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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. [ Related: To protect birds and motorists, engineers build a steel nest box on bridge. ]

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