Osprey Fun at CBC

The osprey tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply. One of the pairs in Clark’s Cove, has been nesting on an old wooden structure just east of our pier. As its other common names suggest, the osprey’s diet consists almost exclusively of fish. 

Along coastlines, lakes, and rivers almost worldwide, the Osprey is often seen flying over the water, hovering, and then plunging feet-first to catch fish in its talons. After a successful strike, the bird rises heavily from the water and flies away, carrying the fish head-forward with its feet.

Explore and learn about what makes the Osprey an expert at catching fish. 

Ospreys only eat fish, and have several adaptations to catch them. To be successful they must first
be able to see the fish, then be able catch the fish in the water, and finally carry it away and eat it.

©J&P Murray, 2014. 
World Osprey Week is organised by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust as part of the Osprey Flyways Project.

Explore and learn about how the Osprey are a conservation success story.

Project Osprey is curriculum provided by the Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH), Audubon Society of New Hampshire (ASNH) and the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department