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: James Charles Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2028-05-08
11:50 AM to 11:53 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, warm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-07 - Stanton Street Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-29
11:55 AM to 12:05 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 68 partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot from the rail trail
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-07 - Stanton Street Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-29
11:55 AM to 12:05 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 68 partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot from the rail trail
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-29
03:20 PM to 03:30 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 68, calm, cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: Female sitting very low in deep nest. Only definitively visible with scope from island/marsh line.
Name: Gail Smith
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-29
01:45 PM to 02:00 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64, partly sunny, slightly windy
Other Activity: At first the female was sitting on the nest but then perched on the side and had her head down in the nest. The male was perched below but flew up and also perched on the side of the nest and had his head down.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars.
General Comments:
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
IPS-08 - Sally Weatherall Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-29
10:25 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64 degrees; partly sunny; moderate breeze; high tide
Other Activity: Male was on the separate pole perch; and then flew off over a small nearby stream, and then out of sight. Came back to the same perch, and stayed.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars.
General Comments: Female observed in the center of the deep nest with just the top of her white head visible.
Name: Elie Harrod
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-29
05:10 PM to 05:30 PM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees F, slight wind, cloudy, and rain shower.
Other Activity: Female osprey sitting on eggs but suspicions about her eggs actually being hatchlings.
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: An honorable mention was that we heard frogs and saw a freshly nibbled tree by a beaver.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-28
11:30 AM to 11:56 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64F, occasional rain, breezy, & sun
Other Activity: female in nest, and male seen flying around over the saugus river
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Debbie Waugh
Nest Name:
LYN-02 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker R16
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-28
04:20 PM to 05:30 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: low 60s, sunny, light wind
Other Activity: one in nest as we started. when we returned, 2nd osprey was perched on day marker . we also saw approx 8 pairs of mating horseshoe crabs - yippee!
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Diana Clark
Nest Name:
GLO-10 - Walker Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-28
07:00 AM to 09:00 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 63f w: 8mph w gusts 15 mph Clear beautiful morning
Other Activity: Boat very near nest. Provides fishing. Shore birds
Observation Method: Home
General Comments: Busy preening, watching boat just off to her north.