Twin Cities Metro Osprey Watch

Please report new Osprey nests to Vanessa Greene at Osprey.mn@gmail.com Volunteer to monitor a nest!

Friday, September 18, 2026

Not all gone yet!

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  They aren’t all gone yet! Sometimes a miserable day like this is a good time to look for them…..cold, rainy, gray. I stopped on my way to ...
Saturday, September 12, 2026

Gone with the Wind…

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  I woke up very early to the sound of strong winds….but by the time I got up it had calmed down a bit. I headed over to check on the orphan...
Friday, September 11, 2026

Still a bunch of ospreys around….

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  Another hot day out there….I stopped first at the nest where the bio- dad of lil orphan Annie, and her half sister lives. That chick was ...
Thursday, September 10, 2026

Still here….

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  I was inundated by all the “Birdcast” migration alerts for last night….they predicted a massive wave and many osprey people thought for su...
Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Scarce….

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  A quick update on the orphan and benefactor …..I arrived at the nesting site a little before 10 and did not see or hear an osprey until 1:...
Monday, September 7, 2026

One fish, two fish, three fish…..more

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  I am sure you will never guess where I went today! When I arrived the chick was on the nest food begging. Then she quieted down…..so the m...
Saturday, September 5, 2026

Guardian Angel

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  Another long day with some ups and downs….the day started out so gray and soupy….hard to get decent photos. I had to visit a nest where th...
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Vanessa Greene
I started the Twin Cities Metro Osprey Watch program in 2008 after 15 years of working on the Twin Cites Osprey Reintroduction. I am monitoring all nests in the metro area, training and supervising volunteers who assist with this fieldwork and writing annual reports documenting data collected. We are looking at a variety of areas of research including an accurate productivity study, investigating behaviors such as extra pair copulation and mate fidelity, recruitement of young birds into the breeding population, establishment of new territories, age of first breeding, longevity of pair bonds, movement between nesting territories, etc. I have recieved no financial support, other than donations from supporters of the project, and am driven by passion and a committment to the wellbeing and survival of this species of Raptor. I always need help, so contact me if you would like to become involved with the monitoring or have questions about Ospreys. See full profile for list of publications.
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