Chesapeake Bay ospreys see worst breeding season on record

By: Shannon Heckt

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: September 17, 2026

Words: 677

Last Updated: 1 day, 8 hours ago

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Ospreys in the Chesapeake Bay recorded their worst breeding season on record, according to the Center for Conservation Biology at William & Mary.

The number of birds laying eggs has dropped 20% to 30%, a steeper decline than during the height of the DDT crisis in the 1970s and ‘80s, when the osprey population was decimated by the powerful insecticide that was widely used then before it was later banned.

The reason …

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