<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Nancy Platt, of Coeur d'Alene, looks through her binoculars as Wildlife biologist Wayne Melquist lifts a young osprey briefly out its nest during an Osprey Cruise on Saturday.</p>
July 10, 2016
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July 10, 2016 9 p.m.
It's for the birds
Hundreds partake in annual Osprey Cruise in Cougar Bay
As wildlife biologist Wayne Melquist and his crew pulled their boat up to a piling in Cougar Bay on Saturday morning, an adult osprey flew from the nest situated high atop the piling.