How to Participate in OspreyWatch
OspreyWatch is a global community of observers focused on documenting breeding osprey. There is no charge to participate and we welcome new volunteers to the program.
Step 1: Register
Register and confirm your account
Step 2: Find an Osprey Nest to Monitor
- Report a new nest in your community
- Contribute to an existing nest in the program
Step 3: Start Observing a Nest
We recommend monitoring a nest 1-4 times a month. There are three ways to enter your observations on the OspreyWatch website.
Activity Report
Log an activity at the nest. These are milestone events in the breeding chronology of the nest. Data entered in the activity report forms will be tabulated for the annual project report and used to calculate breeding statistics.
- Date of pair arrival
- Date of egg laying
- Date of incubation initiation
- Date of clutch hatching
- Date of nest failure
- Reason for nest failure
- Number of nestlings
- Date of first chick fledging
- Number of fledglings
- Date chicks last observed at nest
Photos
Add photos of activities at the nest
Nesting Diary
Log a narrative of your observations
