Loggerhead Shrike by Ken _Gilliland
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Here's yet another example of me reworking an 16 year old bird model this time from the "Threatened, Endangered, Extinct" set.
The Loggerhead Shrike is found from Canada southward to Mexico. It inhabits ecotones, grasslands, and other open habitats and feeds on a variety of invertebrate and vertebrate prey.
Between 1966 and 2015, the species declined by almost 3% per year, resulting in a cumulative decline of 76%, according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Partners in Flight estimates the global breeding population is 5.8 million, with 82% spending some part of the year in the U.S., 30% in Mexico, and 3% breeding in Canada.
It became “Threatened” in Canada in 1986 and “Endangered” in 1991. It has been proposed for an endangered species listing in the United States (the subspecies that nests on San Clemente Island, California, is listed as “endangered”). The species’ decline coincides with the introduction and increased use of chemical pesticides between the 1940s and the 1970s, and may result in part from the birds’ ingestion of pesticide-laced prey from treated fields. Other likely causes of population decline include collision with vehicles, urban development, conversion of hayfields and pastureland, decimation of hedgerows, habitat destruction by surface-coal strip-mining, and altering of prey populations by livestock grazing. Given this bird’s potentially high reproductive rate, and provided that adequate habitat continues to be available, Loggerhead Shrike populations may be able to recover if the causes of the bird’s decline can be identified and eliminated.
Rendered in Firefly without post work. Bird, lizard and branch models by me.
Comments (9)
mininessie
great one!
3DClassics123456
I see that you DO love birds, and wild life! You're not only a wonderful modeler but you are interested by ecology! I do too!
beachsidelegs
Beautiful bird and again a very interesting read, I do hope the population recovers my friend :)
mtdana
Amazing render and model!!!
PointLady
Once again, a lovely render that looks like a photograph. Excellent reworking on these smaller bird models
Kordouane
I'm very happy to see your new publication which is superb
Flint_Hawk
This is a wonderful creation! Good luck to the Loggerhead Shrike in making a recovery!
KarmaSong
Fantastic modelling of this endangered bird species. Thank you very much as well well for letting us know about this accelerated extinction of bird species throughout the world. It is just appalling to observe that mankind's modern lifestyle is responsible for this.
STEVIEUKWONDER
You have done this model proud. I don't know what you did and have no idea how to get near it, but it is so pleasing to the eye and a real pleasure to view!