"Critters"--Osprey
April 30, 2026
It’s all in the plunge
From June to early October I swim beneath circling osprey. They are formidable, fish-catching birds with wingspans reaching over five feet, more than twice the size of their hawk-billed fuselage. They’re usually silent but when they communicate it is with an unmistakably raspy and piercing call that—for reasons I can’t discern—they…
