Wildlife Preservation Canada (WPC) is looking for volunteer 

  The information gathered on shrikes will be used to assist field 

  The Loggerhead Shrike has suffered serious declines throughout its 

Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery- Volunteers wanted! Wildlife Preservation Canada (WPC) is looking for volunteer surveyors for the 2023 Adopt-A-Site program. We are looking for help in a number of historic shrike 'hot-spots' across Ontario (Carden, Napanee, Grey-Bruce, Manitoulin, Pembroke/Renfrew and Smiths Falls). Volunteers are asked to survey their designated sites three times over the spring and summer (April 15th to June 30th) for evidence of Loggerhead Shrikes, and a suite of other birds found in the same habitat. To be involved in surveys, volunteers require: -a reliable mode of transportation to remote locations in one of the core areas listed above -available time on three days of your choice between April 15th-June 30th (spaced apart evenly) -the ability to spot birds from a distance using binoculars and/or a scope The information gathered on shrikes will be used to assist field staff with carrying out various recovery activities and provide valuable information contributing to accurate broad-scale population counts. Last year, volunteers located shrike on four sites in Ontario! Three of these sightings were also connected to shrike nests during the breeding season! The Loggerhead Shrike has suffered serious declines throughout its historic breeding range over the last 50 years. The eastern subspecies, found in Ontario, has been designated as endangered in Canada since 1991. WPC has been leading the recovery effort for this bird since 2003, and every year our field staff monitor the numbers and breeding success of wild birds, and release captive-bred juveniles to bolster the wild population. A summary of last year's recovery activities can be found here: https://wildlifepreservation.ca/2016/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2022-Ontario-LOSH-Report_public.pdf [1] If you would like to help or would like more information on the Adopt-A-Site program, please contact me at h.hess@wildlifepreservation.ca. Thanks in advance, from the whole Shrike Recovery Team Helmi Hess Research Biologist, Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Program Wildlife Preservation Canada -- Helmi Hess (she/her) _Research Biologist, Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Program_ Wildlife Preservation Canada [2] _Wildlife Preservation Canada's head office is on the homelands of the _ _Anishinaabe, __Haudenosaunee, and Attawandaron peoples, and on the _ _treaty lands of the __Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation._ Links: ------ [1] https://wildlifepreservation.ca/2016/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2022-Ontario-LOSH-Report_public.pdf [2] https://wildlifepreservation.ca/