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Welcome to “Season Five” of our osprey cam!  Get ready for another exciting season of osprey viewing at the Waquoit Bay Reserve, brought to you by the Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge

 

If you’d like to show your appreciation for the nest cam, please Support the Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge! As a nonprofit volunteer organization, we support a wide variety of education, research and stewardship projects within the Mashpee Refuge to ensure the long-term protection and enhancement of native wildlife and habitats.

Thank you in advance!


We are thrilled to offer this live stream of an active pair of Osprey at their nest at Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The pair are appropriately named Rachel and Carson, after the famed environmentalist.

This opportunity for a bird’s eye view of a beloved bird’s habitat is the result of a collaboration between The Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, which helped plan and locate the site for this unique “nest cam,” the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, one of the Refuge partners, and Comcast, which generously provided the equipment, installation and broadband connectivity to power this viewing experience.

One of our goals as a community-based nonprofit is to give the public opportunities to enjoy and interact with nature and wildlife. Thanks to Comcast, the live streaming of this osprey nest will broaden our reach to all of Cape Cod and beyond. We are grateful for the opportunity to use the live nest cam for observation, research and education purposes.

View highlights from 2026 (“Season Five”)

View highlights from 2025 (“Season Four”)

View highlights from 2024 (“Season Three”)

View highlights from 2023 (“Season Two”)

View highlights from 2022 (“Season One”) – mating, egg laying and hatching, feeding and more!


Please feel free to comment below with your observations or any questions you may have. We welcome your comments and questions! If you’d like to see a list of questions other viewers have asked, please see our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Ospreys and the Nest Cam. You may also want to read this article to learn more about ospreys on Cape Cod.

Please note that first-time posters must be approved before comments are displayed, and allow up to 24 hours before your initial post can be seen by others.

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dianne
6 months ago

Huh? I’m going with Rachel in the back since she’s so vocal, but who are the other 2?

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Lori
6 months ago

Hi Glenn, I tried to post this earlier but it seemed my post never went through. I wanted to let you know that on 3/21 @ 6:59 in the morning, I observed a Squirrel roaming the nest . As I watched I saw the Squirrel go head first into a hole center of nest. I know it’s best to let nature be but after last years outcome I thought I should mention what I saw. Hoping for the best !
Thank you, Lori

dianne
6 months ago
Reply to  Lori

oh no!

Raymond Albernaz
6 months ago

been watching for a few years and would like to post what’s the process?

dianne
6 months ago

Above the comments there is a box that says “join the discussion” Write your comments and put your name and e mail address below then tap “post comment” if it’s your first time it may take a while for it to post as it has to get approved If you want to add a pic there is an icon in bottom right of comment box that pulls up your pics

dianne
6 months ago

Rachel. Is that you?

Joselyn
6 months ago

Welcome home

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Joselyn
6 months ago

Someone is here

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dianne
6 months ago

Yeah! welcome home

Tania
6 months ago

Just saw one land and call too!

Jayne
6 months ago

Just saw land in the nest!

Jane
6 months ago

I lived in East Falmouth for 37 years and still have family there. I visit you every day! So curious as to what is the sound of running water. Hoping this pair has better buck this year. Ospreys had problems everywhere last year!

Dena
6 months ago

It’s all about to happen

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Beth
6 months ago

I saw 5 ospreys in Falmouth this weekend! It’s so exciting!

Kelly
6 months ago

I recently spent some time in our preschool classroom, and I’m so excited to share this year’s journey with them. We kicked things off by watching a few clips from last year, which sparked lots of excitement and curiosity

Lorene
6 months ago

Hello to Glenn and all the osprey lovers! Hopes for a great year ahead for the nest.

Touli Kennedy M'bwa
6 months ago

Hello FMNWR!! Thank you for the Osprey Cam and all you do!! I read comments about protecting the young osprey chicks from falling through the nest.

Suggestion: tack onto the wood frame under the nest now, before nesting begins.

Highly recommend!! Touli

Barbara
6 months ago

There was a pair of osprey on the nest near the Orleans rotary yesterday.

dianne
6 months ago

won’t be long now until rachel shows . falmouth wildlife facebook page has a shot of an osprey on the nest at WHOI from 3/11/26

Kathy
6 months ago

2:38 and the owl is on the nest

Debbie
6 months ago

Around 7:30 tonight

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Sandy
6 months ago

Owl

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Sandy
6 months ago
Reply to  Sandy

Wouldnt we love to have his eyesight? Amazing!

Sandy
6 months ago

Hi see him hooting

Sandy
6 months ago

No sound

Tom
6 months ago

Owl on the nest,5:20am Wednesday

Tom
6 months ago

Hi

Bill
7 months ago

Welcome back!

Joe
7 months ago

Awesome

Kathy
7 months ago

5:20 he’s on the nest

Kathy
7 months ago

Thank you so much. I missed it but got to go back and watch it.

Lois
7 months ago

Owl on nest at 0336

Bill
7 months ago

Great horned owl at the nest 6:30PM

Kathy
7 months ago

Thank you, Glenn. I love the owls but also all the highlights you post.

Lois
7 months ago

Hooting owl on nest at 0224

Kathy
8 months ago

The owl is on the nest at 4:04 AM.

Lois
8 months ago

Owl on nest eating its prey today at 0300

Debbie
8 months ago

Happy New Years. Spring is
coming and are family will be back

Lois
9 months ago

Owl on nest December 18 at 0315

Sandy
9 months ago
Reply to  Sandy

All about Osprey….

Lois
9 months ago

Owl on the nest Dec 7 at midnight

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