Twin Cities Metro Osprey Watch

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

Sunday, August 2, 2026

The new male returned….

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  Yet another interesting day where I don’t get as much done as I planned. I stopped at the single females nest…..no one was there. No one w...
Saturday, August 1, 2026

Parental care….

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  I have been SO busy that I have been saving up a bunch of posts that I wanted to share with you all. These days, when chicks are fledging,...

Fledge at the Arb!

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  The first Arb chick fledged today! At a little after 8 am she took off….first photo….and she returned at about 10:47….i think at first she...
Sunday, July 26, 2026

All present and accounted for!

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  I was out the door again before 6 am….and checked some different nests on my way back to the one where two chicks fledged and disappeared ...
Saturday, July 25, 2026

Trials and tribulations….

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  Another 12 hour day in the field. I left home at 5:45 to check a bunch of nests for fledging before it got too hot. That was the plan any...
Friday, July 24, 2026

An important fledge!

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  So much has happened this week….I think I will start with today tho…..SO much fledging going on. I went to check on the single mom and her...
Sunday, July 19, 2026

New male????

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  Well, each day is more interesting than the last! This morning I headed out to check on the single female who is raising the chick alone…....
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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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