Mark Fiechter of Kilmarnock snapped this shot coming out of Locklies Creek on a Saturday morning in his sailboat, “Cygnus” back in 2024. He was greeted by a spectacular sunrise backdrop while viewing an osprey and her chick in a nest on the Locklies marker. Such scenes may soon disappear in Virginia, as osprey chicks are starving in high numbers due to over-harvesting of their main food source, menhaden, some scientists say. Virginia is reported…
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