After being banded and returned to the nest, an osprey chick takes a defensive stance as its photo is taken Wednesday.
Photo credit: Dale Gerhard

The water is clear, the fish are plentiful, the weather has yet to be too bothersome. It's a great time to be an osprey. On Wednesday morning, Hans Toft, a natural science technology teacher at Cape May County Technical High School in Cape May Court House, took a group of students and researchers from Rutgers University on a quest to band young ospreys nesting in the area.