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David Gessner's book "Return of the Osprey: A season of Flight and Wonder" celebrates 25 years with a special 25th anniversary edition

The Osprey hailed by Roger Tory Peterson as the symbol of the New England Coast, all but vanished during the 1950s and 60s because of the ravages of DDT. In the next few decades, however, the birds returned, slowly at first and then in a rush. Now writing with passion, humor, and reverence for the‮…

Return to Nature: What Ospreys Teach Us About Home, Patience, & Hope

In this episode of Strategies for Living, hosts David and Lauren Leon McMillan welcome bestselling author and nature writer David Gessner to discuss the 25th anniversary edition of his acclaimed book Return of the Osprey: A Season of Flight and Wonder. Through the remarkable recovery of the osprey‮…

The When an Apple Fights an Orange Edition

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Kevin Draper to discuss the upcoming Mayweather-McGregor mega-fight. Ben Lindbergh also joins to discuss whether major-league baseballs are juiced. Finally, David Gessner talks about his memoir Ultimate Glory. Mayweather-McGregor (1:28): A conversation wi‮…

Hang Up and Listen - The When an Apple Fights an Orange Edition

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Kevin Draper to discuss the upcoming Mayweather-McGregor mega-fight. Ben Lindbergh also joins to discuss whether major-league baseballs are juiced. Finally, David Gessner talks about his memoir Ultimate Glory. Mayweather-McGregor (1:28): A conversation wi‮…

E46 — David Gessner: Vacation with a Purpose

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Naturally Scott, Scott sits down with author David Gessner, a writer who never wanted to be called a nature writer — and yet became one of the most important voices helping us understand why wild places and birds matter. David is the author of Return of the Ospr‮…

Cape Cod and Its Ospreys

Part memoir, part natural history, David Gessner's Return of the Osprey recounts the hilarious story of one young nature writer's obsessive quest to document the reemergence of one of America's most majestic birds of prey to the shores of Cape Cod.

June 5th, 2026 - David Gessner

David Gessner joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about Gessner’s New York Times Best-selling book, “Return of the Osprey: A Season of Flight and Wonder” ahead of a 3 p.m. Nature Conservancy talk on June 5 at Shelter Island’s Mashomack Preserve and another talk 1 p.m. ‮…

David Gessner

While ospreys have made a notable comeback, they now face a new challenge – the overfishing of menhaden, which are the fish that ospreys most depend on. As Gessner explains, “What that has led to in the Chesapeake Bay is ospreys starving, the osprey numbers going back to the battle days of DDT, an‮…

David Gessner

After Gessner had written The Book of Flaco , he had an urge to see an Eurasian eagle-owl in the wild, so he chronicled his search in the epilogue of the book. “The interesting thing about this is it could lead you anywhere. Where it led me was to Finland. I’d written the book, basically, and then‮…