Osprey Watch Alliance will meet next week at the Gloucester Library, Main Street Center. The meeting will be held from 1-3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, in the library’s Community Room.

Ospreys are expected to return to the area soon. According to field observation records of five years reported locally, osprey arrive on the southern part of the Chesapeake Bay anywhere between Feb. 12 to Feb. 27, a release stated.

The meeting agenda will include planning for spring training with Michael Academia with new apps for Osprey Watch, updates and videos regarding the project for raising of osprey platforms, and plans for field boat trips to observe osprey nests this spring.

Additionally, at the group’s last meeting information was presented concerning the decline in osprey nest success and availability of Atlantic menhaden for the chicks. As a follow-up:

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