Once nearly extinct, ospreys rally in Chesapeake Bay
Date Posted: June 26, 2017
Source: ABC News
Along the Lynnhaven River in Virginia Beach, ospreys build nests with just about anything: tree branches, stuffed animals, flip flops — even an opossum skull.
The abundance of nests is proof of the bird's surging population in recent decades after the insecticide DDT nearly wiped them out last century.
But conservationists continue to tag ospreys while counting their eggs and nests. The protected species faces threats such as pollution and predators that also have rebounded from DDT.
For instance, great horned owls hunt osprey chicks. The owls are mostly to blame for 27 abandoned osprey nests found along the river this year.
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