Wildlife Preservation Canada (WPC) is looking for volunteer surveyors for the 2018 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 breeding birds. Though Carden and Napanee remain the breeding strongholds in Ontario, last year saw Loggerhead Shrikes reported all across the province, including sightings in Grey-Bruce, Manitoulin, and Smiths Falls; a pair of shrikes was also found breeding in the Pembroke/Renfrew area for the first time since 2010! With such wide-ranging sightings, the recovery program very much relies on the help of birders across Ontario to make sure that we’re finding all of the birds we can, and gathering accurate population data. 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 as endangered in Canada since 1991, and was designated as endangered in Ontario in 1992. 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 breed birds in captivity to bolster the wild population. 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 — Lead Biologist - Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Wildlife Preservation Canada @ 10C Shared Space 42 Carden Street Guelph ON N1H 3A2 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
