Comments on: Species of Concern: Loggerhead Shrike

By: mc

mc — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:06:49 +0000

12/12/2014 hi laura I hope this helps a bit im a keen birder from the uk and have just returned from florida today I took the tri star train from fort Lauderdale to Miami international airport and being without a car had to look out from the train! we have a similar species here in the winter called the great grey shrike and when I saw them thought you had them too! obviously doing a bit of research realise they were loggerheads I was on the left side of the train and saw no less then 4 spaced at intervals perched on the wires of the power lines from just outside Lauderdale to just before Miami int -it was obvious that the train line vegetation and scrubby nature really suited them -some clearance had gone on but as its so industrial etc this band of veg and the wires obviously suit them =just wanted to give you some info as I think if the veg could be protected a bit then there would be breeding loggerheads here -please do take a ride and hopefully you can confirm this its only 3 bucks too!! best of luck as we lost are breeding red backed shrikes due to egg collectors -you still have time .xxx

By: Laura Erickson

Laura Erickson — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:39:33 +0000

I don’t know any ways–the species is declining. But with luck they’ll find your place and get to work on those grasshoppers!

By: raecine shurter

raecine shurter — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:11:45 +0000

I live on the Kissimmee river in Florida and came across this site while looking for predators of the Lubber grasshopper. I will now keep my eyes and ears out for the Shrike. Do you know of any way to attract them to an area? Ive got plenty of grasshoppers and don’t use poisons.

By: rob sabatini

rob sabatini — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:26:06 +0000

I photographed a nice loggerhead shrike this weekend on Merritt Island reserve. It was perched on a sign and I had no idea what it was. If you’d like to see the photo let me know.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:43:19 +0000

Those graphs make for depressing reading Laura. )-:
Over here across the pond, we’ve managed to virtually make the Red-backed Shrike extinct in Britain. It’s barely hanging on in certain closely guarded areas! I hope it doesn’t come to that in the US for the Loggerhead Shrike!