Historic Jamestown’s Eagle Eat’g A Catfish
Posted by Susan in Virginia Wildlife on Dec 21st, 2010 | 0 commentsVirginia, Jamestown's Hometown Island Eagle, enjoy'g her breakfast of catfish...
Tags: Virginia, nature, eagle, eagles, jamestownBanding and Transmitter-Fitting of Bald Eagles
Posted by Susan in Virginia Wildlife on May 24th, 2010 | 0 commentsOn May 5th DGIF Nongame and Watchable Wildlife along with Agency Outreach staff were at the Norfolk Botanical Garden for the banding and transmitter fitting of nestling bald eagles by researchers at the Center for Conservation Biology. In order to provide the public with an exceptional view of these activities while maintaining an environment that minimized disturbance to the birds, staff from DGIF's Information and Education section were present to document the event close-up with photo and video. The bald eagles at the Norfolk Botanical Garden are part of a unique partnership between the DGIF, the Norfolk Botanical Garden, and WVEC Channel 13. This partnership brings the viewing public the Eagle Cam - an up close look into the daily lives of these birds. Viewers from around the world, including many Virginia School Children "tune in" to the Eagle Cam every day as part of their studies in science, ecology and life cycles. WVEC provided a second webcam for the day which provided a great view of the event. The camera was operated by DGIF Watchable Wildlife staff who provided ongoing narration and commentary of the work along with the researchers from CCB (The Center for Conservation for Biology at William & Mary). CCB was performing this work as part of the ongoing research efforts study bald eagles in the Chesapeake Bay region. These efforts complement those of DGIF whose eagle conservation work within the commonwealth includes a variety of monitoring, tracking and ...
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Posted by Susan in Virginia Wildlife on Sep 21st, 2009 | 0 commentsto get underway here." "A lot of you all are old friends and certainly have been to this many times" "but I'm Ed Clark, I'm President of the Wildlife Center" "and we are going to release a mature male eagle" "that has been in our facility for about 3 weeks now." "Actually we were very lucky in this case," "this bird did not appear to have any really serious injuries" "and the only thing we could figure that is wrong with him" "or was wrong with him is that he probably ate something that ...
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Posted by Susan in Virginia Wildlife on Sep 16th, 2009 | 0 commentsEd Clark, President of The Wildlife Center of Virginia, releases a young adult eagle at Westover Plantation after three weeks of treatment. ... Wildlife Center of Virginia Westover Plantation Eagle Release
Tags: Release, Plantation, Westover, Center, wildlifeEagel View Farm – Montgomery county Virginia 4 27 09
Posted by Susan in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2009 | 0 commentsEagle View Farm is located in Montgomery County Virginia next to Floyd County on Little River and Brush Creek. We c urrently (4-27-09) have a 20 acre parcel great for horse farm or organic crops. Nice views and lots of water with fishing. VPI or Virginia Tech is 25 minute drive and Roanoke airport 45 minute drive. a very nice farming area an lots of open spaces. Good hunting on the farm for deer and turkey. Outdoor activities a common with the Blue Ridge Parkway about 15 miles to the East ...
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