Center for Conservation Biology

July 6, 2009

Satellite map June 29 to July 4

The latest satellite data indicates that Azalea has begun to spend a lot of her time away from the nest area. This map covers the period […]
July 3, 2009

HK fledged a month ago

Eagle HK fledged one month ago today on June 3. Here he takes his third flight that day. Today he was at “the dump” on the edge […]
July 2, 2009

July 1 Azalea Map

Azalea has begun to expand her range. This map covers the period of late morning June 24 to early morning July 1. She has been visiting […]
June 27, 2009

the mantle vs. to mantle

Right photo – The (or a) “mantle” refers to the feathers in the upper middle of the back that form a “V” shape below the neck […]
June 25, 2009

Azalea map June 25, 2009

This map shows the movements of Azalea as recorded by the satellite transmitter. She has not been very far from the nest during this period that […]
June 22, 2009

June 17-21 map of Azalea flights

New map of satellite readings of the flight of Azalea (HH) June 17 through about 2pm Sunday June 21. On the 19th she made a flight across Lake Whitehurst. […]
June 21, 2009

Happy Birthday HK

The first eaglet to hatch this season was on March 21 at 12:30pm. It is the male wearing band HK. He celebrated being 3 months old with […]
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 […]