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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.

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Help track Osprey behavior north of Boston by submitting your observations using our easy-to-use online reporting form.

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11370 results:

Name: James Charles Roy

Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-08
09:15 AM to 04:45 PM
at: Newbury

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible: 2

Weather Conditions: hot hot hot

Other Activity:

Observation Method: ft

General Comments:

 

Name: Tim Simmons

Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-30
08:30 AM to 09:30 AM
at: Merrimac

Number of Adults Visible:

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible: 1

Weather Conditions: 84, light wind, full sun

Other Activity:

Observation Method: foot

General Comments: fledgling vocalized and flew

 

Name: Jeffrey LeDrew

Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-30
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Haverhill

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible: 1

Weather Conditions: 85° sunny light breeze

Other Activity:

Observation Method: Foot

General Comments:

 

Name: Lisa Manzi

Nest Name:
ESS-11 - Dean Island Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-30
06:25 AM to 06:40 AM
at: Essex

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible: 1

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: 77 degrees, no wind, mostly clear

Other Activity: One large nestling was perched in the nest with no adult around. A few minutes later it started calling loudly and ducking down and a fish was delivered. It began self feeding. There was no sign of the second nestling/fledgling today. It had been there last week.

Observation Method: By kayak from Island Rd.

General Comments:

 

Name: Lisa Manzi

Nest Name:
ESS-07 - Babson Salt Marsh Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-30
05:55 AM to 06:10 AM
at: Essex

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible: 1

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: 75 degrees, no wind, mostly clear

Other Activity: From a distance we could see the nestling practicing flapping at the nest and the adult on the post. As we paddled closer, both were calling but we were down so low in the marsh today and couldn't see until we got pretty close to the nest. When we got to an open viewing spot the adult called and the nestling tucked down a bit in the nest. This nestling is smaller than the Brophy or Dean young.

Observation Method: By kayak from Island Rd.

General Comments:

 

Name: Lisa Manzi

Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-30
05:35 AM to 05:45 AM
at: Essex

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible: 1

Weather Conditions: 75 degrees, no wind, mostly clear

Other Activity: 1 adult and 1 fledgling (saw it fly last week) were on the nest perched and both calling. On the return paddle, 90 minutes later it appeared the fledgling was eating.

Observation Method: By kayak from Island Rd.

General Comments:

 

Name: Jeffrey LeDrew

Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-29
08:50 AM to 09:00 AM
at: Saugus

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible: 1

Weather Conditions: 80 ° sunny

Other Activity: All 3 perched on a piling

Observation Method: Foot

General Comments:

 

Name: BarbaraJean Imbrescia

Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-29
09:04 AM to 09:04 AM
at: Saugus

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: 84 degrees, 8mph west, clear & sunny

Other Activity:

Observation Method: driving by in vehicle

General Comments:

 

Name: Albert Levesque

Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-29
02:00 AM to 03:30 AM
at: Marblehead

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible: 2

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: 96 deg, light wind, sunny

Other Activity: Adult was perched with a large nestling squatted alongside. Eventually the adult left, and another nestling came up and squatted alongside the first. Sometime later the adult returned with a fish and ate some then fed the nestlings.

Observation Method: by scope from gazebo on Winter Island

General Comments: Nestlings are still there and seem to be growing, although not very active. Is this a one-parent nest? Is the adult female or male? Heat distortion made it difficult to see clearly.

 

Name: Diana Clark

Nest Name:
GLO-10 - Walker Creek Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-29
09:15 AM to 01:15 PM
at: Gloucester

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible: 1

Weather Conditions: Slight haze 88, humid

Other Activity: Boating, fishing, birds everywhere

Observation Method: Home

General Comments: All 3 in nest much of day. Now: female preening, male flying with fledgling!! Yay!

 
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