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<figure id="attachment_12725" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-12725" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2017/04/06/osprey-once-again-lay-claim-to-ownership-of-the-chesapeake-region/osprey-nesting/" rel="attachment wp-att-12725"><img class="size-large wp-image-12725" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Osprey-nesting-1024x768.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="768" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-12725" class="wp-caption-text">Osprey nesting at a platform constructed to provide an alternative to Osprey building a nest on a nearby boat. It works. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photos</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_3627" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3627" style="width: 501px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2014/04/24/ospreys-nest-can-get-good-view-fishing-state-traffic-cams-offer-birds-eye-view/osprey-on-pier/" rel="attachment wp-att-3627"><img class="size-full wp-image-3627" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Osprey-on-pier.jpg" alt="" width="501" height="428" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3627" class="wp-caption-text">This osprey takes a break from a busy day of fetching fish to simply sit on the dock of the bay&#8230;THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_12728" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-12728" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2017/04/06/osprey-once-again-lay-claim-to-ownership-of-the-chesapeake-region/dscf5498/" rel="attachment wp-att-12728"><img class="size-large wp-image-12728" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2017/04/DSCF5498-1024x768.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="768" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-12728" class="wp-caption-text">Silent Sentry waits for fish to swim past. Osprey are known also as &#8220;fish hawks&#8221; THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_12727" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-12727" style="width: 402px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2017/04/06/osprey-once-again-lay-claim-to-ownership-of-the-chesapeake-region/dc-marine-officer-with-rescued-osprey-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-12727"><img class="size-full wp-image-12727" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2017/04/DC-marine-officer-with-rescued-osprey.jpg" alt="" width="402" height="540" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-12727" class="wp-caption-text">Washington DC Harbor Police Officer with rescued osprey</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_12723" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-12723" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2017/04/06/osprey-once-again-lay-claim-to-ownership-of-the-chesapeake-region/osprey-condos-provide-a-great-view-of-the-potomac-river-the-chesapeake-today-photo/" rel="attachment wp-att-12723"><img class="size-large wp-image-12723" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Osprey-condos-provide-a-great-view-of-the-Potomac-River.-THE-CHESAPEAKE-TODAY-photo-1024x768.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="768" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-12723" class="wp-caption-text">Osprey condos provide a great view of the Potomac River. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_3626" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3626" style="width: 654px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2014/04/24/ospreys-nest-can-get-good-view-fishing-state-traffic-cams-offer-birds-eye-view/marylandtrafficcamosprey/" rel="attachment wp-att-3626"><img class="size-full wp-image-3626" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Maryland+Traffic+Cam+Osprey.jpg" alt="" width="654" height="368" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3626" class="wp-caption-text">Will this Osprey get a ticket for parking in a thru lane? Md transportation folks relocated the nest from in front of their camera at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at Sandy Point, Md.</figcaption></figure>