David Gessner

About

David Gessner is the author of nine books, including Return of the Osprey and the forthcoming All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West.

Articles by David Gessner

Ospreys in the Chesapeake Bay Are Starving to Death at Disastrous Rates. What Will It Take to Save Them?
June 25, 2026 — After a spectacular comeback from DDT, the Osprey population has plummeted within the watershed and is showing signs of trouble elsewhere. The birds’ fate may once more rest on collective action.
Conservation News
The American Dipper
August 28, 2015 — This pudgy little bird may not look like anything special, but beneath its underwhelming exterior beats the heart of a champion.
The Sketch
The Birds of British Petroleum
June 26, 2015 — Five years after the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry, the author of The Tarball Chronicles grabs his binoculars and returns to the scene of the slime.
Birds in the News
Going Deep
July 10, 2014 — Gannets are the bird world’s Olympians, capable of plunging a hundred feet through the air, then slicing through the ocean to chase down fish.