Hi Bill and Virginia birders,
DGIF has been banding loggerhead shrikes in Virginia since 2014, and this
is a bird that Ellison Orcutt and I banded in April of 2017 at this very
site as an adult male. The bird appears to be a resident bird, as I have
resighted it several times during both the breeding and winter seasons
since it was banded. To date I have not seen it paired up with a female.
Great to see it being reported on eBird, both by Mary Coker and a few days
before by Marie and Ron Furnish! I would encourage folks who see shrike
in Virginia to always check for bands and to post to eBird or let me know
directly (you can also report shrike sightings to
dgifweb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) - this is valuable information that is of great
help to the banding project.
The shrike banding and monitoring work that DGIF and other Virginia
partners are involved in is being done in collaboration with folks from
Ontario and states in the Southeast and the Midwest. You can see a photo
of the Cumberland bird just after banding and read more about the project
at
https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/blog/progress-continues-on-loggerhead-shrike
-project/ .
Sergio Harding
Nongame Bird Conservation Biologist
P 804.367.0143 / M 804.517.5814
Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries
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Subject: [VA-bird] Banded Loggerhead Shrike Reported
Hi all:
I noticed in today's E-bird Rare Bird Alert that banded Loggerhead Shrike
has been reported by Mary Coker in Cumberland Virginia. This is an
awesome find. It is likely and Eastern Loggerhead that breeds in isolated
pockets in Ontario Canada. This is one of the rarest eastern songbirds
with an estimated 25 breeding pairs left in the wild.
I'm sure the researchers up in Canada would be interested in the sighting
-- if they have not already pulled it from e-bird.
This is a least the 3rd fall/winter sighting of a banded loggerhead in
Virginia, indicating to me that our State plays an important role in the
population's survival.
Great find Mary!
More information on the Canadian program can be found here:
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/eastern-loggerhead-shrike-program/
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 06, 2019 10:54 by Mary Coker
- US-VA-Cumberland-193-271 Cartersville Rd - 37.5312x-78.1986, Cumberland,
Virginia
- Map:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=37.531185,-78.198589&ll=37.5311
85,-78.198589
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S52432881
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Has several bands."
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