Twin Cities Metro Osprey Watch

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

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Still here! With a goldfish!

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A reward for my perseverance

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  Our nests are clearing out, but I am still able to find a few ospreys around town and I thoroughly enjoy every moment with them. There is ...
Sunday, September 14, 2025

Still here!

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  Still running around to see who is in town! It’s fun and a challenge! Sometimes I have to wait a long time or search a lot to locate some ...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Special reward!

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  The ospreys gave me a little reward today for all my work watching over them. Last week we had a fairly dramatic change in the weather tha...
Sunday, August 24, 2025

The winds change….

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  I was out again yesterday checking nests, trying to get final outcomes, read bands etc….and things have suddenly changed. The weather made...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

Wild fledging adventures….

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  Burning the candle at both ends these days….its been one stressful situation after another. Some young ospreys fledge so gracefully, witho...
Saturday, August 2, 2025

Fence sitting…

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  Another 12 hour day in the field….i have been so busy trying to watch over chicks that were potentially in trouble. Sometimes it takes an ...
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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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