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Filmmaker Jacob Steinberg reflects on the long process of making “Season of the Osprey,” exploring the challenges of working in the ospreys’ element, and gaining the trust of the subjects in order to capture the truly intimate coverage unique to the film.

After their parents leave the nest for the winter, their three young ones are left to fend for themselves. The parents don't teach the young ospreys how to dive and catch fish, so they must teach themselves.

The ospreys are having a housing crisis. They want to nest up high, but there are not enough spots for the birds that have come to breed. The only way for the young, less-experienced birds to get a good nest site is to steal one.

Within moments after the first chick hatches from her egg, a ritual begins that will play out every day for the next two months. Dad brings in a fresh fish, while mom tears tender pieces of it and delicately feeds the chicks.

A veteran pair of ospreys return home to a Connecticut saltmarsh. Over one summer they must battle their enemies, withstand the elements, and hunt hundreds of fish, all to raise the next generation of these consummate sea hawks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDHHqe7Ay-Q   Watch an osprey family in the Long Island Sound. The chicks were born in June 2021 and are being tenderly cared for by their parents. Filmmaker Jacob Steinberg from CosmoVision Media has been following and filming these osprey parents for several years and ...