Eagle Nest Blog

February 24, 2012

Project Osprey Watch Launched by CCB

Photo – Reese F. Lukei, Jr. The Center for Conservation Biology has launched Project Osprey Watch, a project created to engage a global community to collect […]
February 20, 2012

Dominance – Female Over Male

Throughout this and previous seasons we have observed the female eagle exercising dominance over the male. This evening we were treated with a visual display of […]
February 20, 2012

Eagles Weather Snow Storm in Richmond Feb 19-20

The bald eagles in Richmond, who are incubating two eggs, had to endure a snow storm last night that left them covered with snow, an indication […]
February 13, 2012

Morgan City, LA Eagle Expo

Feb 9-11 I represented The Center for Conservation Biology at the Morgan City. LA annual Eagle Expo. I presented a program on the satellite tracking of […]
February 8, 2012

Richmond Eagles First Egg Feb 8

The bald eagle pair in Richmond, Va have their first egg as of 5:44pm Feb, 8, 2012. This live bald eagle cam is provided by The […]
January 22, 2012

Juvenile Visits NBG Eagle Nest

On Friday Jan 20 at 2:50pm a 2nd year juvenile (male I think) paid a visit to the bald eagle nest at Norfolk Botanical Garden (Photo […]
January 21, 2012

Replacement Female Jan 20, 2012

We do not yet have all our questions answered about the death of the adult female bald eagle at Norfolk Botanical Garden on Jan 6, 2012. However, […]
January 19, 2012

Eagle Deaths at Norfolk Botanical Garden

Statement prepared by Dr Bryan Watts, Director of The Center for Conservation Biology, with respect to the death of an adult and a juvenile bald eagle at […]
January 14, 2012

Two Nests in One – Straw Thief!

The eastern gray squirrel is a very common small mammal (rodent) in the mid-Atlantc region. They are tree squirrels (rather than ground squirrels). They usually make […]
January 9, 2012

NBG Eagle Pair First Observed Mating Jan 9

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. […]
January 3, 2012

Female Laying in Nest Jan 3

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 […]
January 2, 2012

Mobbing – What Is Going On ?

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 […]
January 1, 2012

Happy New Year 2012

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 […]
December 26, 2011

HK Fishing on North Landing River

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. […]
December 24, 2011

Christmas Bonus!!

Today for the first time this season the two NBG adults came to the nest in the middle of the day. Here are some of the […]
December 24, 2011

NBG Eagles to You – Merry Christmas

From our nest to yours, we wish each and everyone a safe, happy and healthy holiday season.
December 13, 2011

Photos from Dec 13

Both adult eagles came to the nest last evening. The female stayed all night, but sometime during the evening the male left. Here are photos from […]
December 12, 2011

Asleep in Nest Tree Tonight (Dec 12)

For the first time since Dec 5, both of the adult eagles are spending the night in the nest tree tonight. Photo 2 they have their […]