Center for Conservation Biology

January 16, 2010

Azalea at Alligator River NWR Jan 15

Azalea remains at Alligator River NWR as of the afternoon of Jan 15. About 1:00pm she was in the area of Sawyer Lake south of Rt […]
January 15, 2010

Alligator River NWR Press Release Jan 14

Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge has issued a press release about Azalea visiting the refuge. Two visitors spotted Azalea at Sawyer Lake on the refuge on […]
January 14, 2010

Alligator River NWR Attractive to Azalea

Well, Azalea seems to have found a place she likes, and she must be finding food. She spent all the day of Jan 9 on the […]
January 13, 2010

WVEC eagle web cam is live

Photo – Female Jan 13, 2010 The WVEC bald eagle web cam went live today Jan 13, 2010 at www.WVEC.com. Click on eagle cam logo on […]
January 12, 2010

Muskrat for Lunch Jan 12

As the scientific name for the bald eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus (white-headed fish eagle) indicates, their principal diet is composed of fish – as much as […]
January 11, 2010

Expected Egg Laying Date

There have been several inquiries as to when we can expect the NBG adults to begin egg laying. The best estimate we can make is to use their […]
January 11, 2010

Azalea at South Lake, Alligator River NWR

Azalea has spent the entire time from Jan 6 at 10:00am through Jan 9 at 5:00pm on the eastern part of South Lake at Alligator River […]
January 9, 2010

Azalea Remains at Alligator River

As of the morning of Jan 9, Azalea is still in the northern section of Alligator River NWR around South Lake. To learn more about this […]
January 6, 2010

Adult Bald Eagles at Norfolk Botanical Garden

This is the first of what will be many postings to this blog site about the 2010 mating and nesting season of the pair of bald […]
January 6, 2010

Azalea Explores Alligator River NWR

After arriving at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in Dare County, NC on Jan 2 about 5:00pm, she spent her first night just east of South […]
January 4, 2010

Azalea’s New Year Surprise!!!

Azalea spent Dec 28 and 29 at the Middle Peninsula Landfill in Gloucester County, VA as she has for much of the prior two weeks. For […]
January 4, 2010

Azalea's New Year Surprise!!!

Azalea spent Dec 28 and 29 at the Middle Peninsula Landfill in Gloucester County, VA as she has for much of the prior two weeks. For […]
December 31, 2009

Welcome to the CCB Eagle Nest blog

The Center for Conservation Biology (CCB) has created this blog as a place for CCB researchers to share and discuss eagle nesting and breeding behavior. Reese […]
December 30, 2009

Azalea – 2009 Year-end Review

A few facts about Azalea (banded HH): Egg layed Feb 13 Egg hatched Mar 22 Banded HH April 22 Satellite transmitter fitted May 20 Fledged June […]
December 29, 2009

Azalea – Christmas Week 12/19-28

On Dec 19 Azalea had flown northwest to near Smithfield, VA. On Dec 20 she spent the day exploring Hog Island in the James River, and […]
December 28, 2009

Blog down on Jan 5th

This blog site will be down most of the day on Jan 5 as William & Mary does regular maintenance and updating of all the W&M […]
December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas Surprise

About 3pm Christmas this almost 4 year old male bald eagle landed on the front branch of the NBG nest tree and stayed until 4pm when […]
December 24, 2009

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas from Azalea’s mom (front) and dad (back) in their nest Christmas eve just before dark.