• Ospreys return to their same nest year after year.

  • Chesapeake Bay nesting osprey winter in Costa Rica and Panama.

  • While migrating, ospreys will travel on average of 260-280 kilometers (161-174 miles) per day.

  • Osprey usually migrate at night.

  • They are monogamous (same mate for life).

  • Osprey live approximately 20-25 years.

  • Ospreys become sexually mature between 3-4 years of age.

  • The female is approximately 1/3 larger than the male.

  • The average clutch size is 2.3 eggs (meaning it is usually 2, but some years it may be 3 eggs).

  • The diet of osprey is 99.9% fish.

  • The eggs are incubated for 33-36 days.

  • Chicks fledge between 56-69 days old.

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