Communities up and down the eastern seaboard are reporting lower osprey populations, with the decline largely attributed to a decline in the bird’s main food source, menhaden.
“It’s a sign of an ecosystem that is being severely challenged, and it will have ripple effects into other things...”
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Declining osprey population leaves scientists perplexed | News | octodaydispatch.com
(Maryland Matters/Chesapeake Bay Journal)
Some eagle-eyed wildlife biologists have made a surprising discovery at Poplar Island.
That’s the island in Maryland’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Maryland Port Authority have been rebuilding over the last 25 years. What was once almost entirely open water is now more than 1,700 acres of rock-ringed land.
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First baby eagles hatch on reborn Chesapeake island - Maryland Matters
