Center for Conservation Biology
- Filter by
- Categories
- Tags
- Authors
- Show all
- All
- Conservation Stories
- Eagle Nest Blog
- EagleTrak Blog
- News Story
- OspreyTrak Blog
- Photo Essays
- Press Release
- Uncategorized
- All
- 'Azalea' (HH)
- 'Camellia' (NC)
- 'Conowingo' (eagle)
- 'love branch'
- 'Machipongo' (eagle)
- 'Pioneer' (eagle)
- 'the dump'
- 2-weeks-old
- 2008 camera tree
- 3-chick brood
- academic literature
- Adner
- Adner Swamp
- age
- airport
- Alanton
- Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal
- Albemarle Sound
- Alfonso
- Alligator River
- Alligator River NWR
- Allmondsville
- alphanumeric resight band
- aluminum band
- American kestrel
- animal behavior
- Ann Shirley
- Annual Report
- associate
- Aulander
- avian flu
- avian pox
- award
- Back Bay
- Back Bay NWR
- bald eagle
- banders
- Banding
- Barhamsville
- barn owl
- Bayside
- Beaufort Sea
- Belhaven
- Belleville Creek
- Berkley Island
- Bertie Co NC
- Big Bethel Recreation Area
- Big Bethel Reservoir
- Big Bethel Road
- Birds Eggs by Michael Walters
- black rail
- Blackwater
- Blackwells
- Bobbi Monaghan
- body size
- borrow pit
- Bowling Green
- branching
- breeding
- breeding pair
- Broad Bay
- Broadus Corner
- brood size
- Bryan D. Watts Ph.D.
- Bryan Watts
- Bumpass
- Burden
- Burgess
- Busch Gardens
- Butler Lake
- Caledon Natural Area
- Camden Co NC
- camera tree
- Cameron Hills Golf Course
- Camp Peary
- Canada
- Canada goose
- canal
- Capron
- carnivorous
- Caroline Co
- Cary Lynch
- catfish
- catfish ponds
- cattle grazing land
- Center for Conservation Biology (CCB)
- Center for Conservation Biology (CCB)
- Central Point
- Charles City Co
- Chesapeake
- Chesapeake Bay
- Chesapeake Beach
- Chesterfield Co
- Chickahominy River
- Chippokes Plantation
- Chowan Co NC
- Chowan River
- Chuckatuck Creek
- Claremont
- cliffs
- climate change
- close-up
- clutch size
- Coan River
- Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory (CVWO)
- Cobb Island
- Coinjock
- Coldwater
- Coleman Creek
- College Creek
- College of William & Mary
- College Park
- Colonial Beach
- Colonial National Historic Parkway
- colonial waterbirds
- Columbia
- common raven
- communal roost
- Conowingo
- conservation research
- Coopers hawk
- copulation
- Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
- Corrotoman River
- Courtland
- Craney Island
- Crittenden
- Croaker
- crop
- Currituck Co NC
- Daniel Corner
- Dare Co NC
- DDT
- deer carcass
- defending territory
- defensive behavior
- Delaware
- development
- diagram
- diet
- digestive tract
- Dinwiddie Co
- dispersal
- distance
- disturbance
- diurnal
- diurnal vs nocturnal
- Dividing Creek
- Dogue
- Dogue Run
- DogueHop Yard Landing
- Dominion Virginia Power
- double-crested cormorant
- down feathers
- Dr Mitchell Byrd
- Dr. Ruth McQueen
- Dragon Swamp
- Duane Noblick
- Durants Neck
- eagle concentration area
- eagle eyes
- eagle release
- eagle research
- eagle survey
- eaglet
- EagleTrak
- EagleTrak Naming Contest
- ears
- East Lake
- East Pembroke
- Eastern Shore
- Eastern Shore of Va
- ecology
- Edenton
- Edwardsville
- egg
- egg hatching
- egg laying
- egg size
- egg tooth
- eggshell
- Elizabeth City
- Elizabeth River
- Elmwood
- embryo
- Endangered Species Act
- eNewsletter Photo Gallery
- Enfield
- Engelhard
- esophagus
- Essex Co
- ethology
- European kestrel
- exposure
- Fair Port
- familial recognition
- feather molt
- feather tracts
- feathers
- feeding
- female
- field techniques
- first flight
- First Landing St Pk
- fish
- fish eagle
- Fledging
- Fleets Island
- flight
- Florida
- Food/Feeding
- Fort A.P. Hill
- Fort Landing
- Fort Story
- Franklin
- Franklin Co
- Fredericksburg
- Friendship Pond
- fruit
- Gates Co NC
- gender manipulation
- gender patterns
- generalist predator
- Gera
- Glenns
- Gloucester
- Gloucester Co
- Gloucester Point
- golf course
- Goochland Co
- Good Luck
- Goose Island
- Gordonsville
- Gourd Neck Road
- GPS data
- GPS locations
- Grafton
- Great Bridge
- Great Dismal Swamp NWR
- great horned owl
- Great Neck
- Great Wicomico River
- Greenville Co
- Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
- growth rate
- Guilford Heights
- gull
- habitat
- habituate
- Hack Creek
- Halifax Co
- Hampton
- Hampton Roads
- Hampton Roads Harbor
- Hancock
- Hanover Co
- Hartfield
- Hartford Co MD
- Harwoods Mill Reservoir
- hatching
- hatching muscle
- hatchling
- Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory (HRBO)
- Hawk Watch
- HE
- hearing
