Lecture: Osprey Talk with Author Alan Poole

OSPREYS 2025 -- THE REVIVAL OF A GLOBAL RAPTOR

The past 50 years have seen an extraordinary resurgence in Osprey numbers globally -- from the Carolinas to Scotland and from Finland to New South Wales, Australia.  This good-news story has been triggered not just by cleaner waters and less contaminated fish, but also by greening cultures -- dedicated groups of people who have built and protected safe nest sites for Ospreys and who have brought the species back to regions where it was missing for decades. Alan Poole, author of the definitive book on the species (Ospreys: the Revival of a Global Raptor; Johns Hopkins, 2019) will lead us through this story with dazzling looks at some of the places where Ospreys are found, and with introductions to some of the colorful characters who have helped make the Osprey revival possible. Part travelogue, part biography, part scientific detective story: this talk will bring us up to date on one our best-loved birds of prey. 

ALAN POOLE, an Associate of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, was editor of the Birds of North America life history series (18 volumes, 18,000 pages) for 22 years. He lives along the coast of southeastern Massachusetts, near the Westport River estuaries, and has been studying Ospreys for over 35 years. 

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