What’s more important: a nesting osprey or the traffic report from the Bay Bridge? Photo courtesy of the MDTA's Twitter feed That’s the question the Maryland Transportation Authority had to ask itself when an osprey set up her nest on the camera’s platform. The nest was evicted, but the bird rebuilt it twice again. After the third nest surfaced, it was clear that another solution had to be found. “We’re concerned because she’s blocking one of our traffic cameras that we use for monitoring traffic conditions at the bridge,” said John Sales, spokesperson for the Authority to the Baltimore Sun. He further explained that the osprey was visibly agitated every time the camera spanned back and forth, and he assumed that she would become only moreso once eggs were successfully laid in the nest. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has no problem with the nests being moved as long as no eggs are present, so the authority’s plan of attack was to build a second platform for the osprey to perch upon. From all accounts, the bird seemed happy with the relocation and started rebuilding her nest immediately. For a list of the MDTA’s traffic cams, click here. The Osprey Cam will be visible between 12 and 12:15 p.m., Monday through Thursday, by clicking the WB cam at 501.