Shenandoah Valley Raptor Study Area

Here are photographs from our recent paper that was published in The Raven which is the Virginia Society of Ornithology peer reviewed publication: "Loggerhead Shrike Nesting Productivity and Associated Notes in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia"

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FIGURE 1.  Subcutaneous maggot in wing of nestling Loggerhead Shrike on 18 May 2010. The dark mark on shrike's head is where another maggot departed previously. (Photo by L. Morrow)







FIGURE 2.  Four banded Loggerhead Shrikes in first stage of fledging in blackberry thicket on 29 May 2011. (Photo by L. McGranaghan)

FIGURE 3.  Adult Loggerhead Shrike (on right) being mobbed by second stage fledgling in locust tree; note USGS band on fledgling's right leg. (Photo by L. McGranaghan).



FIGURE 4.  Carrion beetle (Necrophila americana) impaled on spine of a locust tree at the shrike's nesting territory. (Photo by L. Morrow)