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Article: MALE OSPREY MEETS SAD ENDING IN TANGLE WITH OLD FISHING LINE.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 3, 1997
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Byline: Mary Reid Barrow
The sight of a dead osprey hanging from a tree, trapped by fishing line that had wrapped around its majestic body, broke Christina Horan's heart.
It was bad enough that the bird had met such a tragic end at the hands of a careless fisherman. It was even worse for Horan because she was sure the osprey was one of a pair she had watched all spring and summer as they fished in a lake that abuts her Ocean Lakes yard.
``They would hunt in the lake every morning and evening,'' Horan said. ``Last year we saw them all the time, too.''
She was so used to hearing and seeing the osprey every morning when it flew in to ...