WHYY: Ospreys begin returning to the Jersey Shore
Story by Justin Auciello, WHYY
Photo from Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey
Welcome home!
It’s that time of the year again when ospreys — the raptors that have staged a miraculous comeback in New Jersey since the early 1970s — migrate north from their wintering grounds in Central America, northern South America, and the Caribbean.
In recent days, ospreys, also known as fish hawks, were spotted in Ocean County and as far north as the Meadowlands.