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Group might have spotted earliest Osprey return ever
TIM PERRY PHOTO | A group of bird watchers claim they saw the their earliest-ever osprey returnee. North Fork Bob (pictured here ) is still in Venezuela. Nature’s calendar brings most ospreys back to...
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Video: Volunteers install new poles for ospreys on North Fork
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Ospreys will have a nesting platform at Goldsmith Inlet in Peconic now that a group of volunteers have installed a new pole there. Ospreys have places to nest on the North...
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GPS-tagged Osprey meets an ignoble end
COURTESY PHOTO | Cutch the osprey after he was captured at North Fork Country Club in Cutchogue. After their winter in southern climes, the ospreys have returned, with one notable and unfortunate...
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Ospreys are on their way
COURTESY PHOTO | Cutch the osprey after he was captured at North Fork Country Club in Cutchogue. It’s about that time of year when all the part-timers make their way back to the North Fork — the...
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After years as a loner, star osprey ‘North Fork Bob’ finally finds a mate
After more than five years on the road, it appears North Fork Bob has settled down with a mate. The osprey, a frequent visitor to the North Fork and an apparent loner in recent years, has begun the...
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End of the road for ‘North Fork Bob’ in Central Florida
North Fork Bob, an osprey that has migrated thousands of miles from Venezuela to the North Fork multiple times while being tracked by ornithologist Rob Bierregaard, died this week in Central Florida....
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North Fork osprey, Gracie, lays first egg of 2017: See the video
Perched high on a nest overlooking Peconic Bay in East Marion, Gracie — a North Fork osprey — laid her first egg of the year Friday morning. The osprey, which viewers have watched live on a video...
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North Fork Animal Welfare League rescues Osprey in Cutchogue
When North Fork Animal Welfare League executive director Gillian Wood Pultz received a report Monday about an osprey floundering in the middle of Wickham Creek in Cutchogue, her initial thought was...
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Winery owner helps save injured osprey
A tale of an injured osprey and a once-in-a-lifetime selfie are a reminder to North Fork residents of what to do when you see injured wildlife. Sarah Nappa was driving down Main Bayview Road in...
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Rehabilitated osprey named Piper set free in Greenport
Piper has returned home. The rehabilitated osprey was set free Thursday afternoon after undergoing a rare procedure at a New Jersey bird rehabilitation facility to have new flying feathers implanted....
View ArticleRescued: Osprey caught on power line at Hashamomuck Pond helped to safety
At about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Carolyn Wells saw the adult osprey. The raptor was hanging helplessly from a power line over Hashamomuck Pond 50 feet north of the Long Island Rail Road trestle. “I could...
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New study finds osprey population is ‘thriving’ on the East End
The sight of ospreys soaring overhead, returning to their nests and plunging into local waters to pluck out a fish are such a sure sign of spring on the North Fork that it’s difficult to imagine a...
View ArticleEast End osprey population continues to thrive, report shows
Marina DeLuca grew up in East Marion and considers ospreys a “staple” of her upbringing. She has witnessed the increase in the number of ospreys that are now seen on the North Fork, compared to when...
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North Fork bald eagles, population rebuild leads to common sightings
With a degree in marine biology from LIU/Southampton, Chris Paparo is the manager of Stony Brook University’s Marine Sciences Center. He is an award-winning member of the Outdoor Writers Association...
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Volunteers prep Mattituck beach for osprey season
About thirty community volunteers gathered on Breakwater Beach in Mattituck, Saturday, March 16 for an event celebrating the spring return of the osprey — a fish-eating raptor that breeds on Long...
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