Twin Cities Metro Osprey Watch

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

Sunday, March 29, 2026

He’s back!!!!,

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  The older banded male who I was expecting to be the first osprey back showed up today! Woo hoo! I was so excited I was shaking as I took s...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

Osprey season has begun!

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We have our first osprey spotted on a nest! So Osprey season has officially begun…just as I predicted! We are off and running! Thanks to Dan...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Today? Tomorrow?

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  I predict we will have our first ospreys back on the nest today or tomorrow. We had northerly winds yesterday, and were supposed to have s...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Any minute…

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  Any minute! Ospreys are starting to show up in Montana, Missouri, Colorado….so I expect we will see some returning to their nests in the M...

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  Any minute! Ospreys are starting to show up in Montana, Missouri, Colorado….so I expect we will see some returning to their nests in the M...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

On their way…..ready, set….

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 We are on the back side of March, and our ospreys are on their way… The usual first ospreys begin returning  to their nests the last week o...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026

2025 Research and Productivity….

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                        2025 OSPREY RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION SUMMARY                                                                By  Vanes...
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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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