David Gessner

@plisder @marktakesphoto It was great. Someone filmed it but I haven't gotten the footage yet.

@writingosprey @marktakesphoto I wish I could go! Will you be doing any up on the north shore? I hope people turn out.

Thrilled to announce the release of the 25th anniversary edition of Return of the Osprey, published by Cornell U. Press. It has a stunning cover by Mark Smith and a foreword by Helen Macdonald that made Nina cry and got me a little choked up too. @marktakesphoto

Cape Cod friends. Please come out and join me at Welfleet Audubon this Thursday night to talk about the 2th anniversary edition of Return of the Osprey. massaudubon.org/programs/wellf…

@plisder @marktakesphoto Thanks Eliza. I will be talking about Return of the Osprey this Thursday at Wellfleet Audubon. Hope you can join and/or tell friends. Sign up is currently a little low!massaudubon.org/programs/wellf…

@writingosprey @marktakesphoto Congratulations!! Gorgeous cover. As a Cape Cod and Osprey lover this is one of my favorite books.

9 years ago I was the recipient of unexpected generosity when Robert Redford called me out of the blue to say nice things about my book, All the Wild That Remains. Today Sierra mag published an essay I wrote about Redford's first environmental fight. sierraclub.org/sierra/robert-…

🦉Who whooo’s signed up for our Bird Book Club tomorrow with author David Gessner to discuss The Book of Flaco: The World’s Most Famous Bird? Don’t miss this discussion with the author and our community! Register here: loom.ly/lulc5nM

A great week of Flaco talks on Cape Cod! (Photo of Flaco near trap by David Barrett.) And as a bonus I got the cover for the 25th anniversary edition of Return of the Osprey with photo by Mark Smith. @marktakesphoto @BirdCentralPark @SandraBirdlover @RubenGi02391602

Have you ever seen an Osprey skip across the surface of the water like a stone? Sometimes that’s the preferred method of hunting, especially when the fish are sitting right on the surface. Watching this bird navigate the entire process blows my mind. It literally snatched a mullet from the top of the water by its tail and never missed a beat. Glad I’m not a mullet!

In New York this Saturday? Come on out for triple Flaco! @SandraBirdlover @RubenGi02391602 @BirdCentralPark

Got a Flaco sighting coming up in Oyster Bay, home of our greatest presidential birder! @BirdCentralPark @SandraBirdlover

Here is the link to the conversation: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…

Flaco was not just a bird so many loved but an embodiment of the house of mirrors we all now live in. @brinicio @BirdCentralPark podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…

A lot of my Flaco interviews struck the same note. Not this one where we discussed Sontag, Warhol, and the self-consciousness of our current life of screens. Thanks to @brinicio @BirdCentralPark podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…

Spoke with David Gessner about his new book on the world’s most famous owl, Flaco. The Book Of Flaco tells his story. It’s awfully good: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tou…

@KarenShayne5 @BirdCentralPark @EspressoBird Thank you!

@writingosprey @BirdCentralPark @EspressoBird Fabulous essay- inspiring and eye-popping !

The Flaco story led me to many unexpected places. One was a deeper consideration of zoo ethics. Read about it in Salon.com And come on out tomorrow night the 27th at 6 at NYU. (link below) salon.com/2025/02/18/fla… @BirdCentralPark @EspressoBird

events.nyu.edu/event/349283-t… come on out and talk flaco!

Join us for a conversation with @writingosprey and @billroorbach about The Book of Flaco, a story about the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from Central Park Zoo. When: February 27, 6pm Where: 20 Cooper Square RSVP through the link below! events.nyu.edu/event/349283-t…

@graciesfriend @_AnkeFrohlich @BirdCentralPark @rsboynton @SandraBirdlover You are very welcome!

@writingosprey @_AnkeFrohlich @BirdCentralPark @rsboynton @SandraBirdlover Fabulous article! Thanks for telling the truth about Flaco and sharing it 🧡🦉🧡

On the anniversary of Flaco's death, I write about his environmental legacy in Sierra magazine. What the media got right, what they got wrong. Photo by Anke Frohlich. @_AnkeFrohlich @BirdCentralPark @rsboynton @SandraBirdlover sierraclub.org/sierra/flaco-o…

Just in time for the weekend's #Flaco remembrances, @writingosprey's #TheBookofFlaco landed on my doorstep with lovely writing, photos, and remembrances from people like me who fell in love with this beautiful bird. It's heartening to know there's a flock of us.