Island Creek Ospreys

2020 — What I Knew Then and What I Know Now — 2026

Four Ospreys returned and six Ospreys migrated north to Island Creek for the first time in March 2020. All summer, the six youngsters skirmished outside my pandemic-office window over two new nest platforms the Captain had installed.

A telescope in 2021 led to anthropomorphism, specifically, snarky names to help me differentiate them.

In 2022 the Captain proclaimed St. George Island, Osprey Capital of the World. Their poop was an island issue by ’23. And then, that wasn’t an issue anymore.

Season seven of my snooping, cataloguing, and now tattling on the Ospreys that summer on Island Creek is ongoing as this posts. Today there is a lot of hope on the creek.

Viki Volk, June 21, 2026

 

Island Creek Ospreys, 2020–What I Knew Then, What I Know Now–2026.

• 2020-1: Ethel Is Not My Favorite Osprey
• 2020-2: Rampaging Adolescent Ospreys
• 2020-3: Feeding Ospreys

• 2021-What I Knew Then and What I Know Now-2026

• 2021-1:  A Telescope, Anthropomorphism
• 2021-2:  An Exotic Girlfriend
• 2021-3:  Birds Labor Too
• 2021-4:  Pride and Prejudice
• 2021-5:  Mr. Bennet Was My Favorite
• 2021-6:  Mark-8, What Else?

• 2022-What I Knew Then and What I Know Now-2026

• 2022-1:  Time Speeds Up
• 2022-2:  Building Code Spat over Split-Level
• 2022-3:  Territorial Negotiations 
• 2022-4:  Best to Lay by Early May
• 2022-5:  Ethel Was Liberated
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• 2023-What I Knew Then and What I Know Now-2026

• 2023-1:  Big Mama Attacked
• 2023-2:  Ethel Remains  Liberated
• 2023-3:  Mrs. Bennet Guts It Out

• 2024-What I Knew Then and What I Know Now-2026

• 2024-1:  A Population Blip
• 2024-2:  Good for the Gander
• 2024.3:  A Nest Too Far
• 2024.4:  Weather Suspected

• 2025-What I Knew Then and What I Know Now-2026 

•  2025-1: Where Are the Gulls?
• 2025-2   Young Female Overturns Tradition
• 2025-3:  Ethel, Solo

• What I Know Now-2026

• 2026-1:
• 2026-2:
• 2026-3: