EAST PROVIDENCE – The ospreys whose nest balanced atop a Seekonk River crane, providing a home for baby birds and a diversion for Washington Bridge-trapped motorists, are gone. The birds left ...

The Coastal Resources Department has been live-streaming a bird’s nest on YouTube for over four years. The live stream, on Coastal Resources Department’s YouTube Channel, shows an Osprey nest ...

Once rare in Iowa, ospreys have taken up residence along the state's waterways and are successfully fledging their young, the ...

Sitting at the edge of the nest, the young Osprey is calling out in a begging call, trying to be fed. His high-pitched screams echo across the lake and, unfortunately go unanswered. His parents ...

At about 3 am on January 26, in Chula Vista, an electric pole caught on fire due to an electric short brought about by the ...

When an osprey pair decided to build a nest overlooking the DNR fishery ponds in Waterville last year, they chose the top of a Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative (MVEC) transformer pole. To ...

Last year, volunteers across the state monitored 50 osprey nests, and according to the 2024 report, saw 64% of the nests ...

Before the 1950s, over 500 osprey nests were found along the New Jersey coastline. By the mid-1970s, only about 50 nests remained. Loss of nesting sites and food contamination by pesticides (eg DDT) ...

The DNR considers that a “successful nest.” The osprey, a bird of prey unique for its entirely fish-based diet, was restored to Iowa from 1997 to 2016, and now the DNR monitors their population.

Osprey populations are growing in Iowa years after a restoration program. (Photo by Ron Holmes/USFWS) Data from the 2024 osprey nesting report from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources shows ...