Twin Cities Metro Osprey Watch

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

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Turning in to a good mom….

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 Interesting to watch a feeding at the Arb this afternoon….first thing I noticed is that the chicks heads are much less wobbly now….that mak...
Tuesday, June 9, 2026

What’s a crop?

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  I have been looking at ospreys for 33 years so I notice so many small things that others may not…..especially those who are just watching ...
Sunday, June 7, 2026

Still three….

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 Our single female who is raising three chicks, still has three chicks! Every week is a milestone! And she has no new suitors, as some sugge...
Saturday, June 6, 2026

And then there were two!

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 We have a second hatch at the Arb….I think mommas mind is blown.

Great males….

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  Another ten hour day in the field….started out by finding our 28th new nest this year. Oy vey. Then I watched a bunch of hatching and a bu...
Friday, June 5, 2026

First hatch at the Arb….

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  Yes the first egg hatched right on time this morning at the Arb cam nest. I am having phone problems so couldn’t post anything until I got...
Monday, June 1, 2026

Oldest pair….

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  This, my friends, is our oldest pair….both are 19 years old! They have been together for ten years…..both had previous nests / mates befor...
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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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