by Jane Hudecki | Jul 15, 2019 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike, Species at Risk
The first captive fledgling banded this season! This past month has been very exciting for me: I finally got to band my very first loggerhead shrike fledglings! As the new conservation breeding coordinator for the eastern loggerhead shrike recovery team, this...
by Carden | Jun 26, 2019 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike
Greetings from Carden, Ontario! The shrike team is now in full swing with the arrival of June and it’s warm weather! My field partner Sam has joined me for the season, and we’ve doubled our surveying effort. We’ve found a fourth nest this month...
by Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery | Jun 18, 2019 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike
Hello readers, Kayla Villeda reporting to you from Napanee, Ontario. I am this year’s Napanee shrike biologist for the Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Program. I am proud to say that this is my second year working for Wildlife Preservation Canada, having...
by Wildlife Preservation Canada | Jun 12, 2019 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike
By Lisa Horn Loggerhead shrikes are one of Canada’s most critically endangered songbirds. Scientists suspect that habitat loss, pesticides, and collisions with vehicles are all partially to blame, but these factors don’t seem to fully explain the steep and...
by Carden | May 24, 2019 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike
Greetings from Carden, Ontario! The Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Program is back in action, and even though it got off to a slow start this season (so much rain!), things are finally starting to come together. The month has been busy, as I’m all by myself...
by Jane Hudecki | May 10, 2019 | Loggerhead Shrike, Species at Risk
Today is World Migratory Bird Day, where we celebrate the perilous, fantastic, and awe-inspiring feat of avian migration! For those of us at Wildlife Preservation Canada, spring is a time for celebration; migratory birds like the eastern loggerhead shrike are...
