Where Are They Now? issue 1

Nostalgia. We all experience it. Sometimes you look back on your favorite post here on bird blog dot com just to reminisce. What was your life like when you first read about Loon, for example? Were you younger and more beautiful? What is Yellow Footed Gull doing with his life now? I bet he has kids already. Wow, time really flies. Today's update and new recurring feature is all about nostalgia. We'll be checking in on all of our favorite Birds of The Past and finding out what is going on with them now. So put on your rose-colored glasses and pull up a rocking chair. It's time to look back.

American Crow has found transcendental meditation and is taking steps to actualize her own life. She is preparing to run for local office.

Black-crowned Night-Heron is going through a dark time right now. After some small-time drama, he is finding himself without many friends and not accepted in his old circles. He is leading a very sedentary life at the moment, but has been doing a lot of thinking. Maybe he will come out of this a better bird.

Osprey got tired of being a big fish in a small pond. He disappeared one day on his motorcycle, leaving all of his other worldly posessions behind. Obviously kind of a local legend now, people say that he may have moved to Mexico or California.

California Quail is pursuing creative outlets. He has started writing a blog about 'Quail Fails' which is attracting a modest following. The internet is a great place to make friends for California Quail, and he is feeling very validated.

Osprey

Osprey aka. Sea Hawk, aka. Fish Eagle, aka. Fish Hawk

note An Osprey is NOT a Sea Eagle!

Lake Worth, Florida, USA

Member of the Osprey Family

~true bird fact~ An oddly specific bird, the Osprey eats almost exclusively live fish. Medieval myth held that the Osprey had some kind of hypnotic power, and that he could make fish turn belly up and surrender to him.

~one more bird fact~ The Osprey has very flexible joints and can actually shield his eyes from the sun with his wing while flying. So Cool.

~ok, this is really the last bird fact~ Pliny the Elder, ancient roman naturalist and writer, purported that Ospreys make their children fly directly up towards the sun in a test of bravery. Those who would not do it, he said, were killed by their parents.

Always looking for an angle

Embraces stereotypes of coolness that others could not get away with

Laughs when he is confident of something (which is always)

Not a bird who settles down

In bird legend, the envoy between the Kingdom of the Sea and birds