Dear Ontbirders,
Robert Wenting of the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and chair of the
Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Team asked the Ontario Field
Ornithologists to post the following. "The Eastern Loggerhead Shrike
Recovery Program in Ontario will be releasing about 35 Eastern Loggerhead
Shrikes that were bred in field propagation/release cages on the upper
Bruce Peninsula and near Smiths Falls. Needing to take weather on any
particular day into consideration, we can't really give a specific day for
releases, but we expect there will be two releases at each site during
August. The shrikes will be banded and we anticipate they will begin slow
migrations southward during August and September. It would be particularly
helpful if birders were on the lookout for shrikes during August and
September and report sightings to either the CWS toll-free line at
1-866-833-8888 or to Elaine Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> of the Wildlife
Preservation Trust Canada at 1-519-836-9314."
Happy shrike watching,
Jean Iron / Ron Pittaway
Jean Iron
President, Ontario Field Ornithologists
9 Lichen place
Toronto ON M3A 1X3
416-445-9297
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