Osprey Monitoring & Sightings
Where are Osprey Nesting?
For more than 15 years, Greenbelt has been dedicated to Osprey conservation through the construction and maintenance of nesting platforms, data collection, public education, and collaborative research efforts aimed at protecting this once endangered species. Volunteers submit their sightings online, and the most recent sightings are displayed in real-time.
Osprey Sighting Form
Help track Osprey behavior north of Boston by submitting your observations using our easy-to-use online reporting form.
Osprey Sightings Archive Search
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-24
11:30 AM to 11:55 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: partly sunny 49F slightbreeze
Other Activity: female sitting up in nest. Male perched on a small stick in marsh near nest, then flew over to nearby pillings &perched there
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-05
09:15 AM to 09:30 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 68 degrees, clear, 10 mph SW
Other Activity: Female is sitting deep in the new nest on Platform 1 and the male has been bringing more nesting material to the nest. Yesterday a big stick and today some soft material from the edge of the river. Most of the time the male is perched nearby on one of the other platforms or on a nearby utility pole. He sometimes brings fish to the female on the nest.
Observation Method: from bedroom window
General Comments: Everything seems very settled with only occasional fly-by visits by other osprey.
Name: Sally McMurry
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-05
02:57 PM to 03:14 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70, windy, high tide
Other Activity: Sitting in nest. Stand in nest, sit back down.
Observation Method: Foot, binoculars
General Comments:
Name: James C Roy Jr
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-05
03:00 PM to 03:45 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, warm, very windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments:
Name: John Banse
Nest Name:
IPS-08 - Sally Weatherall Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-05
02:15 PM to 02:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75 degrees. Sunny. Windy.
Other Activity: Male and female on nest. Appeared to be mating.
Observation Method: On foot.
General Comments:
Name: John Banse
Nest Name:
IPS-01 - Strawberry Hill Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-05
01:50 PM to 02:10 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75 degrees. Sunny. Windy
Other Activity: When I arrived female was on nest, hunkered down low. Male arrived within a few minutes with a fish. They ate and then male flew down and perched on a nearby birdhouse. Female remained low in nest.
Observation Method: On foot.
General Comments:
Name: Sarah Spencer
Nest Name:
HAV-01 - Trinity Stadium Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-05
09:40 AM to 10:20 AM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 63 degrees, 24 mph wind gust, slight cloud coverage
Other Activity: One Osprey was in the nest my whole visit, adjusting their position every so often presumably on the eggs, peeking out over the edge of the nest occasionally. The second osprey came back halfway through my visit with a fish, landed momentarily on the nest with the other osprey, but then flew over to light post to the left of the nest where they ate their catch.
Observation Method: Viewed from my vehicle at the cvs parking lot and on foot in the park.
General Comments:
Name: Lesli Woodruff
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-05
02:05 PM to 02:15 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Windy and warm, sunny.
Other Activity: One osprey snuggled down in the nest. Either incubating or just getting out of the wind.
Observation Method: On foot at Independence Park jetty.
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-11 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-04
02:25 PM to 02:30 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, 65°, 18-31 MPH WSW
Other Activity: Additional nesting material added since the last observation. Black plastic streamer.
Observation Method: Parked along Mills Ave.
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-10 - Saugus River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-04
02:05 PM to 02:15 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, 65°, 18-31 MPH WSW
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Pulled into Gibson Point parking lot
General Comments: