by Jane Spero | Sep 16, 2021 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike, Species at Risk
Wildlife Preservation Canada’s Shrike Team was in a twitter earlier this month after receiving word that a loggerhead shrike was spotted at the tip of Port Weller East Pier in St. Catharines, Ontario. Birders flocked to the area when the shrike was first reported...
by Katelyn West | Sep 7, 2021 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike
Howdy, shrikes! Over six weeks from July through August, the WPC team welcomed 23 conservation-born eastern loggerhead shrikes, an endangered songbird, to their natural grassland habitat in Carden, ON. These shrikes were hatched out and raised by their parents at WPC...
by Stephanie Winton | Aug 10, 2021 | Canadian Species Initiative, Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike
WPC and partners African Lion Safari, Queen’s University, and the American Bird Conservancy have recently embarked on a series of Species Conservation Planning (SCP) workshops for the eastern loggerhead shrike. Led by the IUCN SSC Conservation Planning...
by Katelyn West | Jul 29, 2021 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike
Eastern loggerhead shrike. Photo: Larry Kirtley Hello from WPC’s Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Program in Carden, Ontario, where we have been surveying for this endangered songbird, looking for returned shrikes, checking for bands, and locating nests....
by Heather Polowyk | Jul 19, 2021 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike
Hello from the loggerhead shrike core area in Napanee, Ontario. After surveying 112 sites across the Greater Napanee area, the research intern and I have located 11 breeding pairs of this endangered songbird, which produced approximately 31 fledglings so far. All but...
by Alannah Lymburner | Jun 24, 2021 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike
Since the beginning of May, I have adopted the “birders’” lifestyle, which includes 4 A.M. mornings, beautiful sunrises and lots of caffeine. For some this may seem like a less than ideal routine, but for me, it is the dream! It signifies another day...
