Wildlife Preservation Canada would like express our gratitude to everyone who was involved in the 2012 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.
A report led us to confirm a banded bird in Hamilton in late March that was later documented in Carden by field staff. An Adopt-A-Site volunteer report allowed confirmation of a pair in Grey-Bruce, the only pair confirmed in this core this year. And we have already received a couple of reports of fall migrants, including a banded shrike observed at the Occoquan National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia in mid-September; the band combination identified it as a captive-release bird hatched at Toronto Zoo and released from Napanee on August 15. Our shrikes are well on their way south, so keep your eyes peeled and please report any sightings to us (1-800-956-6608 or <mailto:[email protected]> jessicaATwildlifepreservation.ca). Please pay particular attention to any bands and report these with your sightings. This year all wild adults banded received OR/SI on the right as part of their 4-colour combination, while captive-release birds sport YE/SI on the left as part of their combo. There were no birds released with geolocators this year. For a detailed summary of season results, please see our annual report at <http://wildlifepreservation.ca/species-in-need/canadian-species/species-9/> http://wildlifepreservation.ca/species-in-need/canadian-species/species-9/ under "Field Reports", or request a copy from <mailto:[email protected]> jessicaATwildlifepreservation.ca. 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 us. Jessica Steiner Species Recovery Biologist Wildlife Preservation Canada 1-800-956-6608 jessicaATwildlifepreservation.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/
