The Once and Future Osprey
Illustrated Talk by Tina Morris, one of the first women to engage in a raptor reintroduction program.
Bringing Back the Ospreys
Bringing Back the Ospreys by David R. Zimmerman Excerpted from Newsday (Suffolk Edition), Sunday, Aug 20, 1972 ·Page 222 Newsletter editor’s note: The following article brings to light the history of a project in the late 1960s to move healthy Osprey eggs from nests in the Chesapeake Bay area to nests
Why Count Ospreys?
Why Count Ospreys? by Jack Schneider, Land Trust Manager Already three eggs in Osprey Cam nest by April 25, 2026. Ospreys are central to the Museum’s identity. The species was chosen as the Museum’s iconic logo and is the star of two of the Museum’s important wildlife observation programs: (1) the
Osprey Fledglings Report 2025
By Jim Baker with Ken Edwards and Todd McCormack July 31, 2025 The HLF Museum completed the 2025 osprey count and we are happy to report that there will be 25 fledglings leaving their nests in the upcoming days — some have already begun to fly. We have 36 platforms on the island, and 30
My Lifelong Osprey Studies: Scientific Adventures on Our Coast
My Lifelong Osprey Studies: Scientific Adventures on Our Coast by Paul R. Spitzer In the spring of 1968, I began a lifelong journey of scientific understanding based on Osprey field study. My Osprey mentors, ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson and his wife Barbara, had moved to Old Lyme, CT, in 1954,
Ospreys will be Returning Soon — Keep a Look Out
UPDATE: Ellen Parker spotted an osprey on the roof of Holiday House overlooking Hay Harbor at 11:30 a.m., on Saturday morning, March 15, 2025!
Osprey Fledglings Report 2024
Jim Baker, Ken Edwards and Todd McCormack completed the 2024 Osprey Count on Fishers Island. There were 34 fledglings in 15 active nests.
Third osprey egg at Middle Farms nest
The third osprey egg was laid at Middle Farms nest shortly before midnight on May 2, 2022 – three days after the second egg.
Second osprey egg at Middle Farms nest
The second osprey egg was laid at Middle Farms nest shortly after 10 PM on April 29, 2022 – three days after the first egg. The above screen capture showing two eggs was provided by Vicki Rafferty, who was watching from California on May 1st and first noticed that a second egg had been
Defending the osprey nest
The Museum web cam captured a brief challenge to the Middle Farms nest on April 27, 2022.
