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January 9, 2012
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Over the past three days Azalea has traveled within the lake Smith watershed in Virginia Beach. Her only short distance flight was across Diamond Springs Rd […]
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January 9, 2012
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at January 9, 2012
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Camellia began this post in First Landing State Park in Va Beach (www.first-landing-state-park.org) and that is where he is now. However, in between he spent two […]
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January 9, 2012
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Overnight Jan 8/9 both the adult bald eagles stayed in the nest tree, with the male in the nest and the female on the back branch. […]
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January 6, 2012
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January 6, 2012
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Azalea has moved about during the past three days. She began at First Landing State Park (YELLOW arrow Jan 3 at 1:00am). She flew from there […]
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January 6, 2012
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at January 6, 2012
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Every since our last satellite map, Camellia has remained in the Broad Bay area of Virginia Beach. He started out in Alanton (YELLOW arrow Jan 3 […]
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January 3, 2012
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Both adults came to the nest about 4:45 today. The male stayed until 5:05. The female then layed in the nest squirmimg around in the grass […]
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January 3, 2012
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Camellia was last at Brown Cove in Great Neck (YELLOW arrow Dec 31 at 1:00am). On Dec 31 he flew to Lake Christine on Camp Pendleton […]
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January 3, 2012
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For the first days of 2012 Azalea has been in the northeast quarter of Virginia Beach. She started out in the Briarwood section of Little Neck (YELLOW […]
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January 2, 2012
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at January 2, 2012
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Do you wonder what all the raucus noise is about and why there are swarms of birds chasing a raptor? That action is called mobbing. It […]
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January 1, 2012
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This morning January 1, 2012, both adults arrived at the nest together at 6:45. The female stayed only about 6 minutes and then flew off. The […]
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December 31, 2011
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Azalea spent most of the past 3 days in First Landing State Park in Va Beach – YELLOW arrow Dec 27 at 6:00pm, PINK pointer Dec 28 […]
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December 31, 2011
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at December 31, 2011
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Camellia has travelled a bit all within Va Beach in the past 3 days. He began at Norfolk Botanical Garden Dec 27 at 6:00pm (YELLOW arrow). […]
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December 28, 2011
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at December 28, 2011
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Azalea is exploring new territory for her. As of the last map she was in flight over Lake James in Va Beach (YELLOW arrow Dec 25 […]
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December 28, 2011
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at December 28, 2011
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Azalea is exploring new territory for her. As of the last map she was in flight over Lake James in Va Beach (YELLOW arrow Dec 25 […]
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December 28, 2011
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at December 28, 2011
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Camellia was last at Carolanne Farm in Va Beach (YELLOW arrow Dec 24 at 6:00pm) and spent the night there (PINK pointer Dec 25 at 1:00am). […]
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December 26, 2011
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at December 26, 2011
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December has been one fantastic month for photographing and identifying Norfolk Botanical Garden juvenile bald eagles that are wearing purple identification bands. Today was another of those days. […]
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December 25, 2011
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at December 25, 2011
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Azalea was last in West Belvedere in Norfolk (YELLOW arrow Dec 22 at 1:00am) and spent the day Dec 22 in that location, spending another night […]
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