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: Elizabeth Collins
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-16
02:59 PM to 03:10 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 78 degrees, partly cloudy, breezy 12mph SE
Other Activity: 1 big and 1 little on nest, 1 adult outside nest on top of tower, 1 fledg on a lower rung of tower
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: James C Roy Jr
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-16
11:45 AM to 12:05 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, warm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments: The nest is getting crowded, all 4 birds were in it
Name: Tim Simmons
Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-16
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Merrimac
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72, windless, full sun
Other Activity: nest failure
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: the nest has snapped off the dead pine. We'll try to locate it on the ground but it is difficult terrain
Name: Elizabeth Collins
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-16
02:40 PM to 02:55 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 78 degrees, partly cloudy, breezy 12mph SE
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: Elizabeth Collins
Nest Name:
BEV-04 - Beverly Port Marina Boat Haul
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-16
03:17 PM to 03:35 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 78 degrees, partly cloudy, breezy 12mph SE
Other Activity: 1 fledgling perched next to nest
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: James C Roy Jr
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-15
03:15 PM to 03:18 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments:
Name: Luke Sullivan
Nest Name:
ESS-11 - Dean Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-15
11:30 AM to 11:45 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72F, mild wind, partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: kayak
General Comments:
Name: Luke Sullivan
Nest Name:
ESS-06 - Soginese Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-15
11:45 AM to 12:00 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72F, mild wind, partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: kayak
General Comments:
Name: Luke Sullivan
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-15
12:00 PM to 12:15 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72F, mild wind, partly cloudy
Other Activity: pair were perched on ground and flew into nest together. Continuous calling the entire time I observed
Observation Method: kayak
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-14
11:34 AM to 11:59 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: sunny, 86F, very calm
Other Activity: 1 osprey standing i the #1nest. 1 osprey on the #2 platform(with no nest). Then flew tostand next to the osprey in the #1nest. Now both fledglings are standing in the nest right next to each other vocalizing loudly. 2 adult osprey preening perched onthe same branch of the driftwood tree inthe marsh.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: