Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:12:13 +0000 Reply-To: cgrooms@kingston.net Sender: Bird discussion list for Pennsylvania From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Chris=20Grooms?= Subject: 464 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES !!! Comments: To: cgrooms@kingston.net To: PABIRDS@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Dear Birders I'm working with Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery and the Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Team in Canada. I'd like to ask a favour. Over the last 3 seasons, Bird Studies Canada has safely banded 464 Loggerhead Shrikes. They are out there somewhere and we need your help to find them. As you can imagine, getting enough data to understand the problems of a small, endangered population is tough. It is important to find as many birds as possible. We need to understand the causes of the ongoing decline before it is too late. This is important not just for shrikes, but also for other species that may be suffering from the same problems that are causing the shrike's decline. Over the next 5 years, the recovery team will focus its efforts on 4 areas of concern. These possible factors in the decline are habitat loss, collisions with cars (especially during migration), pesticides (especially on the wintering grounds) and climate change. It is vital that we collect as much data as possible to provide information on where Eastern Loggerhead Shrikes winter, the age structure of the population, dispersal patterns and survival. You can help. At the time of any shrike sightings seen anywhere in North America, birders are asked to check legs for color bands and record the presence/absence of the bands and color combinations. Specify the vertical order of the colors on the left and right legs separately. All information collected will be kept confidential. Please report all sightings right away to the to Bird Studies Canada at 1-888-448-BIRD (2473). If you have any questions or want more information, please give me a collect call at 613-328-0810, e-mail me at cgrooms@kingston.net or check out the color banding web site at http://members.kingston.net/cgrooms Thanks very much for your help. Sincerely, Chris Grooms __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= --part1_27.24e87483.29d230f1_boundary-- =========================================================================