Dear Florida birders and Christmas Bird Count participants:
If you see a Loggerhead Shrike wearing leg bands, Wildlife Preservation Canada needs to know the details. Please report to: admin@wildlifepreservation.ca or 1‐800‐956‐6608
Recently, keen-eyed birders in Delaware and Virginia have reported two Canadian born shrikes. A photo of the Delaware bird with 4 colored leg bands can be seen in the attached pdf file. This file has many details about the extensive research in Ontario directed at the recovery of this endangered bird. If you are reporting a banded Loggerhead you should read this file.
Some of the banded birds are wearing geolocators fastened with a harness. These top priority birds have only 2 leg bands, red on one leg and silver on the other.
The geolocators will reveal where these endangered, migratory birds spend the winter. It is critical that we locate these birds so that we can retrieve the data. Note that the geolocator and the leg bands can be hard to see so please take a careful look. Photos are a great help, even grainy images can be useful.
Thank you,
Dan Bone, 705 887-4691
Volunteer- Wildlife Preservation Canada ( and die-hard Christmas Bird Count participant.)
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