Center for Conservation Biology

June 19, 2009

Azalea’s movements June 14-19

This is the satellite tracking map for Azalea for the period June 14 thru 8am Friday June 19. You will notice a lack of data points […]
June 19, 2009

Azalea's movements June 14-19

This is the satellite tracking map for Azalea for the period June 14 thru 8am Friday June 19. You will notice a lack of data points […]
June 18, 2009

A “third eyelid”

Last evening while HK was sitting near the camera you saw some very close up views of his eyes. Birds have two eyelids, upper and lower. […]
June 18, 2009

A "third eyelid"

Last evening while HK was sitting near the camera you saw some very close up views of his eyes. Birds have two eyelids, upper and lower. […]
June 16, 2009

Azalea returns to nest – Satellite operations

After two failed attempts, Azalea made it back to the nest. About 4:35 she flew in from the left back of the nest and smashed right […]
June 16, 2009

Map of Azalea travels June 13-16 (8am)

This map indicates the places Azalea (band HH) has sat from the time she left the nest tree on June 13 through 8am today. She has never […]
June 13, 2009

Let the tracking begin

At 6:51 am today Azalea finally made the big leap and flew from the nest tree. She exercised for nearly an hour jumping from branch to […]
June 11, 2009

What is it??

A few minutes before 6pm today the male adult brought a pigeon to the nest. There was the usual scramble for the prey and Azalea (HH) […]
June 11, 2009

Hi there! I am HK

Viewers of the WVEC web cam late this afternoon got a special treat. The male eaglet HK sat directly below the camera just 3 feet away. […]
June 11, 2009

Azalea still nest tree bound

As of 11am this morning Azalea (HH) has still not found the “courage” to join her brother (HK) and younger sister (HE) by flying from the […]
June 9, 2009

Very active week

This has been an exciting week for eagle viewers at Norfolk Botanical Garden. About 5:55pm Tuesday June 2 the youngest female HE over jumped and missed […]
May 28, 2009

Branching has begun

The oldest eagle chick, band HK, a male, has begun to show his wing power by making it up to a branch over the nest. Took […]
May 22, 2009

Building flight muscles

May 21 saw the two oldest eaglets HK (the one with all the white feathers) and HH (with transmitter) flapping their wings and jumping from one […]
May 21, 2009

Eagle HH (Azalea) wearing a transmitter

 Eaglet HH with satellite transmitter early this morning 5/21
May 21, 2009

Welcome from Rlukei (Reese)

Thank you for visiting the CCB Eagletrak blog. If you have questions about the NBG eagles or bald eagles in Virginia in general, I will attempt […]
May 15, 2009

Welcome to EagleTrak

Welcome to the CCB EagleTrak blog! On Wednesday, May 20, 2009, biologists from The Center for Conservation Biology will be placing an ultra-light satellite transmitter on […]
May 10, 2009

Winter investigations of sharp-tailed sparrows

May 9, 2009

2009 peregrine falcon breeding season