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Written by Carla Schneider
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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.
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