After a tumultuous beginning, the ospreys have adopted a lifestyle befitting parents-to-be. Their nest has grown larger and sturdier, and the couple spends more time there -- without the rapturous wing-flapping and sky-diving of earlier this spring. About a week ago, the female took to the nest full-time. Today her mate arrived with a fish. After eating, both stood on the edge of the nest inspecting their eggs. Then she settled in once more.
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Follow a pair of ospreys as they arrive at their summer home by the Chesapeake Bay, mate, hatch and raise chicks. c. 2010 Marcia G. Moore
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