‘Camellia’ (NC)

August 2, 2010

Azalea Returns to Northumberland County, VA

Azalea has answered one big question – will she return to where she flew to originally when she left Norfolk Botanical Garden last August 21? The […]
July 29, 2010

Camellia on Virginia Middle Peninsula July 28

When we last left Camellia, he was on the Northern Peninsula of Virginia on the Corrotoman River west of Lancaster, VA at 7:00pm July 25. He […]
July 26, 2010

Camellia Explores Lancaster County, VA

Camellia has not moved very far since our last satellite map as of 7:00am July 19. He remained just west of Weems, VA all day July 19 […]
July 24, 2010

Azalea and Camellia Stay Put

Azalea remains at the catfish ponds near Plymouth, NC at noon on July 23. Camellia has also stayed put since the last map in the Weems/Irvington, […]
July 19, 2010

Camellia Flies Further North

Camellia continues his journey by flying further north and east into territory explored last year by his big sister, Azalea. Camellia left the Wise Point area […]
July 16, 2010

Camellia Near West Point, VA

Camellia is now well on his way to exploring this world. After arriving over Queens Creek on July 13 at 6:00pm he came to rest on […]
July 15, 2010

Camellia Leaves NBG July 13

Well the next major phase of the life of Camellia has begun. He has now left home and is now on his own. After spending the […]
July 12, 2010

Camellia Remains at NBG

Camellia’s satellite transmitter is sending signals most of the time now. There were a few time on July 9 when it did not. Since our last […]
July 10, 2010

Camellia & Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

Camellia (NC) has sat on the front branch of the nest tree for the past three afternoons. Yesterday, July 9, he sat there from about 11:50am […]
July 10, 2010

Camellia & Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

Camellia (NC) has sat on the front branch of the nest tree for the past three afternoons. Yesterday, July 9, he sat there from about 11:50am […]
July 7, 2010

Camellia Transmitter Finally Working!!

The sun has finally done its job – powered up the satellite transmitter that Camellia is wearing on his back. You will notice something different about […]
July 2, 2010

First Camellia Map July, 1, 2010

Here is the first satellite map from the travels of Camellia (banded NC). It only contains partial data for June 28 and July 1. That data […]
July 2, 2010

Camellia on the Move West

Camellia appears to be on the move westward. At about 4pm yesterday, July 1, the satellite map at http://www.wildlifetracking.org/index.shtml?tag_id=74435 shows that Camellia is near the boundry of Suffolk […]
June 29, 2010

Camellia has Flown 54 Miles

Since fledging from his nest Camellia (NC) has flown 88 kilometers or about 54 miles. The satellite transmitter is still not sending all the data we […]
June 24, 2010

Camellia Closeups June 24

The WVEC web cam feed was down this evening so here are 4 up close photos of Camellia. For the first time in several days he […]
June 16, 2010

Camellia Transmitter Sending Some Data

We know that everyone, including us, has been anxiously awaiting to receive data from the satellite transmitter that is fitted on the back of Camellia (NC). […]
June 14, 2010

NE Released at NBG June 14

After spending the night in the care of raptor rehabilator Lisa Barlow in Virginia Beach, NE was taken to Midway Veterinary Hospital and examined this morning […]
June 9, 2010

Azalea Spends Night Off the Farm

For the first time in several weeks Azalea spent a night, June 7, off the catfish farms – BUT, not far away. Just across highway Rt 64. She […]