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Move over Eagles, another raptor is taking over the gridiron.

Ospreys who chose to raise their chicks in a nest on top of a light pole at a high school football stadium in Minnesota now have the whole field to themselves.

Ospreys are a federally and state protected species, and because of their nesting location, the Apple Valley High School Eagles football team must rearrange their schedule.

"When you tell someone this story of ‘Wow, we have to reschedule because there’s an osprey nest in our stadium,’ they’re like, ‘You can’t make this type of stuff up, right?’" Cory Hanson, athletic director at the school, whose mascot is the Eagles, told The Associated Press.

RARE SIGHTING AS THREATENED BIRD SPECIES LIKELY GOT LOST,

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