(WKYT) – The Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources is calling attention to the return of the osprey to the shores of Kentucky’s waterways.
Osprey nesting population has increased significantly – jumping from 52 occupied nests in 2008 to 155 in 2017.
The decline in osprey nest numbers is widely attributed to the use of DDT, which caused eggshell thinning.
No osprey nests were documented in Kentucky from 1949 to 1985.