Chesapeake Bay

July 11, 2022
Results of aerial surveys for occupied bald eagle nests 1976-2016

New Paper: Social burden and bald eagle recovery

By: Bryan Watts7/10/22 Survival of the majority of the endangered species in the United States will ultimately depend on our ability to manage habitats on private […]
July 7, 2022
Jan Reese talking osprey and other species over lunch

The osprey man of Tilghman

By: Bryan Watts7/7/2022 It is impossible to think about osprey in the upper Chesapeake Bay, particularly around the area of the Choptank River and Eastern Bay, […]
July 1, 2022
Muskrat skulls collected from eagle nests along the middle James River.

Eagles and Muskrats

By: Bryan Watts6/29/22 We turn south onto Occupacia, one of the most productive creeks along the Rappahannock.  Ducks rise up in waves ahead of us leaving […]
October 13, 2010

Azalea Re-Exploring Little Wicomico River

Azalea has spent the past couple weeks re-exploring parts of Northumberland County, VA with which she became familiar last fall. She has been concentrating on 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 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 […]
May 7, 2010

Are the Eaglets Male or Female?

Photo above- left to right NE (youngest), NC (oldest- Camellia), ND (middle) – waiting to be returned to their nest – Photo Reese F Lukei Jr […]
April 13, 2010

Gender of Bald Eagle Broods at NBG

Dr. Bryan Watts addresses the question about the gender of the eaglets that this pair of bald eagles has produced at Norfolk Botanical Garden:  A question was recently […]
December 21, 2009

Azalea, Conowingo, Machipongo Dec 16-19

As of Dec 19, there are three bald eagles fitted with satellite transmitters in southeast Virginia in the area known as Hampton Roads. On this map […]
October 4, 2009

Where are the Satellite Eagles?

So, just where are the bald eagles that have been fitted with satellite transmitters by The Center for Conservation Biology? In addition to Azalea from the […]