Twin Cities Metro Osprey Watch

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

Saturday, October 4, 2025

The end?

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  I knew this day was coming….I went to check on our little friend yesterday morning at 7:15 and found her perched in one of her favorite tr...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

October 1!

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 When I popped today I found no ospreys. So I waited… and in about 15 minutes Dad arrived with a half eaten fish…. No chick came screaming i...
Monday, September 29, 2025

Sept 29!

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 I  thought I was going to have to stay home for a repairperson today….but I got a text giving me a new window for them to show up between 1...
Saturday, September 27, 2025

Still here Sept 27!

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  A rough night for me…had my Covid shot yesterday and I always get pretty sick from them, so couldn’t sleep at all with a low grade fever a...
Friday, September 26, 2025

Sept 26…

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  Our girl was still there today….and I have about a billion photos of her. I stopped in the morning , after getting my Covid shot, and ther...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Still here….

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  Oh how I love this chick that won’t leave…. She is so beautiful and her Dad so devoted…these photos are from today! He is new at this nest...
Monday, September 22, 2025

So few ospreys, and such great monitors.

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  I visited a lot of nests this weekend and was saddened to find so many empty nests. I know, I know….it’s time for them to go but life is l...
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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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