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Press Releases
Links to Center press releases are available to below.
For more information about any of the press releases,
please contact Bryan Watts, Director of the Center for Conservation
Biology by phone at (757) 221-2247 or e-mail.
2012 22 February: Become an Osprey Watcher: Connect with a global community of observers
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Seven week old Osprey chick. Image credit: Bryan Watts
2011 14 September: Goshen a shorebird tracked by scientists becomes second study bird to be lost on Guadeloupe
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2011 12 September: Machi a shorebird tracked by scientists survives tropical storm only to be killed by hunters on Guadeloupe
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Machi being fitted with satellite transmitter in August, 2009. Image credit: Barton Paxton
Tracking map of Machi (2009-2011). Image credit: The Center for Conservation Biology.
2011 07 September: Bald eagle nests along James River battered by Hurricane Irene.
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Map of nest damage along James River following Hurricane Irene. Image credit: The Center for Conservation Biology
2011 05 September: Virginia bald eagle breeding population continues upward trajectory.
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2011 25 August: Scientists Track Shorebird into Hurricane Irene
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Track of migrating whimbrel (Chinquapin) from Southampton Island into Hurricane Irene. This bird is being tracked using a 9.5-gram, solar-powered satellite transmitter. Image credit: The Center for Conservation Biology
Whimbrel fitted with satellite transmitter. Image credit: Barry Truitt
2009 14 August: The Flight of Hope the Whimbrel
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Tracking Map. Image credit: The Center for Conservation Biology
2008 4 June: You Go Girl: Winnie the Whimbrel flies 3,200 miles in 146 hours
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Transmitter attached to Whimbrel. Image credit: Fletcher Smith
Tracking map. Image credit: The Center for Conservation Biology
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