Sabrina Garone / WSHU Osprey nesting platform at Long Island's Marine Nature Study Area — Oceanside, N.Y.Jennifer Skilbred is with Group for the East End. They conduct triennial surveys of Long Island osprey, but now, they want to make it yearly. “The osprey population on the eastern end of Long Island has been healthier in the past decade and a half or so," Skilbred said. Sabrina Garone / WSHU Public Radio An osprey in the marshlands of the Town of Hempstead off Long Island's south shore. There are no updated numbers out of Long Island just yet, but researchers hope to find out whether our local population is holding steady.