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 […]
April 24, 2017
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
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
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, […]