Visitors to the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey website, conservewildlifenj.org, are given access to the life and times of ospreys along the coast thanks to six cameras set up to allow a real-time view of nests, including one in Barnegat Light. This year, though, has been a difficult one for the species and their audience, according to CWF senior wildlife biologist Ben Wurst.

Ever since a spring nor’easter “impacted the coast with strong onshore winds for several days, young ospreys have been…