Dear Ontario birders, It appears spring is arriving early this year and Wildlife Preservation Canada is gearing up for another exciting field season! Please report any sightings of Eastern Loggerhead Shrikes to Wildlife Preservation Canada. Many of the returning birds will likely be banded. Most shrikes banded in the last couple of years will have received 4-colour combos. Birds wearing geolocators are banded with only 2 bands, either RED/SILVER on the LEFT (released in 2009) or SILVER on LEFT and RED on RIGHT (released in 2010) or SILVER/RED on the LEFT (released in 2011). These birds must be re-captured in order to remove the tag and collect the logged data - this information will tell us where this bird has been all winter and what route(s) it took on migration. So we are especially keen to find these birds this season! PLEASE report any Loggerhead Shrike sightings to Wildlife Preservation Canada at tara at wildlifepreservation.ca, or by our toll-free number 1-800-956-6608. Please take a moment to look for bands on any shrike seen and report these with your sighting. Thank-you in advance. Happy Birding!
Tara Imlay Species Recovery Biologist Wildlife Preservation Canada 5420 Highway 6 North Guelph, ON N1H 6J2 office: 519-836-9314 mobile: 519-835-3565 fax: 519-836-8840 [email protected] www.wildlifepreservation.ca _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
