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: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-18
04:55 PM to 05:02 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 69, mostly sunny, E 11mph, gusts 16
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: osprey facing me, and distance too far, couldn;t be 1005 sure it was a fledgling but doubt that an adult would land on nest and just stay there the way this one did. Had borrowed SCOPE
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-18
05:12 PM to 05:25 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 69, mostly sunny East 11mph, gusts 16
Other Activity: 1 fledgling on nest, spread its wings. Adult did very fast "food-drop" and immediately flew away. Fledgling started eating right away.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Had borrowed SCOPE
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-18
03:15 PM to 03:45 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: light rain and cloudy
Other Activity: 2 osprey in nest #2 seen eating a fish
Observation Method: foot
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:
2025-08-18
03:15 PM to 03:45 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: cloudy, very breezy, 70F
Other Activity: 1 osprey standing up in nest. Other osprey walking along the edge of the Saugus River in front of the old pilings for about 10 minutes then flew upto the nest and stood next to the other osprey
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-18
03:15 PM to 03:44 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, cool. 70F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-05 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G23
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
07:50 AM to 07:58 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70F, light SW wind, sunny
Other Activity: Adult perched on dayboard. Another adult (very dark feathers) with small fish landed on nest, looked around then left with the same fish. Later the nestling arose and began feeding on something that was in the nest.
Observation Method: By scope from Harbormaster hill on Winter Island.
General Comments: The adult on SLM-05 had no reaction to the adult that landed on the nest. Was it an adult or a fledgling from another nest? It was small but very dark, almost shiny.
Name: Darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
09:40 AM to 09:45 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: hot, sunny, slight breeze
Other Activity: two fledgelings eating / one adult perched
Observation Method: scope from home
General Comments:
Name: darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
10:20 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: sunny, hot, slight breeze
Other Activity: lying down
Observation Method: scope from home
General Comments:
Name: Darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
10:20 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, hot, slight breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: scope from home
General Comments:
Name: James Charles Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
11:00 AM to 11:05 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny hot
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments: