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CCB EagleTrak Follow eagle movements with The Center for Conservation Biology about CCB about EagleTrak EagleTrak Gallery & Homepage Posted by: rlukei | July 16, 2014 New Web Site July 16, 2014 You will now find eagletrak on the following Center for Conservation Biology (CCB) web site: www.ccbbirds.org/news-room/blogs/eagletrak-blog/ Please updateflying and begins exploring the area. Shelly Fowler was gracious enough to share these photos of Grace flying around her natal territory. Thank you Shelly! Camellia Camellia visited the St. Brides Correctional Center in Chesapeake, VA on July 4 and on July 5th. Maybe inspiring patriotism and other noble feelings in the prisoners? Anything is possible! Camellia at St Brides Correctional Center 7/4 and 7/5 Camellia’s movements 6/23-7/5. Blue icon is the most recent location on 7/5. Why we track eagles We are often asked why we track eagles and how our data is used to conserve eagles and their habitats. CCB has several uses for the transmitter data one of which is looking at movement corridors for eagles. This particular map is a model of Camellia’s movements. What we look for is movement paths used repeatedly over time that can represent flight corridors”. Camellia, Azalea, Grace, and KE are part of a larger eagle tracking study CCB continues to conduct in the region on over 70 eagles . Combining data from this large sample size allows us to look for population level flight corridors. Locating where these flight corridors are and understanding why the eagles are in a certain location can be very useful in eagle management. Various government planning and conservation agencies can use this information to avoid erecting new structures (wind turbines, electrical distribution lines, etc) that have the potential harm flying eagles. On Camellia’s map we can see definite hot spots of movements (red color) around Lake Anna, multiple landfills, and the Norfolk/Virginia Beach region. Available prey resources (yes, landfill food counts as prey” in this context) are a major driving force in why eagles move across the landscape as shown in Camellia’s map. I’ve noted the NBG nest only for your reference since it’s hard to see the base map. Utilization distribution of Camellia’s movements in Virginia. ps. I realized I hadn’t approved comments for the last post since Reese normally handles it. Sorry! 5 Comments Categories: Eagle Locations EagleTrak Blog Satellite Transmitter Tracking Data Posted by: Libby Mojica | July 2, 2014 I’m filling in for Reese this week while he’s off adventuring. I will attempt to fill his shoes here for a few days. We greatly appreciate your continued interest in the EagleTrak project.- Libby Grace Grace is testing her new found powerful wings and is taking flights from the patch of trees where her nest is to trees 700 feet across the river. Our volunteers monitoring her and her siblings say the trio is doing fine and are being well fed by the adults. Thanks to Jim Yanello for this recent photo of Grace on the wing. Grace Camellia This eagle has returned to an agricultural canal of some sort off Long Ridge Rd. He seems to have visited this spot several times in the past week. Wonder what the attraction is? Camellia – yellow marker indicates most recent location 6 Comments Categories: EagleTrak Blog Satellite Transmitter Older Posts » Categories At the nest Barn owls Biology Blog Info Eagle Locations Tracking Data Eagle News EagleTrak Blog History Nest locations Satellite Transmitter Whimbrel Support Eagles Recent Posts New Web Site July 16, 2014 Grace Beginning to Expand Her Range July 14 Camellia Visiting Shillelagh Rd – Chesapeake 7/14 Camellia Visits North Carolina Again July 11 More Photos of Grace and Sister Blogroll Azalea’s Tracking Map & Daily Updates Black Rail Working Group CCB on Facebook Chesapeake Bay Eagle Tracking Eagle Nest blog EagleTrak 2010 Naming Contest EagleTrak Gallery Garden of Eagles 2011 calendar VaEagles Nest Locator Whimbrel Tracking WVEC Nestcam at NBG Eagle Nest blog New Web Site July 16, 2014 Sibling of Bald Eagle MR Fledges June 9 2014 Bald Eagle with PURPLE Band ND” – Update Categories Categories Select Category At the nest (31) Barn owls (1) Biology (10) Blog Info (8) Eagle Locations (916) Tracking Data (869) Eagle News (5) EagleTrak Blog (947) History (3) Nest locations (2) Satellite Transmitter (25) Whimbrel (1) Tag Cloud ’Azalea’ (HH) ’Camellia’ (NC) ’the dump’ Adner airport Albemarle Sound Alligator River NWR Burgess Caroline Co catfish ponds Center for Conservation Biology (CCB) Chesapeake communal roost Currituck Co NC Gloucester Co HE HK James River King & Queen Co King George Co Lake Whitehurst Lancaster Co landfill Little Wicomico River map Mattamuskeet NWR Middle Peninsula Middlesex Co NBG (Norfolk Botanical Garden) nestcam Norfolk...