- Heathsville
- Henslow's Sparrow
- Hertford
- Hertford Co
- HK
- Hog Island
- hope
- Hopewell
- Horn Harbor
- Howland
- Hudson Bay
- Hull Creek
- Hyde
- Hyde Co NC
- I-64
- I-95
- immature
- imprint
- Incubating
- independence
- Independence Blvd
- injury
- innate
- instinct
- instinctive behavior
- insulation
- Intracoastal Waterway
- Ipswich sparrow
- Irvington
- Isle of Wight Co
- James City Co
- James River
- Jamestown Island
- Jamestown-Scoland Ferry
- Jan Reese
- Jerdone Island
- Jim Deal
- Joe Foreman
- Jones Creek
- Jordan Point
- juvenile
- Keith Cline
- Kempsville
- Kilmarnock
- King & Queen Co
- King & Queen County Landfill
- King George
- King George Co
- King George Landfill
- King William Co
- Kings Highway
- Kiptopeke State Park
- Lake Anna
- Lake Anna Marina
- Lake Anna State Park
- Lake Drummond
- Lake Edwards
- Lake Lawson
- Lake Mattamuskeet
- Lake Smith
- Lake Whitehurst
- Lakeview Park
- Lancaster
- Lancaster Co
- Lancaster Creek
- landfill
- laughing gull
- Laura Erickson
- Layton
- learn
- Leedstown
- Lesner Bridge
- Lewisetta
- Libby Mojica
- Liberty Fork
- Lilian
- Lisa Barlow
- Listers Corner
- Little Creek
- Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base
- Little Creek Reservoir
- Little Neck
- Little Plymouth
- Little River
- Little Wicomico River
- Litwalton
- Lively
- Lone Star Lakes Recreation Area
- Loretto
- Lost Lake
- Louisa Co
- lower Chesapeake Bay
- Luttrels Corner
- Lynnhaven River
- Machipongo
- Mackay Island NWR
- MacKenzie River
- Mackeys
- Maine
- male
- Manns Harbor NC
- map
- map key
- Marian Watts
- marsh
- Maryland
- Mascot
- Mason Creek
- Mataponi River
- Mathews
- Mathews Co
- Mattamuskeet NWR
- Mattaponi River
- Meherrin River
- meiosis
- menhaden
- Merry Hill
- Middle Peninsula
- Middle Peninsula Landfill
- Middlesex Co
- Midway Veterinary Hospital
- migration
- Milbank
- Mill Creek
- Mitchell Byrd
- Montague
- Moores Mill
- Morattico
- Mount Olive
- Muddy Creek
- muskrat
- Nansemond River
- Nash Town
- natal territory
- NATO Tower
- Naulakla
- NC Game Commission
- ND
- NE
- nest guarding
- nest lining
- nest tree
- nestcam
- Nesting (town of)
- New Holland
- New Kent Co
- New York
- Newmans Creek
- Newport News
- Newport News Park
- Newport News-Williamsburg Airport
- nightjars
- Norfolk
- Norfolk Botanical Garden (NBG)
- Norfolk Harbor
- North Carolina
- North Landing River
- North River
- Northern flicker
- northern goshawk
- Northern Neck
- Northumberland Co
- Northwest River
- Nottoway River
- Nuckols Tree Care
- Nunavut CAN
- NWR
- Ocean View
- offshore wind
- online course
- Ophelia
- Orange Co
- Ornithology by Frank B. Gill
- osprey
- ospreywatch
- oviparous
- pair
- Pamlico Sound
- Pamunkey River
- Pasquotank Co NC
- Pasquotank River
- PBS
- Pembroke
- Pennsylvania
- peregrine falcon
- Perquimans Co NC
- Perquimans River
- Perrin
- Perrin Creek
- Petersburg
- Phoebus
- photo
- Piankatank River
- pine straw
- Pinetta
- pipping
- Plum Tree NWR
- plumage
- plumulaceous
- Plymouth
- pocosin
- policy
- Poquoson
- Poropotank River
- Port Conway
- Port Royal
- Portobago
- Portsmouth
- Potomac Mills
- Potomac River
- power line
- Powhatan Airport
- preen/uropygial gland
- preening
- Presley Creek
- press
- prey
- prey item
- Prince George Co
- productivity
- publications
- Purkins Corner
- quarry
- Queen County Landfill
- Queens Creek
- Queens Lake
- raccoon
- range expansion
- Rappahannock River
- raptor
- red-bellied woodpecker
- red-cockaded woodpecker
- Reedville
- Reese Lukei Jr
- reference article
- reference link
- reproductive success
- Richmond
- Richmond Co
- Roanoke River
- Robbies Island
- Rollins Fork
- roost
- roost tree
- Roper
- Rose Garden
- royal tern
- Rt-17
- Rt-199
- Rt-208
- Rt-264
- Rt-604
- Rt-64
- Rt-94
- runway
- Sajo Farms
- salinity
- Salmon Creek
- saltmarsh sparrow
- Saluda
- Saluda Landfill
- Samuels Corner
- Sassafras
- satellite tracking
- satellite transmitter
- Sawyer Lake
- schedule
- ScholarWorks
- Scotland Neck
- sea eagle
- sea-level rise
- seagull
- Sealston
- sexually dimorphic
- sharp-shinned hawk
- Shawboro
- Shawn Padgett
- Shelly Fowler
- Skinkers Corner
- Smithfield
- Smiths Point
- snow
- solar battery
- song sparrow
- South Carolina
- South Lake
- Southampton Co
- sparring
- Sparta
- Spotsylvania Co
- St Croix USVI
- St Mary's Co
- Stephen Living (DGIF)
- storm
- striped bass
- Stumpy Lake
- Suffolk
- Sunken Meadow Creek
- Supply
- Surry Co
- survival skills
- Sydnors Millpond
- Tappahannock
- Tarboro NC
- tarsus
