Center for Conservation Biology

May 15, 2017

Grace at Stumpy Lake May 11-14, 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 Returns to Tidewater Research Station 5/5/2017

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

Grace Visits Honey Bee/ Stumpy Lake 4/29/2017

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 […]
April 24, 2017

Grace at Sandbridge Va Beach 4/23/17

Again we are missing data because of low power in Grace’s solar battery in her satellite transmitter. No data for April 18, 19, 21, 22, and […]
April 17, 2017

Grace Make Round-trip to Hampton 4/16/2017

Very limited data for Grace this week. No data April 9, 10, 13, 15. Very little the other days for the past week. We do know […]
April 10, 2017

Grace at Alligator River NWR 4/8/2017

Once again cloudy weather last week has affected the satellite transmitter solar battery that Grace is wearing. There was no data for April 3 and 4, […]
April 7, 2017

Assisting with Conservation of the Steppe Whimbrel

The Steppe Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus alboaxillaris) is one of the least studied forms of migratory shorebirds on earth. The form was first described in 1921, and […]
April 6, 2017

Another Raptor Kill in Argentina

José Sarasola has reported another large raptor kill in the La Pampa Province of Argentina. José is the director of El Centro para el Estudio y Conservacion […]
April 5, 2017

Big Mud

One day after our arrival in Panama City, we stood on the shoreline looking in awe over the mudflats that stretch out into the blue haze […]
April 4, 2017

Eagle photographers contribute to science

April 3, 2017

Grace Round-Trip TRS/Red Wing/TRS 4/2/2017

Again we are missing data because of the cloudy weather resulting in low solar battery strength. There was no data for March 26, March 28/29, and […]
March 28, 2017

People and Shorebirds Flock to Beaches

March 27, 2017

Grace Returns to TRS March 25, 2017

Grace left Hampton on Mar 20, spent the night in Gum Swamp in Chesapeake, then flew on to the Tidewater Agriculture Research Station (TRS) near Plymouth, […]
March 20, 2017

Grace On Peninsula in Hampton as of March 18

First – Because of the cloudy – rainy weather the past few days, the satellite transmitter battery was operating on low power. Therefore, we have no […]
March 17, 2017

Bridge Birds

March 14, 2017

Where are the Transmittered Bald Eagles?

Where are eleven of the juvenile bald eagles fitted with GSM?GPS transmitteres and banded with PURPLE leg bands in May 2016? See the maps below which […]
March 13, 2017

Grace at Lake Taylor in Norfolk 3/12/2017

Grace did some flying last week. She began at the NC Tidewater Research Station, flew to Phelps Lake, then back to TRS. She then flew across […]
March 6, 2017

Grace Returns to Tidewater Research Station 3/2/2017

Grace just cannot resist returning to the NC Tidewater Agriculture Research Station and the private catfish farm. After a few days on the Peninsula area in […]