Severna Park Osprey Cam Live at High School [Watch]

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SEVERNA PARK, MD — Wildlife watchers can catch a glimpse into the life of a raptor family by viewing the Severna Park osprey cam.

The livestream video feed shows the nest of a pair of osprey who have settled on a platform overlooking the road and traffic passing by Severna Park High School. Local residents Mark and Heather Jeweler arranged partnerships to help the birds and are providing live streaming of the nest.

»Watch the live feed of the Severna Park Osprey Cam

The pair originally built their nest on a light pole on the athletic field at Severna Park High School. After the ospreys migrated south in 2014, the light pole was removed for construction.

According to the osprey cam website, when the osprey returned, they tried to build a new nest on top of a construction crane, beginning a daily routine of the construction crew removing the nesting material followed by the ospreys bringing it back. Ultimately, the ospreys built a nest on a live utility pole at the construction site, which was later rendered safe by BGE. The osprey completed their nesting season and migrated south again.

While the ospreys were gone, BGE built a dedicated osprey platform to allow the raptors a safe and long-term nesting location.

• You can also watch Tom and Audrey – a pair of nesting ospreys on Kent Island – via an osprey live webcam on the Chesapeake Conservancy website and read the osprey camera blog.
• Two eaglets that recently hatched at the bald eagle nest at the National Arboretum were internet sensations. You can watch live on the DCEagleCam as the new eaglets experience everything for the first time.

The Severna Park Osprey Cam is made possible by the Friends of Severn River Watershed and Wildlife in conjunction with HDOnTap, BGE, Comcast Business, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Severna Park High School and the Chesapeake Audobon Society.

»Screenshot from Severna Park Osprey Cam