Mordecai Island in Beach Haven is home to a pair of love birds – in this case ospreys. According to Michele Budd, vice president of the Mordecai Land Trust and an environmental biologist, Captain and Belle have returned to Mordecai.

“Their reunion on April 1 was exciting to watch – with plenty of cooing and sky dancing,” she said. “They have resettled on their old nest and (are) freshening it with new twigs. Hopefully there will be another osprey chick.”