And that sign is coming: ospreys.
The brown-and-white fish hawks are heading north after wintering in sunny, tropical weather in the Caribbean and South America.
Local lore holds that ospreys return on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, but they often are spotted in the Chesapeake Bay region earlier.
Bird watchers and nature lovers eagerly await the annual return of the ospreys.
"It is a harbinger of spring," said Elaine Friebele, education coordinator at the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, which is one of the...
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