The Eastern Loggerhead Shrike can be found in open pasture land which is its most preferable habitat. The Shrike likes for their habitat to have lots of trees for them to perch on because this is how they stalk their prey. It also likes to have many bushes with thorns so when they do catch their prey they can spear it right on the thorns because these birds do not have talons to hold their prey. Because the bird prefers the pasture lands, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the bird to survive, for more of those lands are shrinking every year due to humans building on those lands. Just recently the Shrike can be in Outaouais, Quebec region where they are labeled as threaten birds. I really like these birds because I think they are so unique and interesting from all other birds found in North America. I think it is important to help save these birds from extinction and even educate the public about these modern day dinosaur-like birds, but without the teeth birds. : )
Thursday, October 27, 2011
The World of Eastern Loggerhead Shrikes !!!
The Eastern Loggerhead Shrike is a very interesting bird that I have come to care about in the recent months. At first glance, the bird looks like any other bird that someone might come upon if bird watching or if seeing the bird for your first time. The bird is a medium sized grey and white bird with black on its wings and tail and a black mask-like mask across its eyes which closely resembles the black mask of a raccoon. It is slightly smaller than a robin with a slightly larger head. But in contrast the bird is very different compared to all the other birds. When looking at the Eastern Loggerhead Shrike one would not guess that the bird is a predatory songbird. Known as the “butcher bird”, it likes to kill its prey then store its food on barbed wire or any type of thorns that are found close by. The Shrikes diet consists of eating mice, voles (any small mouse-like or rat-like rodent), grasshoppers, beetles, and any other small prey that it might find like other small birds.
The Eastern Loggerhead Shrike can be found in open pasture land which is its most preferable habitat. The Shrike likes for their habitat to have lots of trees for them to perch on because this is how they stalk their prey. It also likes to have many bushes with thorns so when they do catch their prey they can spear it right on the thorns because these birds do not have talons to hold their prey. Because the bird prefers the pasture lands, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the bird to survive, for more of those lands are shrinking every year due to humans building on those lands. Just recently the Shrike can be in Outaouais, Quebec region where they are labeled as threaten birds. I really like these birds because I think they are so unique and interesting from all other birds found in North America. I think it is important to help save these birds from extinction and even educate the public about these modern day dinosaur-like birds, but without the teeth birds. : )
The Eastern Loggerhead Shrike can be found in open pasture land which is its most preferable habitat. The Shrike likes for their habitat to have lots of trees for them to perch on because this is how they stalk their prey. It also likes to have many bushes with thorns so when they do catch their prey they can spear it right on the thorns because these birds do not have talons to hold their prey. Because the bird prefers the pasture lands, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the bird to survive, for more of those lands are shrinking every year due to humans building on those lands. Just recently the Shrike can be in Outaouais, Quebec region where they are labeled as threaten birds. I really like these birds because I think they are so unique and interesting from all other birds found in North America. I think it is important to help save these birds from extinction and even educate the public about these modern day dinosaur-like birds, but without the teeth birds. : )
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Getting Started !!!
I am a 22 year old young woman that always loved recycling and picking up trash to make a location save for the animals to live. But what I love the most is the self-worth feeling that I get after I do something that I know made a good impact on the earth. Recently while I was on the internet, I came across a bird that caught my eye and made something inside me want to help it. So I decided to make a non-profit Facebook page that would raise awareness for the Eastern Loggerhead Shrike bird, which is the bird that I took an interest of. After I have accumulated a good amount of “Likes” on the page, I plan on presenting it to an organization in Quebec, where the bird is located, and see if there is a possibly that they would like to take ownership of my Facebook page to help them spread the important news of this bird much faster to the public. My goal is to have people in Quebec become much more interested in this bird and have them be willing to go out and help this bird be not endangered anymore. Through the Facebook I also want to have the resources they need to prepare for, organize, and teach school children and others about the conservation that is needed for migratory birds and other birds which are endangered. I am really excited and can’t wait to get started. : ) Picture of the Eastern Loggerhead Shrike
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