October 1, 2025
News Advisory FROM: The Center for Conservation Biology, William & Mary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 29 September, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS: Dr. Bryan D. Watts, Director Center for […]
June 16, 2025
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) — […]
April 5, 2025
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 […]
February 6, 2025
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 […]
September 11, 2024
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 […]
July 19, 2024
By Bryan Watts7/17/24 Historically, the Canada goose was a migratory species throughout most of the United States arriving in November to most wintering grounds and leaving […]
July 18, 2024
By Bryan Watts7/13/24 Like blue crabs and salt marshes, the osprey is interwoven into the fabric of the Chesapeake Bay culture. Many generations of Bay residents […]
March 30, 2024
By: Bryan Watts4/2/24 CCB is thrilled to announce the launch of OspreyWatch 2.0. With support from conservationists Briscoe and Kenan White and innovative programmer Jim Verhagen […]
March 30, 2024
By: Bryan Watts4/1/24 The Biology Department within William & Mary has been a center for osprey work for more than 50 years. Over that time, the […]
January 11, 2024
By: Bryan Watts1/4/2024 We put in on Hoskins Creek in Tappahannock and ran out to the open Rappahannock River. Mitchell Byrd was at the helm of […]
July 14, 2023
For release: July 14, 2023 Williamsburg, VA – In 2023, The Center for Conservation Biology has documented the highest rate of osprey nest failure ever recorded […]
July 8, 2023
By: Bryan Watts7/5/2023 Over the past few years, I have received questions from homeowners, watermen and keen observers around the lower Chesapeake Bay about osprey. Waterfront […]
July 7, 2022
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, […]
August 26, 2009
This satellite map covers a wide time range through the early morning August 24 so that you can see better how Azalea (HH) has wandered first to […]