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Osprey leg-banding cruise on Lake Coeur d’Alene July 15

An osprey adult returns to the nest of its two 3-week-old chicks after osprey expert Wayne Melquist banded the young osprey in their nest along Lake Coeur d'Alene. (Carlene Hardt)
An osprey adult returns to the nest of its two 3-week-old chicks after osprey expert Wayne Melquist banded the young osprey in their nest along Lake Coeur d'Alene. (Carlene Hardt)

Don't procrastinate if you want to watch the action, get some good photos and learn a lot of information about ospreys from experts on the boat. The 150 seats usually fill quickly.

Phil Cooper, Idaho Fish and Game Department educator, offers these tidbits of information about osprey and the banding research:

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