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DAN DRAKE/The Independent MIRROR, MIRROR Dr. Bob Kennedy, Director of Natural Science at the Maria MitchellAssociation, assisted by intern Meghan Massaua, positions a mirror to count the eggs in an osprey nest near Madaket Ditch on Saturday, while the mother flies nervously overhead. After the eggs hatch, Kennedy will return with a ladder to band the babies, enabling them to be tracked as part of Maria Mitchell's program to restore these fish-eating raptors to Nantucket.

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