I have two interesting observations to offer up:
Palanios, TX; 3/14/16: watched a pair on a ~100' strip of green park space
between a dense residential area and the water. Female was busily building
a nest in a palm tree. Pair was hunting from power lines along yards and
the road.
Brunswick, GA; 4/16/22: while pumping gas along a 4-lane highway just off
I-95, I noticed a shrike on a power line. I watched until it flew to an
ornamental shrub at the edge of the gas station parking lot, I took a
closer look and located a nest with 4 young, near fledging. This area is
very built up with high traffic, with the only usable green space being a
strip between the access road that the gas station was on and the 4-lane
(Rt. 17).
I'd be happy to share coordinates for either on request...
Rich Bailey, WVDNR
On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 11:24 AM Katie Maddox <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Working Group members!
For those who don't know me, I'm Chris Hill's current master's student. My
thesis focuses on LOSH and their interaction with urban habitats. It's been
a few years since someone from the Hill lab did a quick survey about
Loggerhead Shrikes living in predominantly urban/developed areas. Currently,
urban-dwelling LOSH have been documented in Arizona, Louisiana, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas.
I'd love to hear from you if you have any observations of LOSH in urban
areas so I can update our running list. Please feel free to reach out to me
directly with any and all observations/anecdotes!
Thank you for very much for your help,
Katie
*Katie Maddox *(she/her)
M.S. Student, Coastal Marine and Wetland Studies
Coastal Carolina University
kamaddo1@xxxxxxxxxxx
