
Three osprey chicks hatch in 500-pound steel nest boxes
Laura Baisas
created: June 12, 2025, 2:15 p.m. | updated: June 22, 2025, 2:16 p.m.
Three osprey chicks are now sitting high atop the Bear Mountain Bridge overlooking the scenic and sturgeon-stocked Hudson River in New York’s Hudson Valley.
The osprey family nest is in a steel box made to keep the birds and drivers safe.
CREDIT: New York State Bridge Authority.
These three new chicks were born in a nest constructed just for them with the help of some humans from the New York State Bridge Authority.
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