Center for Conservation Biology

July 3, 2017

Grace Still Fishing at TRS July 1, 2017

Grace made one brief flight east to Creswell, NC, then right back to the Tidewater Research Station and private catfish ponds. Very limited data again on […]
June 26, 2017

Grace Remains at TRS June 25 2017

Grace is still fishing at the catfish ponds at the Tidewater Research Station and private catfish ponds east of Plymouth, NC. Again the satellite data is […]
June 23, 2017

Woodpecker partnership records first success within the Great Dismal Swamp

Conservation partners are celebrating the first successful breeding of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker within the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Two young woodpeckers were banded on […]
June 19, 2017

Grace Stays at TRS June 19, 2017

Once again we have very little satellite data for Grace. The solar battery in her transmitter is not getting a full charge because of all the […]
June 12, 2017

Grace Returns to TRS June 10 2017

Grace has made a round-trip from TRS to Mackay Island NWR and back to TRS. Again we have very limited satellite data with no data on […]
June 5, 2017

Grace at Mackay Island NWR June 4, 2017

Again we have limited satellite data from the transmitter that Grace is wearing. No data for May 27, 28, 30, 31 and June 2 and 3. […]
May 29, 2017

Grace remains at the Tidewater Agriculture Research Station 5/26/2017

Grace rested this past week by staying at the North Carolina Tidewater Agriculture Research Station east of Plymouth, NC. With the cloudy weather there was again […]
May 22, 2017

Grace Flies Back to TRS 5/20/2017

Grace has returned to the North Carolina Tidewater Research Station. Again there is very limited data. No satellite data points for May 15, 16, 18, 19 […]
May 15, 2017

Grace at Stumpy Lake May 11-14, 2017

Again no data May 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 and little data the other days. However, we have enough satellite data to know that Grace […]
May 8, 2017

Grace Returns to Tidewater Research Station 5/5/2017

Grace has returned to home base – the North Carolina Tidewater Research Station. Again there was no data for April 30, May 1,3,4 and very little […]
May 1, 2017

Grace Visits Honey Bee/ Stumpy Lake 4/29/2017

Very limited data because solar battery is weak. No data 4/24, 25, 27, 28 and very little 4/23, 26, 29. Grace Began at Sandbridge in Virginia […]
April 24, 2017

Grace at Sandbridge Va Beach 4/23/17

Again we are missing data because of low power in Grace’s solar battery in her satellite transmitter. No data for April 18, 19, 21, 22, and […]
April 17, 2017

Grace Make Round-trip to Hampton 4/16/2017

Very limited data for Grace this week. No data April 9, 10, 13, 15. Very little the other days for the past week. We do know […]
April 10, 2017

Grace at Alligator River NWR 4/8/2017

Once again cloudy weather last week has affected the satellite transmitter solar battery that Grace is wearing. There was no data for April 3 and 4, […]
April 7, 2017

Assisting with Conservation of the Steppe Whimbrel

The Steppe Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus alboaxillaris) is one of the least studied forms of migratory shorebirds on earth. The form was first described in 1921, and […]
April 6, 2017

Another Raptor Kill in Argentina

José Sarasola has reported another large raptor kill in the La Pampa Province of Argentina. José is the director of El Centro para el Estudio y Conservacion […]
April 5, 2017

Big Mud

One day after our arrival in Panama City, we stood on the shoreline looking in awe over the mudflats that stretch out into the blue haze […]
April 4, 2017

Eagle photographers contribute to science