A Bright Future in the Great Dismal: Woodpecker Partnership Records First Successful Breeding
June 26, 2017
June 26, 2017
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., June 26 -- The College of William and Mary issued the following news story:
Conservation partners are celebrating the first successful breeding of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker within the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
Brian Watts of the Center for Conservation Biology reports that two young woodpeckers were banded on the May 20 and flew from the nest cavity during the second week of June.
"This event represent . . .
Conservation partners are celebrating the first successful breeding of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker within the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
Brian Watts of the Center for Conservation Biology reports that two young woodpeckers were banded on the May 20 and flew from the nest cavity during the second week of June.
"This event represent . . .