A Tale of Woe as Told by Juno the Osprey

Hello, y’all.  My name is Juno the Osprey and I’m Neptune the Osprey’s sister.  Neptune is famous in these parts ‘cos he catches the best fish and even holds workshops fer tha tourists who doant kno how to fish!!  Anyhowdaloo, Ima here today to telle y’all a tale of woe about peeple who MIGHT kno howta fish but shurrre cain’t dispose of their debris in the right way ya kno!!  Lemme git Ms P ta put up a few photos to illustrite my tale:

Waille, me an’ my brother Neptune the Osprey were hangin’ in tha nest a few weeks ago when in flew a Great Egret:

After the greetings all ’round, the Great Egret and Neptune started a discussion on the best time ta fish.  Welle, normally, I’d tune out that kinda talk but the visitor sounded so sad, I decided to put off my nap:

On and on he went, tellling us how he had recovered from a long illness after losing a leg. “YA LOST A LEG???” yelled Neptune?  “Howdat happin??”

And he tole us ’bout tha filament and hooks that the people who fish leave behind. Instead of disposin’ of ‘em properlike, dey jest cut ‘em loose in tha water and thain us poor wildlife are left ta deal wif it.  “Some of us die a terribal, painful death, doncha kno!!!  I wuz lucky.”   With that, he flew away and suddenlike I saw the missin’ leg:

Oh, it makes my heart sad to think of it. Anyways, back to a few weeks ago:  I met up with a Yellow Crowned Night Heron who spends her days and nights looking for somethin ta worry ’bout:

She tole me ’bout the Brown Pelican who got caught in a fishing line and spent 3 months in a rehab center:

He almost died before the good humans could catch him and take care of him.  Then, last week I ran into Delice and Delila the Roseate Spoonbill sisters:

They tolle me ’bout the injured Snowy Egret down at the pier:

He had the same kinda injury from discarded fishing filament but overcame enormous hurdles and now he rules in Fish Soccer:

What’s Fish Soccer, you say?  Oh, it’s just our version of the human one but we use fish instead of a ball.  What a DUMB idea, non????  Usin’ a ball, I mean.  At least you can eet tha fish!!

So, what would it take for humans to dispose ‘a their debris properlike? Oh, let me think:

Done thinking.  Alle ya need is a little more respect and kindness fer us wildlife, non???  After all, we bring so much beauty into yer lives, don’t we deserve a little more thoughtfulness?? So, please, plese pleeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzeeeeeee, watch out fer my friends.

So, Ms P thank yuuu fer lettin’ me telle mah tale a’ woe. Must go an’ take a nap now: