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Ospreys are having fewer chicks, and Connecticut bird watchers are concerned

An osprey flies over the Chesapeake Bay on March 29, 2022, in Pasadena, Md. (Julio Cortez/AP)
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An osprey flies over the Chesapeake Bay on March 29, 2022, in Pasadena, Md. (Julio Cortez/AP)

Here & Now‘s Anthony Brooks speaks with experts at the Connecticut Audubon Society about concerns that the iconic osprey is starting to have fewer surviving chicks, at a time when the osprey population in states further down the East Coast has fallen dramatically. Part of the reason may be a lack of fish that the raptors eat.

Miley Bull and Matt Joyce from the Audubon Society join us.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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