There are so many people who have been instrumental in helping Twin Cities Metro Osprey Watch continue this Osprey research. A very special thanks to Alice Stoddard and Barb Ankrum for their steadfast help, support and encouragement. You have no idea how much it has meant to me personally and to the research. It is not always easy to keep going and you both have supplied needed inspiration with your passion and dedication. Many thanks also to Sonja Axness, Dick Allen, Don Steinke, Perry Westphal, Bruce and Virginia Bernin, Faith Christine, Margaret Wurtele, Ellie Crosby, Grace and Roger Pass, Phyllis Bofferding, Debbie Engelmann, Jim Radford, Larry Waldhauser, Tedd Clauson, Tom Morris, Krista Wilkowske, Marty Osborn, Jason Bolish, Karen Connolly, Derek Burns, Melinda Grahl, Margaret Hutchinson, Tom Schmelzer, Sean and Karen Akins, Meriah Jacobs-Frost, Lee Bakewell, Steven Steinborn, Luke VandenBergh, Linda Radimecky, Carol Fischenich, and Mary Meyer, for sharing their observations, their committment to this effort, their photos, and their love for these birds with me. Thanks to Tom Burrrows at Aggregate Industries, Mary Lee and Janice Hawkins at the National Guard, Roger Stanton at Bolander Construction, for all their cooperation in allowing me to monitor nests.
Thanks to Marlyn Anderson for technical assistance with computer issues and data organization.
I am sure I have forgotten someone and I will post an addendum when I remember!
A very special and heartfelt thanks to Virginia and Bruce Bernin, Don Stienke, Perry Westphal, and Jo Beuhler Maltman, for their financial donations which helped me continue this research.
And finally a thanks to all the osprey fans around the world who have written to me, hit the "like" button, shared their stories, enthusiasm and love for these birds and generally offered support in ways that cannot be described. I appreciate all the kindness and camaraderie.
Vanessa Greene
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