Written by Carla Schneider
July 6, 2010
Rex Springston (center) takes notes as he talks with retired biology professor, Dr. Mitchell A. Byrd (left), on a crisp November day. Photo by Bryan Watts.
Recently, Dr. Mitchell A. Byrd, co-founder of the Center for Conservation Biology and Emeritus Professor at the College of William & Mary, was interviewed by Rex Springston, reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. They took a journey out on the James River to look for eagles and to talk about Byrd’s his long history of involvement with bald eagles, peregrine falcons, and other birds in the state of Virginia.
Adult female from Elkins Chimney territory. Both the female and male were lost from this site between 2024 and 2025 nesting seasons and were not replaced. This territory has been occupied since 1995. Five territories were vacated between 2024 and 2025 along the Delmarva Peninsula in VA. Photo by Bryan Watts