... and then depression set in. I was so excited to see this happening and then to miss the shots
because I didn't have the camera set up correctly was very disappointing.

Someone must have released the fish in the pond. I'm sure the Osprey had no trouble seeing him from above.
I felt for the fish too, though I like to think God made it so creatures on the bottom of the food chain
don't have emotion beyond instinct to survive when it's their "time".