I saw this on the WV bird listserve and thought that I should post it here in light of this Loggerhead Shrike sighting in Maryland:
If you see a Loggerhead Shrike wearing leg bands, Wildlife Preservation Canada
needs to know the details.
Please report to:
admin AT wildlifepreservation.ca
Dan Bone WPC volunteer
Recently, keen-eyed birders in Delaware and Virginia have reported two Canadian
born shrikes. A photo of the Delaware bird with 4 coloured 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: 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.
Please forward this notice to anyone who might be able to help. Feel free to
use this material in newspaper articles, newsletters, meetings, blogs and press
releases.
Thank you,
Dan Bone, 705 887-4691
Sarah Anderson
Cabin John, Maryland
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Moore <>
To: MDOSPREY <>
Sent: Sat, Nov 26, 2011 1:49 pm
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Loggerhead Shrike in Hagerstown area in Washington County--Yes
Seen at the same location Jim describes around noon today. Was not
evident before that time however. Perched on a small bare tree on the
large mound of dirt in the center of the field. Thanks Jim.
Good birding!
Jim Moore
Rockville, Maryland
PLEASE REPORT YOUR BIRD SIGHTINGS to http://ebird.org/
On 11/25/2011 6:21 PM, Jim Green wrote:
> Hi Everybody:
> My 9-year old grandson and I headed west this morning and ended up in
Washington County. We had just come across (going east) Broadfording Rd. from
Clear Spring and reached the back end of the Center of Hagerstown shopping area.
Even though it is by no means shorebird season I decided to check some of the
spots that Hans Holbrook had showed me years ago. I thought that some of the
overgrown neglected habitat may have been good for sparrows. We turned right on
Hagers Crossing Road and proceeded to the roundabout. We first pulled in where
the Loggerhead Shrike had been seen in August, 2009. There was very little bird
activity. We left the parking lot and came out of the poolhouse area (Sedgwick
Way) and turned right which is still Hagers Crossing Rd.
>
> After checking several other neighborhhod spots we were headed out again on
Hagers Crossing Drive. About midway between where this road dead ends (currently
a decent sized flooded part of the field here) and Capstone Drive (on the right)
I noticed a perched bird in the field on my left. It was a shrike and after
quickly getting my scope on it confirmed it to be a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. During
the 15+ minutes that we saw the bird (12:20-12:45) it was very active and moving
about over several acres of the overgrown field, sometimes perching fairly low
to the ground. Its final perch was at the top of one of the higher trees
adjacent to the poolhouse area further up the road near Sedgwick Way. When we
drove up to that location we spent another 10 minutes of scanning without
relocating the bird. I would not be convinced at all that the shrike had left
the area. There is definitely alot of suitable habitat between the poolhouse and
that same side of the road which is 100% undeveloped.
>
> Below are the directions that Bill Hubick had posted back in 2009. For anybody
that wants to chase the shrike, follow the directions below. When you reach the
roundabout go 3/4 of the way around and proceed down the road (this is Hagers
Crossing Road).
>
> Area is part of the extended Center at Hagerstown.
> From I-70, take I-81 north, then 40 west.
> Enter the center on your right (north) almost immediately
> At the T-intersection, go left, which will be labeled either Garland Groh Blvd
or Bartow Drive (Garland Groh becomes Bartow right there)
> Follow Bartow Drive 3/10s of a mile to a roundabout.
> Go halfway around to Sedgwick Way
>
>
> Other highlights of our day included 3 AMERICAN PIPITS on Blairs Valley Road,
a FOX SPARROW at Fort Washington St. Pk. and on Broadfording Rd. we saw a N.
HARRIER, and in a small farm puddle we saw 12 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 N. PINTAIL
and 2 Black Ducks among mallards.
>
> Hope that everybody had a great Thanksgiving day.
>
> Jim Green
> Gaithersburg, MD
>
> work in moderation, BIRD IN EXCESS!!!
>
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