Alex Wirth
@alexwirth.bsky.social
Writer, editor, educator and children’s librarian based in San Diego. MFA from @UCRPDLRMFA DOWN WITH THE 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY! He/his.
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The osprey have been dull for a while but today one is perched on the high cross at old St Agnus Church. Waiting for the new pope? I didn’t even know osprey were religious. They’re private about their spiritual life. I like that.
May 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The osprey have been dull for a while but today one is perched on the high cross at old St Agnus Church. Waiting for the new pope? I didn’t even know osprey were religious. They’re private about their spiritual life. I like that.
The osprey have been pretty boring lately. Maybe I’m a weather guy now? It was foggy this morning. Or a rock guy? There’s lots of rocks around here
April 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The osprey have been pretty boring lately. Maybe I’m a weather guy now? It was foggy this morning. Or a rock guy? There’s lots of rocks around here
I don’t think osprey give a rip about rain because aren’t they originally from Seattle?
March 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I don’t think osprey give a rip about rain because aren’t they originally from Seattle?
I can’t think of anything weird to say about the osprey today. What do people on the internet do when they have nothing to say?…Excuse me, what?… they just keep saying things? Right right right. Gotcha.
February 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I can’t think of anything weird to say about the osprey today. What do people on the internet do when they have nothing to say?…Excuse me, what?… they just keep saying things? Right right right. Gotcha.
Haven’t posted about the osprey in a while. We’ve been keeping it IRL. I’ve perfected my osprey call and they respond sometimes. No idea what I’m communicating to them. I’m probably causing panic with a warning signal.
February 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Haven’t posted about the osprey in a while. We’ve been keeping it IRL. I’ve perfected my osprey call and they respond sometimes. No idea what I’m communicating to them. I’m probably causing panic with a warning signal.
The osprey drop the nasty inside bits of the fishies from atop their telephone pole and the kitties of the neighborhood come and eat them up.
January 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The osprey drop the nasty inside bits of the fishies from atop their telephone pole and the kitties of the neighborhood come and eat them up.
There were five crows gathered at the library door waiting for me this morning. Intimidation move? Do they know that I am on the osprey’s side? Or is that just the same spot an entire bag of takis got ground into the cracks on the pavement at snack yesterday?
January 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
There were five crows gathered at the library door waiting for me this morning. Intimidation move? Do they know that I am on the osprey’s side? Or is that just the same spot an entire bag of takis got ground into the cracks on the pavement at snack yesterday?
HAPPY NEW YEAR! WE BACK IN THE LIBRARY! OSPREY BE EATIN FISH! ALL DAY LETS GO!
January 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
HAPPY NEW YEAR! WE BACK IN THE LIBRARY! OSPREY BE EATIN FISH! ALL DAY LETS GO!
I’m living off cold medicine this morning so the osprey… they aren’t talking per se… but they are speaking to me.
December 18, 2024 at 4:36 PM
I’m living off cold medicine this morning so the osprey… they aren’t talking per se… but they are speaking to me.
I think the osprey are ready for winter break too.
December 17, 2024 at 6:37 PM
I think the osprey are ready for winter break too.
These osprey seem like the type of birds that don’t rush through advent. They revel in the expectant waiting. Their decorations are stark and sparse until Christmas Day and then they deck the halls and celebrate.
December 16, 2024 at 5:38 PM
These osprey seem like the type of birds that don’t rush through advent. They revel in the expectant waiting. Their decorations are stark and sparse until Christmas Day and then they deck the halls and celebrate.
Osprey sun themselves proudly today. Crows no where to be seen. All is calm now but the desperate cawing from outside the library earlier betrays the savagery that once was.
December 13, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Osprey sun themselves proudly today. Crows no where to be seen. All is calm now but the desperate cawing from outside the library earlier betrays the savagery that once was.
Osprey are suspiciously absent from their nest this morning and the crows seem exhausted but self-satisfied. I suspect there was violence here in the dawning hours.
December 12, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Osprey are suspiciously absent from their nest this morning and the crows seem exhausted but self-satisfied. I suspect there was violence here in the dawning hours.
Today I saw one of the osprey misjudge the trajectory and land ON TOP of the other osprey. Osprey lasagna! If this is a mating behavior, please don’t correct me. I’m too innocent for the realities of nature.
