Center for Conservation Biology

September 6, 2009

Azalea Continues Her Wanderings

Azalea continued to wander around Northumberland County and on Thursday afternoon Sept 3 made a brief flight almost to the mouth of the Coan River near Lewisetta. Her afternoon flights […]
September 5, 2009

Flexibility of cormorant and pelican diet assemblages

September 4, 2009

Red knot resight data indicates flux between two migration staging areas

September 3, 2009
Birds hang in cloth holding bags waiting to be banded

Investigation of shrubland migrants on the Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR

September 3, 2009

Azalea Moves a Bit North

Azalea has been getting a lot of flying time in the past fews days. On Monday Aug 31 she left the area around Blackwells and flew […]
September 2, 2009

Eagle economics & the social burden of conservation success

September 2, 2009

Eagle economics & the social burden of conservation success

September 1, 2009
A red knot band recovered from peregrine falcon tower on Cobb Island

Conservation in conflict: peregrines vs red knots

August 31, 2009

Azalea relocates a few miles south

Azalea has been exploring a wider section of the Northern Neck (also called Upper Peninsula) of Virginia. On Aug 25 Azalea ventured over to the Reedville […]
August 28, 2009

Azalea foraging on Little Wicomico River, VA

Azalea continues to explore the Northern Neck peninsula of Virginia. She’s spent most of this week roosting and foraging on the Little Wicomico River near the town […]
August 26, 2009

Azalea on Little Wicomico River

This satellite map covers a wide time range through the early morning August 24 so that you can see better how Azalea (HH) has wandered first to […]
August 26, 2009

Where is Azalea (Map)!!

The question(s) of the week is “where is Azalea?” and more specifically “where is that satellite map you promised??) The latest data  about 7am Aug 24 […]
August 22, 2009

Azalea on the Move

This is the last web photo of the season of Azalea as she looks down at Joe Foreman take her photo which has been posted on […]
August 19, 2009

Azalea overnights in North Carolina

The latest satellite map through afternoon August 18 shows that Azalea has begun to travel. On Sunday August 16 at 1:00pm she was over the Creeds […]
August 16, 2009

Hope (the Whimbrel) update

Hope finally came to rest on the southern shore of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands on friday evening August 15 after flying non-stop from Hudson Bay […]
August 15, 2009

Azalea vs. Hope (the Whimbrel)

And the winner is????? Azalea (banded HH) was fitted with a satellite transmitter on May 20, 2009 and we have all been anxious to see just […]
August 14, 2009

Raccoon in Eagle Nest

This evening, August 14, just as it was getting dark about 7:55 a raccoon climbed into the NBG bald eagle nest. It stayed there only about […]
August 14, 2009
Map of migration route used by Hope from Southampton Island in upper Hudson Bay to near the Virgin Islands, 2009

Flight of Hope

(Williamsburg, VA)—Hope, a whimbrel carrying a satellite transmitter, is far out to sea flying south over the Atlantic toward her wintering grounds in South America. The […]