- Tettington
- thermal
- thermal system
- Thoroughgood
- Thurman Isl
- Tidewater Research Station
- Tignor
- tilapia
- timeline
- Tippers
- Toano
- Totuskey Creek
- tracking
- Trail Camera
- translocation
- trout
- Tulls Bay
- Tyrell Co NC
- Upper Peninsula
- Urbanna
- US-17
- US-301
- USVI
- VDGIF
- video link
- Vir-Mar
- Vir-Mar Beach
- Virginia
- Virginia Beach
- Virginia's Eastern Shore
- vision
- visual identity
- Wards Corner
- Ware Neck
- Warner
- Warsaw
- Washington Co NC
- Water View
- waterfowl
- waterproof
- Waupoppin Canal
- waxy secretion
- Wayne's Warbler
- webcam feed status
- Weems
- West Point
- Westmoreland Co
- whimbrel
- Whipping Creek Lake
- White Stone
- Whites Corner
- Whites Lake
- whitewash
- WHRO
- Wicomico Church
- Wicomico River
- Wildlife Center of VA
- Wildlife Center of Virginia
- WildlifeTracking.org
- willet
- Williamsburg
- Wilmot
- wind energy
- Windmill Pt
- Windsor
- wing exercise
- Winton
- Wise Point
- Wishart Road
- Witchduck
- Witchduck Point
- Witchduck Road
- wooded swamp
- WVEC
- yellow perch
- yellow-crowned night heron
- York Co
- York River
- York River St Pk
- Yorktown
- Yukon
July 13, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at July 13, 2009
Categories
CCB has had an overwhelming response by people going to our new Virginia Eagles web site. The “nest locator” part of the website crashed this morning. […]
Do you like it?
July 13, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at July 13, 2009
Categories
The latest satellite map (early morning July 5 to early morning July 10) from data transmitted from Azalea (HH) indicates that she has expanded her range […]
Do you like it?
July 10, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at July 10, 2009
Categories
You can now be a part of the annual survey of bald eagle nest sites in Virginia. The Center for Conservation Biology (CCB) has launched a […]
Do you like it?
July 8, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at July 8, 2009
Categories
This is the satellite data locations for Azalea from 11am July 2 to 4pm July 6. She is spending much more time away from the nest […]
Do you like it?
July 7, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at July 7, 2009
Categories
A few folks have asked questions about how to decipher the map images Reese posts to the blog. Here’s a brief summary of what you are […]
Do you like it?
July 6, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at July 6, 2009
Categories
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 […]
Do you like it?
July 3, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at July 3, 2009
Categories
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 […]
Do you like it?
July 2, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at July 2, 2009
Categories
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 […]
Do you like it?
June 27, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at June 27, 2009
Categories
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 […]
Do you like it?
June 25, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at June 25, 2009
Categories
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 […]
Do you like it?
June 22, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at June 22, 2009
Categories
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. […]
Do you like it?
June 21, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at June 21, 2009
Categories
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 […]
Do you like it?
June 19, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at June 19, 2009
Categories
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 […]
Do you like it?
June 19, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at June 19, 2009
Categories
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 […]
Do you like it?
June 18, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at June 18, 2009
Categories
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. […]
Do you like it?
June 18, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at June 18, 2009
Categories
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. […]
Do you like it?
June 16, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at June 16, 2009
Categories
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 […]
Do you like it?
June 16, 2009
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at June 16, 2009
Categories
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 […]
Do you like it?