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Bald Eagle
- Virginia breeding Bald Eagle survey (1956 - present)
- National Eagle Roost Registry
- EagleTrak
- Estimating the social burden of Bald Eagle management within the lower Chesapeake Bay
- Estimating potential interactions between Bald Eagles and electrical hazards in the upper Chesapeake Bay
- Survey of airfields for nesting bald eagles to support VDGIF BASH program
- Eagle Nest Survey of the Proposed York Haven Nature Like Fishway Project
- Testing an acoustic barrier to enhance eagle avoidance of wind turbines
- Working toward more effective bald eagle roost management
- Assessment of Contaminant Exposure for Bald Eagles Nesting in Selected Parks in the Northeast and National Capital Regions of the National Park Service
- Winter eagle nest surveys at Naval facilities
- Migration of Bald Eagles utilizing the Chesapeake Bay
- Assessment of potential disturbance to breeding bald eagles from construction activities at Widewater State Park, Stafford County, Virginia
- Assessing the impact of Bald Eagle roost loss through network analysis
- Bald eagle genetic SNP chip evaluation throughout the species range
- Using GPS satellite tracking for risk assessment of bald eagles during an AVM epizootic on a Georgia reservoir dominated by hydrilla
- Using Brownian Bridge Movement Modeling to develop a utilization probability map for bald eagle hazard assessment within the Northeast
- Bald Eagle Nest Surveys at Potomac Refuges
- Monitoring Bald Eagle and Human Interaction at Lawrence Lewis Jr Park in Charles City, Virginia
- Age related differences in the use of landfills as foraging sites by Bald Eagles
- Bald Eagle Telemetry at the Holtwood Redevelopment Project
- Influence of age on reproductive performance in the Bald Eagle
- Delineating Bald Eagle communal roosts within the upper Chesapeake Bay using satellite tracking
- Influence of salinity on Bald Eagle diet and brood provisioning in the lower Chesapeake Bay
- Influence of salinity on the distribution of Bald Eagles within the lower Chesapeake Bay
- Determinants of chick growth in Bald Eagles of the lower Chesapeake Bay
- Implications of conspecific intrusion rates in Chesapeake Bay Bald Eagles
- Investigation of dispersal in Bald Eagles using satellite transmitters
- Bald Eagle use of Cat Point Creek on the Rappahannock River (2009-2011)
- Survey of breeding Bald Eagles on Indian Head, Dahlgren Naval Weapons Station, and Patuxent Naval Air Station (2010 - present)
- Investigating the impact of Deep Horizon oil spill on breeding Bald Eagles within the Gulf of Mexico
- Use of communal roosts and shorelines by Bald Eagles along the lower Susquehanna River
- Investigating reproductive rates and contaminant loads in Bald Eagles nesting on Indian Head, MD (2009-2011)
- Evaluating the biological consequences of Bald Eagle nest loss and removal
- Estimating fish demand by the Bald Eagle breeding population within the Chesapeake Bay
- Investigation of Bald Eagles within the James and York River concentration areas
- Investigation of Bald Eagles on Lake Gaston, NC
- Survey and monitoring the Bald Eagle breeding population on Fort Pickett, Virginia
- Aerial surveys for Bald Eagles within proposed sites for outlying landing felds in southeastern Virginia
- Investigation of breeding Bald Eagles within the Piedmont of Virginia
- Biological assessment of potential impacts of Virginia route 624 bridge replacement on Bald Eagles.
