FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Re: shrike deserves state listing as in need of management

["Michael Roedel" <Michael.Roedel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve and Rob,
Loggerhead shrike is already on TWRA's "Species of management concern"
list.  See http://www.state.tn.us/twra/nong002.html for the full
listing.

The loggerhead shrike has been at the top of my list of Tennessee birds
that need immediate attention for the past year.  I've been talking with
TOS members and TWRA biologists across the state to try and learn more
about the local status before addressing this issue at the state level.
Last month, at the Southeast Partners in Flight annual meeting in Texas,
I raised the question of a multistate study to look at the issue of the
rapid decline of this species.  Georgia was already gearing up for a
statewide shrike study, Kentucky has a study in progress, and we hope to
bring in Alabama and South Carolina at the least to get a project
rolling.  Our aim is to learn more about a number of aspects concerning
the declining numbers of shrikes observed in this part of the country.

I will keep you posted as progress is made.  Please feel free to contact
me at any time about such issues.  Thank you.  Mike

Michael Roedel, State Ornithologist
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Nashville, Tennessee


>>> "wpeeples" <wpeeples@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 03/11/05 1:48 PM >>>
I agree.
I have noticed, especially within the last two or three years, a very 
apparent decline in shrikes, even over here in west TN, where not too
long 
ago they were fairly common.
Sounds like something to check with Mike Roedel, our state
ornithologist?

Rob Peeples
Germantown, TN
Shelby County
March 11, 2005

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen J. Stedman" <sstedman@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 11:46 AM
Subject: [TN-Bird] shrike deserves state listing as in need of
management


> Although the Tennessee population of Loggerhead Shrike
> has been declining for many years, especially as
> measured by results of CBCs, but also by results of
> BBSs, this species has not yet been listed as a
> species in need of management by the TWRA.
> I'm wondering if others perceive the status of the
> shrike in Tennessee the way I do, and, if so, who
> needs to be contacted to start the listing process.
>
> Steve Stedman
> Cookeville, TN
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