Welcome to seven Osprey seasons beginning when St. George Island was the Osprey Capital of the World.
In March 2020, four Ospreys returned to established nests in Island Creek a couple hundred feet from our house and six Ospreys migrated north for the first time to two new nest platforms the Captain had installed off the oyster house next door.
A telescope in 2021 led to anthropomorphism, specifically, snarky names to help me differentiate the 10 Ospreys.
In 2022 the Captain declared St. George Island the Osprey Capital of the World. In ’23, the amount of Osprey poop had become an island issue. Then, that wasn’t an issue anymore.
Season seven of my snooping, cataloguing, and now tattling on the Ospreys that spend summers on Island Creek is ongoing. I’m getting the history posted below. Through Spring 2026 should be completely posted soon.
The first two years are linked below in short segments. As of today, hope remains on the creek.
Viki Volk, June 23, 2026; updated July 2, 2026
Please also visit VikiVolk.com to see my true-life crime novel and an earlier blog of St. George Island: Just Before It’s Gone. Ospreys commence here:
- 2020-1: Ethel Is Not My Favorite Osprey
- 2020-2: Rampaging Adolescent Ospreys
- 2020-3: Feeding Ospreys
- 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?
- 2022-1: Time Speeds Up for Island Creek Ospreys
- 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
- 2023-1: Big Mama Attacked
- 2023-2: Ethel Remains Liberated
- 2023-3: Mrs. Bennet Guts It Out
- 2024-1: A Population Blip
- 2024-2: Good for the Gander
- 2024.3: A Nest Too Far
- 2024.4: Weather Suspected
- 2025-1: Where Are the Gulls?
- 2025-2: Young Female Overturns Tradition
- 2025-3: Ethel, Solo
- 2026-1: Almost Summer
- 2026-2: Definitely Summer
- 2026-3: Island Creek, Hot and Dry
- 2026-4: