Positioned high above the fish-filled Hudson River, the large birds have a nest on top of the Bear Mountain Bridge, a 2,255-foot suspension bridge roughly 50 miles north of Manhattan. So then we stayed away from the nest.”An osprey sits in its nest atop New York’s Bear Mountain Bridge in May 2024. CREDIT: New York State Bridge Authority. They’re opportunistic.”In 2024, two chicks hatched in the Bear Mountain Bridge osprey nest. CREDIT: New York State Bridge Authority. CREDIT: New York State Bridge Authority.