Center for Conservation Biology

September 19, 2016

Grace on James River at Brandon Point Sept 16, 2016

Grace spent most of the past week in Newport News and Poquoson, VA. On Sept 14 she flew to Gloucester County then after resting flew on […]
September 12, 2016

Grace Flies to Peninsula in Virginia 09102016

Grace has returned to familiar territory that she has visited a few times in the past. After checking out sections of the James River and Hog […]
September 5, 2016

Grace Flies to Hog Island on James River 9/3/2016

Grace has been on the move during the past week. She began her journey in the North Carolina section of the Great Dismal Swamp, flew northward […]
August 30, 2016

Twelve Nestling Bald Eagles Fitted With GSM/GPS Transmitters

In May 2016 biologists with the Center for Conservation Biology (CCB), lead by Dr. Bryan Watts, fitted new technology GSM/GPS cell phone transmitters on 12 nestling […]
August 29, 2016

Grace Flies to Great Dismal Swamp 08262016

Grace spent most of this past week at the North Carolina Tidewater Research Station in Washington County, NC. On the morning of Aug 25 she began […]
August 24, 2016

Grace Makes Round-trip TRS to TRS Aug 20, 2016

Grace made a short round-trip from the North Carolina Tidewater Research Station (TRS) to Creswell, NC, across Albemarle Sound to Chowan County and back to TRS […]
August 15, 2016

Grace Remains at TRS for Second Week 8/14/2016

Grace was content this past week to stay at the North Carolina Tidewater Research Station and fatten up on catfish at the private catfish farm. This […]
August 8, 2016

Grace Spends Week at Research Station Aug 7 2016

After traveling up to Virginia, Grace was content to spend the entire week at the North Carolina Tidewater Research Station. As of this map she is […]
August 4, 2016

Grace Returns to North Carolina July 30, 2016

Grace did not lollygag in Virginia. After a few days she headed back to the NC Tidewater Research Center east of Plymouth, NC. As of July […]
July 25, 2016

Grace Flies to Bethel Landfill Newport News 7/14/2016

Grace has had enough North Carolina catfish for the time being. She left the NC Tidewater Research Station the morning of July 18 flying north to […]
July 18, 2016

Grace Flies Roundtrip to Camden County – July 16, 2016

After a month at the Tidewater Research Station and private catfish farm, Grace just had to go somewhere. So, on the morning of July 12 she […]
July 11, 2016

Grace Spends the Week at TRS July 9, 2016

Grace spent the week in the area of the North Carolina Tidewater Agriculture Research Station which is east of Plymouth, NC. She has spent the past […]
July 7, 2016

Blood work

July 7, 2016

Black-bellied plovers complete annual cycle

July 6, 2016

Conservation in conflict: peregrines and shorebirds in the mid-Atlantic

July 4, 2016

Grace Still at TRS July 3, 2016

Grace has not wandered far from the North Carolina Tidewater Agriculture Research Station this past week. Two short flights on June 27 and July 2. As […]
June 30, 2016

Virginia bald eagle breeding population exceeds 1,000 pairs

(Williamsburg, VA)—The Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary and Virginia Commonwealth University has compiled 2016 survey results for the Virginia bald […]
June 28, 2016

Yellow-crowned night herons adjust to changing climate – continued