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Osprey Nest Had Been Plundered, Abandoned Before Destruction Homeowner Says

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The dock where two ospreys had built a nest this spring and laid eggs. The owner of the property says that the eggs had vanished and the ospreys appeared to have abandoned the nest before she broke it apart. But town officials reported the nests destruction to federal and state authorities because the birds are a protected species. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The dock where two ospreys had built a nest this spring and laid eggs. The owner of the property says that the eggs had vanished and the ospreys appeared to have abandoned the nest before she broke it apart. But town officials reported the nests destruction to federal and state authorities because the birds are a protected species. MICHAEL WRIGHT

authorMichael Wright on Jun 12, 2024
A springs homeowner who neighbors saw destroying an osprey nest that had been built on a floating dock on Accabonac Harbor says that the nest had been abandoned by the... more

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