- Delineation of Bald Eagle winter and summer concentration areas in the lower Chesapeake Bay
- Investigating Bald Eagle response to human disturbance on park service lands
- Analysis of Bald Eagle mortality rates on Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
- Investigation of Bald Eagle parental roles using video-monitoring of nests
- The influence of boat disturbance on Bald Eagles within the James River Concentration Area
- Bald Eagle investigations on Lake Gaston and Roanoke Rapids Reservoirs
- Investigations shoreline use and conflicts within the James River Bald Eagle Concentration Area (1980 - present)
- Development and implementation of a habitat suitability model for breeding Bald Eagles in coastal Virginia
- Estimating nest turnover rates for Bald Eagles within the lower Chesapeake Bay
- Mercury loads in Chesapeake Bay Bald Eagles assessed using shed feathers
- Factors contributing to Bald Eagle electrocutions on Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
- Use of turtles by breeding Bald Eagles within the Chesapeake Bay
- Body size and sexual dimorphism in Chesapeake Bay Bald Eagles
- Bald eagle productivity and contaminant monitoring at Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Maryland
- Preassessment of injury to Bald Eagles from the Deepwater Horizon (MC 252) Oil Spill
- Bald eagle nest, roost and foraging area monitoring at Exelon's Conowingo and Muddy Run Reservoirs
- Investigating Bald Eagles at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, MD
- Evaluating the biological consequences of Bald Eagle nest loss and removal
- Environmental contaminants in blood, feathers, and eggs of Bald Eagles on Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
- An assessment of the Bald Eagle population along Claytor Lake, Virginia
- Quantifying ownership and legislative refugia for Bald Eagles within the Chesapeake Bay
- Use of introduced and native catfish species by breeding Bald Eagles within the Chesapeake Bay
- Use of anadramous fish by Bald Eagles in the Chesapeake Bay: A stable isotope investigation
- Seasonal variation in habitat use by Bald Eagles within the upper Chesapeake Bay
Peregrine Falcon
- Peregrine Falcon breeding population monitoring and management in Virginia (1978 - present)
- FALCONTRAK: Investigating Peregrine Falcon movements through satellite tracking
- Survey of natural cliffs for Peregrine Falcons and other species in the southern Appalachians
- The Genetic Variation of Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) in the Chesapeake Bay
- Virginia Peregrine Falcon translocation program (2000 - present)
- Impact of breeding Peregrine Falcons on prey populations in coastal Virginia: An energetic approach
- Diet of Peregrine Falcons breeding in coastal Virginia
- Impact of breeding Peregrine Falcons on migrant red knots along the Virginia barrier islands
- Growth of Peregrine Falcon breeding population within the mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
- Virginia Peregrine Falcon reintroduction program (1978-1992)
- Demography of Peregrine Falcons in Virginia
- Survey of the New River Gorge and Southwest Virginia for Peregrine Falcons
- A Survey of the New River Gorge National River, Gauley River National Recreation Area, and Bluestone National Scenic River for Peregrine Falcons
- Investigation of Peregrine Falcon reproductive rates and post-fledging survival (2006)
- Assessment of Peregrine Falcon turnover rates and demography using video-monitoring
- An investigation of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in Peregrine Falcon eggs
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker population monitoring and management in Virginia (1975 - present)
- Habitat quality and seasonal foraging patterns of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in Virginia
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker Re-introduction on the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker habitat use and requirements in Virginia
- Cavity tree characteristics of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in Virginia
- Demography of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in Virginia
- Survey of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in southeastern Virginia
- Historic distribution of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in Virginia
