Center for Conservation Biology
July 17, 2017
Grace remains at the private catfish ponds and Tidewater Agriculture Research Station east of Plymouth, NC. Grace left home in Virginia Beach on July 22, 2014 […]
July 13, 2017
By Bryan Watts | bdwatt@wm.edu | (757) 221-2247 July 13, 2017 The National Park Service (NPS) is the keeper of our most precious crowned jewels. It […]
July 12, 2017
By Bryan Watts | bdwatt@wm.edu | (757) 221-2247 July 12, 2017 HHE is a red knot with the code “HHE” stamped in black letters on a […]
July 11, 2017
By Bryan Watts | bdwatt@wm.edu | (757) 221-2247 July 11, 2017 One of the enduring questions in population ecology is: what determines the size of a […]
July 10, 2017
By Bryan Watts | bdwatt@wm.edu | (757) 221-2247 July 10, 2017 Age to first breeding is a relatively consistent trait across heron species and typically coincides […]
July 10, 2017
Grace never left the area of the North Carolina Tidewater Agriculture Research Station and private catfish farm. At least as far as the data reveals. There […]
July 5, 2017
Cliff swallows are a wonder to see up close. Adults are richly colored in a combination of deep chestnut, cream, blue, and salmon that is reminiscent […]
July 3, 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 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
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
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 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
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 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 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
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 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
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 […]