July 26, 2009
Azalea (HH) was at the nest and camera tree all day today all by herself (photos). One of the adults brought in a fish about 8:00am […]
July 24, 2009
My Webster’s 1956 dictionary has these word’s of wisdom Dependent – Relying on, or subject to, something else for support Independent – Not dependent The most […]
July 22, 2009
So more of the same from Azalea this week. Azalea’s split her time between the pine trees around the nest and “the dump” (composting facility). She […]
July 20, 2009
Hi all – Reese is out of town this week so I’ll be posting maps in his absence. Over the weekend, Azalea continued to utilize two […]
July 16, 2009
This map covers the period early morning July 11 to early morning July 16. The data points show a much broader territory for Azalea. All three […]
July 13, 2009
CCB has had an overwhelming response by people going to our new Virginia Eagles web site. The “nest locator” part of the website crashed this morning. […]
July 13, 2009
The latest satellite map (early morning July 5 to early morning July 10) from data transmitted from Azalea (HH) indicates that she has expanded her range […]
July 10, 2009
You can now be a part of the annual survey of bald eagle nest sites in Virginia. The Center for Conservation Biology (CCB) has launched a […]
July 8, 2009
This is the satellite data locations for Azalea from 11am July 2 to 4pm July 6. She is spending much more time away from the nest […]
July 7, 2009
A few folks have asked questions about how to decipher the map images Reese posts to the blog. Here’s a brief summary of what you are […]
July 6, 2009
The latest satellite data indicates that Azalea has begun to spend a lot of her time away from the nest area. This map covers the period […]
July 3, 2009
Eagle HK fledged one month ago today on June 3. Here he takes his third flight that day. Today he was at “the dump” on the edge […]
July 2, 2009
Azalea has begun to expand her range. This map covers the period of late morning June 24 to early morning July 1. She has been visiting […]
June 27, 2009
Right photo – The (or a) “mantle” refers to the feathers in the upper middle of the back that form a “V” shape below the neck […]
June 25, 2009
This map shows the movements of Azalea as recorded by the satellite transmitter. She has not been very far from the nest during this period that […]
June 22, 2009
New map of satellite readings of the flight of Azalea (HH) June 17 through about 2pm Sunday June 21. On the 19th she made a flight across Lake Whitehurst. […]
June 21, 2009
The first eaglet to hatch this season was on March 21 at 12:30pm. It is the male wearing band HK. He celebrated being 3 months old with […]
June 19, 2009
This is the satellite tracking map for Azalea for the period June 14 thru 8am Friday June 19. You will notice a lack of data points […]
June 19, 2009
This is the satellite tracking map for Azalea for the period June 14 thru 8am Friday June 19. You will notice a lack of data points […]
June 18, 2009
Last evening while HK was sitting near the camera you saw some very close up views of his eyes. Birds have two eyelids, upper and lower. […]
June 18, 2009
Last evening while HK was sitting near the camera you saw some very close up views of his eyes. Birds have two eyelids, upper and lower. […]
June 16, 2009
After two failed attempts, Azalea made it back to the nest. About 4:35 she flew in from the left back of the nest and smashed right […]
June 16, 2009
This map indicates the places Azalea (band HH) has sat from the time she left the nest tree on June 13 through 8am today. She has never […]
June 13, 2009
At 6:51 am today Azalea finally made the big leap and flew from the nest tree. She exercised for nearly an hour jumping from branch to […]