Bald Eagle NX's Location, Center For Conservation Biology: Bald Eagles With Transmitters, Irruption of Snowy Owls, Freezing Temperatures and Birds, Shorebird Hunting, Great Blue Heron Come-back

Bald Eagle NX checked in on January 5th. She has done a little bit of exploring since her last check-in.

The Center for Conservation Biology newsletter is hot off the press. Here's a few interesting items:

• Bald Eagles with transmitters continue to provide valuable information to aid conservation efforts. More than 1,000,000 GPS locations have been provided, indicating which areas are the most important to Bald Eagles. These areas include travel corridors and communal roosts.
• The current irruption of Snowy Owls is explained in this story. Dr. Bryan Watts flew a survey with Dr. Mitchell Byrd to look for the owls and reports his findings.
• Dr. Watts is quoted in this USA Today article about the impact of this week's freezing temperatures on birds.
• Two Whimbrels (Machi and Goshen) that CCB had tracked via transmitters survived an encounter with Hurricane Irene during their fall migration only to be killed by hunters when they reached their winter home on Guadeloupe. This tragic event has been a catalyst for change via increased awareness of shorebird hunting and new regulations governing the hunting of shorebirds.
• Dr Watts is quoted in this Richmond Times-Dispatch article about the come-back of the Great Blue Heron.

More tomorrow...