December 11, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Today I saw one of the osprey misjudge the trajectory and land ON TOP of the other osprey. Osprey lasagna! If this is a mating behavior, please don’t correct me. I’m too innocent for the realities of nature.
A new ruffle in the bird(singular)watching community (me)!!! The crows (which I aslo enjoy observing but as of yet have not announced this affinity publicly) have begun to punk the osprey. Aerial warfare above the school today. I am torn unmade by this development. My loyalties are set aspin.
December 9, 2024 at 9:13 PM
A new ruffle in the bird(singular)watching community (me)!!! The crows (which I aslo enjoy observing but as of yet have not announced this affinity publicly) have begun to punk the osprey. Aerial warfare above the school today. I am torn unmade by this development. My loyalties are set aspin.
The osprey, up on their windswept light pole, silhouetted against the bleak marine layer, exposed to the elements and alone but for each other, don’t really seem to be in the Xmas spirit. I get it, my winged neighbors. Sometimes we just don’t have “merry and bright” in us in Dec. Go easy pals.
December 9, 2024 at 3:49 PM
The osprey, up on their windswept light pole, silhouetted against the bleak marine layer, exposed to the elements and alone but for each other, don’t really seem to be in the Xmas spirit. I get it, my winged neighbors. Sometimes we just don’t have “merry and bright” in us in Dec. Go easy pals.
I don’t think the Algorithim likes the concept of Bird(singular)Watching because I’m not famous yet. What do you mean the life of one specific osprey up one specific light pole in a tucked away part of San Diego doesn’t have a wide audience?
December 5, 2024 at 8:22 PM
I don’t think the Algorithim likes the concept of Bird(singular)Watching because I’m not famous yet. What do you mean the life of one specific osprey up one specific light pole in a tucked away part of San Diego doesn’t have a wide audience?
The osprey built their nest in the lights above this school during the Covid lockdown when the school was quiet. I wonder if, every recess when the shrieking and catterwauling begins, they regret their decision. Are osprey NIMBYs is what I am asking.
December 4, 2024 at 5:08 PM
The osprey built their nest in the lights above this school during the Covid lockdown when the school was quiet. I wonder if, every recess when the shrieking and catterwauling begins, they regret their decision. Are osprey NIMBYs is what I am asking.
The osprey are both just perched in their nest with their backs to each other this AM. I know this is so they can keep an eye out in all directions (cf those punkass seagulls) but they look like a promo poster for an overwrought domestic drama.
December 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM
The osprey are both just perched in their nest with their backs to each other this AM. I know this is so they can keep an eye out in all directions (cf those punkass seagulls) but they look like a promo poster for an overwrought domestic drama.
The osprey perch on a telephone pole to eat the fish they catch. They evicerate the fish and drop the guts and other fishy bits. All the kitties from the neighborhood gather below that pole to feast. Osprey leavings are superior to kibble, of course.
December 2, 2024 at 6:23 PM
The osprey perch on a telephone pole to eat the fish they catch. They evicerate the fish and drop the guts and other fishy bits. All the kitties from the neighborhood gather below that pole to feast. Osprey leavings are superior to kibble, of course.
My daughter’s been home sick (mild, we’re fine) Th and Fri so I haven’t been to the library or seen the osprey. I’m wondering what osprey memory looks like? They can remember their way back to their nests every season, but will they remember me, the human whistling and gawking at them?
November 22, 2024 at 3:37 PM
My daughter’s been home sick (mild, we’re fine) Th and Fri so I haven’t been to the library or seen the osprey. I’m wondering what osprey memory looks like? They can remember their way back to their nests every season, but will they remember me, the human whistling and gawking at them?
I hope that some day @tacobellquarterly.org takes all the corporate NDA hush money and just moves on to Arby’s or something.
November 20, 2024 at 11:23 PM
I hope that some day @tacobellquarterly.org takes all the corporate NDA hush money and just moves on to Arby’s or something.
Finally remembered my binoculars. I caught the majesty of the osprey carrying a fresh catch clutched in its talons up close. Also up close, the profoundity of a seagull getting its head stuck inside an errant bag of Cheetos. circleoflife
November 20, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Finally remembered my binoculars. I caught the majesty of the osprey carrying a fresh catch clutched in its talons up close. Also up close, the profoundity of a seagull getting its head stuck inside an errant bag of Cheetos. circleoflife