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Ospreys are a conservation success story and their populations grew by about 2.5 percent per year from 1966 to 2010, according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey. The species' decline was halted by pesticide bans and the construction of artificial nest sites. Osprey numbers crashed in the early 1950s to 1970s, when pesticides poisoned the birds and thinned their eggshells. Along the coast between New York City and Boston, for example, about 90 percent of breeding pairs disappeared. Osprey studies provided key support for wider legal arguments against the use of persistent pesticides. After the 1972 U.S. DDT ban, populations rebounded, and the Osprey became a conservation success symbol.

Osprey are occasionally spotted on Seedskadee NWR.

<a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/osprey/lifehistory" rel="nofollow">www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/osprey/lifehistory</a>

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