- Virginia Red-cockaded Woodpecker translocation project
- Survey of proposed OLF sites for the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Black Rail
- Status and distribution of Black Rails in Virginia
- Great Valley black rails
- Moving toward managing eastern black rails on working farms
- Black rail surveys in South Florida
- Black Rail Status Survey for Coastal Georgia
- South Carolina Black Rail Status Survey
- North Carolina Black Rail Status Survey
- Support for Status Assessment and Conservation Action Plan for the Eastern Black Rail Across the Southeast Region
- Assessing the Role of Marsh Habitat Change on the Distribution and Decline of Black Rails in Virginia
- Eastern Black Rail conservation and management working group
- Historic distribution of Black Rails in eastern North America
- Status assessment and conservation action plan for the eastern Black Rail across the Northeast Region
Osprey
- OspreyTrak: Investigating migration routes of Chesapeake Bay Osprey using satellite tracking
- OspreyWatch
- Status and distribution of Osprey in the Chesapeake Bay (1995-1996)
- Connectivity between Chespeake Osprey summering and wintering areas
- Osprey population monitoring and management in the Chesapeake Bay (2012 on)
- Osprey population monitoring and management in Virginia (1970 - 1991)
- Influence of salinity on Osprey growth rates in the lower Chesapeake Bay
- Substrate use by nesting Osprey within the Chesapeake Bay
- Influence of salinity on Osprey diet during the breeding season
- Site fidelity and demography of Osprey in the Chesapeake Bay
- Investigating the impact of Deep Horizon oil spill on breeding Ospreys within the Gulf of Mexico
- Estimating fish demand by the Osprey breeding population within the Chesapeake Bay
- Re-establishing an Osprey breeding population in Ohio (1996-2001)
- Re-establishing an Osprey breeding population in Pennsylvania (1990-1996)
- Re-establishing an Osprey breeding population in Indiana (2002-2005)
- Preassessment of injury to Osprey from the Deepwater Horizon (MC 252) Oil Spill
- Implications of ecological shifts by Osprey within the Chesapeake Bay
- Influence of gender in Osprey dispersal distances in the Chesapeake Bay
- Diet of Osprey in Mobjack Bay, Virginia (1976 - 2006)
- Assessing winter range of Chesapeake Bay Osprey using band returns
- Estimating survival of Chesapeake Bay Osprey using banding data
- Nest success and productivity of Chesapeake Bay Osprey
Colonial Waterbirds
- Distribution and abundance of colonial waterbirds in coastal Virginia (1975 - present)
- 2013 Colonial Waterbird Survey
- Chesapeake Bay Heron Survey 2013
- Assessment of potential impacts to landbirds, waterbirds and raptors from a proposed 750 foot guyed tower at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia.
- Investigating waterbirds within the upper Bay of Panama
- Diet of Yellow-crowned Night Herons in coastal Virginia
- Diet of Brown Pelicans and Double-crested Cormorants in the Chesapeake Bay
- An investigation of waterbird interactions with power lines on Smith Island, Maryland
- Breeding ecology of Glossy Ibis in Virginia
- Breeding ecology of Yellow-crowned Night Herons in Virginia
- Influence of human disturbance on the distribution of Great Blue Heron colonies in Virginia
- Distribution of colonial waterbirds on the Eastern Shore of Virginia: Implications for beneficial uses of dredge material
- Reproductive success of the common tern (Sterna hirundo) and black skimmer (Rhynchops niger) in different habitats in Virginia
- Status of Royal Tern, Gull-billed Tern, and Black Skimmer in Maryland
- Distribution and abundance of waterbird colonies along the PeeDee watershed of North Carolina (1999 present)
- Dispersal and movements of some North American herons and egrets within the mid-Atlantic region
- Influence of landscape characteristics on the distribution of Yellow-crowned Night Herons
- Estimating fish demand by breeding populations of Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorants, and Great Blue Herons within the Chesapeake Bay
- Aerial surveys for colonial waterbirds within outlying landing fields in southeastern Virginia
- Assessing the potential impact of development on colonies of Great Blue Herons
- Disturbance-prone species and landscape dynamics along the Virginia barrier islands
