Even though Loggerhead Shrikes have nested in Adams County in the past, they are now considered endangered and extirpated. This Loggerhead was the first seen in Adams County in perhaps 8 years. Hopefully, it will find a partner and nest here this year.
Mik Oyler found this bird on February 28. 2007 along Pumping Station Road near the intersection of Cunningham Road. I arrived there later in the afternoon and found the bird rather easily along the fence rows of both Cunningham and Pumping Station Roads. As seen in the photos below, it often perched out in the open offering visitors very good views.
I took the November photos of another Loggerhead Shrike that was found on November 1, 2007 by Mike O'Brien. Mike found this one at the very same place as the February bird. This recent bird appears to be a first year bird so we are hoping maybe at last the shrikes will come back to Adams County.
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**Sadly, in the summer of 2008, PDOT removed all the shrike habitat along Cunningham and Pumping Station Roads. No shrikes have been reported since.
10/23/10 Just a note to say we saw our first beautiful LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE in Vernon County near Stoddard. It has been in a bare tree near a pond hunting grasshoppers, I think. We thought it was a great sighting.
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Marissa Stanfield
11-Jan-2010 15:56
Sorry i forgot to ask if they are endangered here in Tx or only in your area?
Marissa Stanfield
11-Jan-2010 15:54
I did not realize these birds were endangered. I live in Florence Tx and we actually see them here quite regularly. I see them a lot on powerlines here, but also had a great look at one today through my binoculars. He was sitting in my Crepe myrtle tree in our front yard. That is the first time I have seen one so close to our house. He was quite pretty with a really dark mask.