By Bryan Watts9/30/2020 In late 2019, CCB worked with William & Mary’s Swem Library to upload 220 technical reports to Scholarworks in an effort to make […]
By: Bryan Watts9/14/2020 Field notes are like an artist study. Although they may lead to a published manuscript or report, they provide a more complete view […]
By Bryan Watts9/3/2020 Communal roosts used at night and during high-tide periods are essential resources for many shorebird species during the winter and migratory periods. Despite […]
By Bryan Watts7/7/2020 Whimbrels are large, highly migratory Holarctic waders with low reproductive potential and delayed recruitment that require high juvenile and adult survival to sustain […]
By: Bryan Watts7/6/2020 As with the other sea eagles, bald eagles are tree nesters. Here in the Chesapeake Bay region eagles nest in loblolly pines on […]
By: Chance Hines7/6/2020 The 2020 Virginia red-cockaded woodpecker breeding season has come to a close with a record high number of young produced. Production of young […]
By: Bryan Watts6/26/2020 Upper Chippokes Creek is where bald eagles first recolonized the James River after the peak of the DDT era. On 19 January 1979, […]
By: Bryan Watts4/3/2020 There are few things in life more thrilling than solving a good mystery or finding the answers to long held questions. For the […]
By: Laura Duval3/24/2020 As many of you read this, migrant birds, including our beloved nightjars, are on a taxing journey from their wintering grounds as far […]
By Bryan Watts4/2/2020 In late February of this year, CCB dispatched a team of five biologists including Marie Pitts, Laura Duval, Chance Hines, Bart Paxton and […]
By Bryan Watts4/1/2020 For the fifth time in as many years, CCB biologists have traveled to Panama to train local biologists and volunteers on shorebird field […]
By Bryan Watts 3/31/2020 One of many things that the Covid-19 pandemic will be remembered for is the introduction of the term “social distancing” to the […]
By Bryan Watts 1/23/2020 The Center for Conservation Biology has joined forces with the North Carolina Wildlife Commission to estimate the number of cormorants that spend […]
By Bryan Watts 1/21/2020 By any standard 2019 was a good year for peregrine falcons in Virginia. The breeding season was the most productive in the […]