- Investigating Waterbirds within a dynamic landscape, the Virginia barrier islands
- Survey of Great Blue Herons on park service lands (2004-2010)
- Islands at bay: rising seas, eroding islands, and waterbird habitat loss in Chesapeake Bay
- Implications of sea-level rise and erosion of bay islands on colonial waterbirds
- Survey of proposed 100kW wind turbine on Tangier Island, Virginia for colonial wading birds
- Establishing sustainable mortality limits for waterbirds within the Atlantic Flyway
- Potential impact of offshore wind development to waterbirds along the Atlantic Flyway
- Survey of breeding colonial waterbirds along the Virginia Barrier Islands (1975 - 2004)
Marsh Birds
- Projected impacts of sea-level rise on the population size of salt-marsh breeding birds within the Chesapeake Bay region
- Composition of the Saltmarsh Sparrow complex wintering in the Chesapeake Bay region
- Site fidelity and survivorship of Nelson's and Saltmarsh Sparrows wintering in the Chesapeake Bay region
- Assessment of breeding productivity for selected high marsh nesting birds in Virginia
- Influence of patch area on the value of marshes to breeding birds
- Assessing the impact of Phragmites on sensitive marsh-nesting birds along the seaward margin of the Delmarva Peninsula
- Assessing the impact of Phragmites on sensitive wintering birds along the seaward margin of the Delmarva Peninsula
- Use of tidal fresh and oligohaline marshes by birds in the lower Chesapeake Bay
- Response of the marsh-bird community to saltmarsh restoration
- Survey of the coastal plain Swamp Sparrow along the Rappahannock River in Virginia
- Influence of tidepool type on use by migratory shorebirds within the lower Chesapeake Bay
- Use of marshes for breeding by American Oystercatchers in coastal Virginia
- Status and distribution of breeding Northern Harriers in coastal Virginia
- Investigation of marsh-bird community on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia
- Substrate use by the saltmarsh bird community in the lower Chesapeake Bay
- Status and distribution of the breeding marsh-bird community within the Chesapeake Bay
- Use of common reed as a roost site for migrating Bobolinks
- Status and distribution of Black Rails in Virginia
- Density and substrate use of wetland birds in the upper Bay of Panama
- Investigation of high-marsh breeding birds along the Albemarle Sound, North Carolina
- Investigation of nontidal wetland bird communities in coastal Virginia
- Bird communities within sinuseroide marshes of the lower Chesapeake Bay
- Assessment of reproductive performance for high-marsh nesting birds in the Chesapeake Bay
- Assessing mercury loads in Nelson's and Saltmarsh Sparrows wintering in the Chesapeake Bay region
- Effects of subsidence on avian communities in tidal fresh wetlands
- Comparison between created and natural salt marshes
Grassland-Shrubland Birds
- Active management of breeding Barn Owls in Virginia
- American Kestrel nest box program in Virginia
- Status and distribution of Bachman's Sparrows in Virginia
- Influence of habitat type and patch area on the distribution of grassland-shrubland breeding birds within the mid-Atlantic region
- Influence of habitat type and patch area on the distribution of grassland-shrubland wintering birds within the mid-Atlantic region
- Status and distribution of Golden-winged Warblers in Virginia
- Variation in the ability of wintering sparrows to extract buried seeds
- Landscape effects on the assembly of winter sparrow communities
- Migration of shrub-dependent species on the lower Delmarva Peninsula
- Habitat use by grassland birds during migration on the lower Delmarva Peninsula
- Status and distribution of Bachman's Sparrows in Southeastern Virginia
- Investigation of grassland birds on firing ranges of Quantico Marine Base
- Winter use of early successional habitats by birds within the Alligator River, NWR and Pocosin Lakes, NWR: Evaluating the benefit of management scenarios.
- Investigating the general status of the Henslow’s Sparrow and other avian species in open habitats of the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula, North Carolina.
- An ecological-economic assessment of grassland management strategies within Colonial National Historical Park
- Investigation of grassland/shrubland migrants on the Lower Delmarva Peninsula.
