December 23, 2014 — The osprey comeback story added another happy chapter in 2014, a study released today by the Conserve Wildlife Foundation (CWF) of New Jersey finds.
Highlights of the 2014 Osprey Report, which provides the number of nesting pairs, active nests, and nest productivity for the raptors throughout New Jersey, include 420 active osprey nests (up from 395 in 2013) and 567 pairs (up from 542 in 2013).
In addition, the study notes that 339 known-outcome nests fledged an average of 2.02 young per active nest (a slight increase from 1.92 in 2013) and 526 young, a new all-time high, were banded by volunteers and staff with United States Geological Survey leg bands for future tracking.
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish and Wildlife biologists, CWF biologists and dedicated volunteers collected the data.