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June 16, 2025
Adult female osprey on breeding territory in Virginia. Photo by Bryan Watts.
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at June 16, 2025
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Osprey population along the seaside of the Delmarva Peninsula has collapsed

News Advisory FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  16 June 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS:         Dr. Bryan D. Watts, Director                                          Center for Conservation Biology                                          William & Mary                                          bdwatt@wm.edu                                          (757) 221-2247 BRIEF           (Williamsburg, VA) — […]
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April 5, 2025
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at April 5, 2025
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2025 Field Season to investigate osprey metapopulation dynamics in Chesapeake Bay

By: Bryan Watts3/31/2025 Over the past several years The Center for Conservation Biology (and several key partners) has investigated low productivity by osprey within the main […]
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February 6, 2025
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at February 6, 2025
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Then and now: A look back on osprey breeding performance in the lower Chesapeake in the late 1980s compared to today

By: Bryan Watts1/17/2025 For over twenty years (1970-1990) Mitchell Byrd monitored the osprey breeding population in coastal Virginia.  The monitoring effort was a partnership between William […]
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October 9, 2024
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at October 9, 2024
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CCB Surveys Reveal Wayne’s Warbler Strongholds in Virginia

By: Chance Hines9/24/24 The majority of old-growth swamps of Virginia and other mid-Atlantic states have been lost to logging and development, but the remaining fragments of […]
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September 11, 2024
Published by Center for Conservation Biology at September 11, 2024
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Chesapeake Bay ospreys continue to experience poor breeding performance due to starvation

News Advisory FROM:           Center for Conservation Biology, William & Mary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  13 September 2024 MEDIA CONTACTS:         Dr. Bryan D. Watts, Director                                          Center for Conservation […]
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