- An investigation of the breeding-bird community within the Fort Lee Army Installation (2007)
- Influence of landscape context on seasonal use of grassland patches by American Kestrels
- Distribution of American Kestrels along the lower Delmarva Peninsula during fall migration
- Use of offshore duck blinds by Barn Owls in the Chesapeake Bay
- Diet and habitat use of Barn Owls in coastal Virginia
- Use of nest boxes and trays by breeding Barn Owls in coastal Virginia
- Influence of cover and food on patch use by wintering Sparrows
- spatially-explicit management of grassland birds on DOD installations in the mid-Atlantic region using habitat assessment data
- Impact area bird survey: An investigation of avian diversity within a large-scale active firing range
- Avian use of early successional habitats during winter: Evaluating the benefits of alternate management scenarios
- Development of a management plan for grassland birds within the Colonial National Historical Park
- Beneficial uses of military grasslands: Plan development for the conservation of declining grassland birds
- Effects of habitat selection on reproductive success in Bachman's Sparrow
- Influence of cover on flocking behavior in Savannah Sparrows
Forest Birds
- Nightjar Survey Network
- Sea-level rise and forest surveys
- Linking Chesapeake Bay breeding population of Chuck-wills-widow to tropical wintering areas
- Demography of Chuck-wills-widows in the Chesapeake Bay
- Relationships between dead wood dynamics and bird communities within pine plantations
- Landscape determinants of neotropical avian species diversity in the deciduous-coniferous ecotone
- Home range size of Whip-poor-wills in tall pocosin habitat of North Carolina
- Characteristics of day-time roosts of Whip-poor-wills
- Influence of landscape context on the density and distribution of Whip-poor-wills in a managed landscape
- Pineland management for bird species of conservation concern on DOD installations in the mid-Atlantic region
- Investigating bird communities within Fort Lee Army Base, Virginia
- Distribution, abundance, and habitat use by Wayne's Black-throated Green Warbler in Virginia and North Carolina
- Breeding bird community within hardwood forests of coastal North Carolina
- Breeding Bird Communities of a Managed Forest Landscape in Coastal North Carolina
- Bird community response across a forested wetland gradient
- Influence of moonlight on detection patterns of the Whip-poor-will
- Use of pine plantations by Worm-eating Warblers in coastal North Carolina
- Response of brown-headed nuthatches to an understory manipuluation
- Influence of Hurricane Hugo on the distribution of Bachman's Sparrows in Francis Marion National Forest
- An assessment of the breeding forest bird community within the Chickahominy River Watershed, Virginia
Shorebirds
- Shorebird Roost Registry
- Estimating sustainable mortality for shorebirds in the east Asian-Australasian Flyway
- Moving Toward Full Life-cycle Conservation for Whimbrels using the Western Atlantic Flyway
- Shorebird Harvest along the Atlantic Flyway
- Full Life-cycle Analysis of Satellite Tagged Whimbrel from the Mackenzie Delta Breeding Population
- An Investigation of Whimbrel Stopover and Migration Ecology on the Eastern Shore of Virginia
- Population Estimation, Habitat Use, and Satellite Tracking of the Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) in Atlantic Canada
- Policy Analysis and Scoping Assessment of Shorebird Hunting in the East Asian-Australian Flyway
- Policy Analysis and Scoping Assessment of Shorebird Hunting in the Caribbean/N.South America
- Estimating sustainable mortality limits for shorebirds using the Western Atlantic Flyway
- Auxiliary marking of the shorebirds in the upper bay of panama to assess population and demography
- Mackenzie River Delta Shorebird Nest Monitoring and Satellite Tracking
- An investigation of reproductive constraints for American Oystercatchers on Fisherman’s Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Estimating survivorship of American Oystercatchers in Virginia using mark-resight techniques
- Disturbance-prone species and landscape dynamics along the Virginia barrier islands
- Investigation of Piping and Wilson’s Plover breeding populations on the Virginia Barrier Islands (1986-1998)
- Reproductive rates of American Oystercatchers along the Virginia Barrier Islands
- Survey of solitary beach-nesting birds along the Virginia Barrier Islands (1975 - 2004)
- Stopover ecology of whimbrels in Acadia and New Brunswick, Canada
- Whimbrel Time Budget Study
- Investigating migration pathways and stopover locations for whimbrel
- WhimbrelWatch