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: Jeffrey LeDrew
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-09-16
09:00 AM to 09:30 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 62° foggy
Other Activity: Flew across river perched on ge building
Observation Method: Foot with binoculars
General Comments:
Name: Betsey Lutts-Bennett
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-09-11
03:07 PM to 03:17 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Sunny and 70’s
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: Dave: thought the fledgling had left but here it is perched on a tower. This morning a bald eagle sat on the top of the same tower. Thought for sure our guy was gone! Both adults are gone.
Name: Tim Simmons
Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-09-10
09:00 AM to 10:00 AM
at: Merrimac
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 60, overcast, calm wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Fledgling on nest when I arrived. Vocalized and flew downstream
Name: Gail Smith
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-09-10
10:15 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cloudy, 65, light wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot with binoculars
General Comments: I assume they are gone so I this is my last report for the year.
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-09-09
10:00 AM to 10:35 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny warm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments: No birds visible for this, the third straight day, suspect they're gone for the year. Unless I see differently, this will be my last report for '25
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-09-08
11:00 AM to 11:15 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 65 degrees, partly cloudy, light NW
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from bedroom window
General Comments: The last few days there has been a single fledgling perching on the platforms, but it is no longer calling to be fed and no adults have been present. I'm thinking that the parents have ceased feeding the fledgling and have left on migration.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-05 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G23
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-09-06
06:55 AM to 07:26 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70F, light wind from South, hazy sun
Other Activity: Chick was eating when I arrived, the adult arrived 20 minutes later with another catch. The chick went to it right away and continued eating.
Observation Method: By scope from Harbormaster hill on Winter Island.
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-05 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G23
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-09-06
01:30 PM to 02:15 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 78F. gusty wind, cloudy
Other Activity: The young one was perched on the nest then suddenly took flight. The adult was flying nearby and seemed to watch. Later while we were watching boaters we observed two osprey overhead in the same area and one did a plunge, maybe training?
Observation Method: By scope from Harbormaster hill on Winter Island.
General Comments: The fledgling's flight looked almost rehearsed, just spread the wings and lifted off. May not have been its first flight.
Name: Jeffrey LeDrew
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-09-03
09:00 AM to 09:15 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 68° sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
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:
2025-09-03
08:30 AM to 09:15 AM
at: Merrimac
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 65, no wind, full sun
Other Activity: preening, air drying
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: wet from a recent plunge, looks healthy