more information on the Adopt-A-Site program, please contact me. Thanks in advance, from the whole Shrike Recovery Team! — Hazel Wheeler, MSc (she/they) Lead Biologist - Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Wildlife Preservation Canada <https://wildlifepreservation.ca/> E: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> C: 519-362-9780 We respectfully acknowledge that Wildlife Preservation Canada's head office is on the homelands of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Attawandaron peoples, and on the treaty lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. -- Ontbirds and Birdnews are moderated email Listservs provided by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) as a service to all birders in Ontario. Birdnews is reserved for announcements, location summaries, first of year reports, etc. To post a message on Birdnews, send an email to: [email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email at [email protected]. Please review posting rules and guidelines at http://ofo.ca/site/content/listserv-guidelines During the COVID-19 pandemic, all Ontario birders should be taking extra precautions and following local, provincial, and federal regulations regarding physical distancing and non-essential travel. To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.
