by Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery | Jul 9, 2020 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike
While the human world is still reeling from the “new normal” of living through a pandemic, the eastern loggerhead shrikes on the Carden Alvar are having a very unusual year in several different ways. WPC has been breeding and releasing endangered...
by Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery | Jun 23, 2020 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike
~ Eliza-Jane Morin joined WPC’s Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Program as the Napanee summer field biologist. She reports on her first few weeks.~ Despite the world’s pause, wildlife has carried on as usual. The eastern loggerhead shrike is no...
by Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery | Jun 11, 2020 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike, Species at Risk
Alisa Samuelson is this season’s biologist in the Carden, ON area with the Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Team. Alisa was the seasonal Carden area biologist in 2017, and returns to WPC after spending a few years travelling across North America working on...
by Jane Hudecki | May 27, 2020 | Loggerhead Shrike, Species at Risk
Some incredible news was reported to the Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Team a few weeks ago. A conservation-bred eastern loggerhead shrike, born and raised last year at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere (one of the program’s partner breeding facilities in the U.S.)...
by Jane Hudecki | May 7, 2020 | Loggerhead Shrike, Species at Risk
Saturday, May 9th is World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD), a global campaign dedicated to the conservation of migratory birds! The theme for this year’s WMBD is “Birds Connect Our World”, which focuses on the importance of protecting every habitat...
by Jane Hudecki | Apr 26, 2020 | Loggerhead Shrike, Species at Risk
Spring: a time for renewal, regrowth, and lots of baby birds! Loggerhead shrikes are among the first migratory songbirds to return to Ontario in the springtime; pairs usually begin breeding and laying their first clutches of eggs in April. Photo by K. Kerr Altricial...
