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: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-16
06:45 AM to 07:05 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58 degF, brisk wind from N, 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird in nest, busy - either feeding self or chicks, or preening
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: I think this site needs a perch for the male - I don't see one, and I rarely see a second bird around
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-16
06:45 AM to 07:05 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58 degF, brisk wind from N, 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird on post perch, then left; one bird in nest, busy - could be feeding self or young or preening...
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-16
06:45 AM to 07:05 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58 degF, brisk wind from N, 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird on nest perch, harassed by Red-wing Blackbird; second bird in nest incubating, but at times busy so perhaps feeding self or chicks
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-16
07:10 AM to 07:25 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58 degF, moderate wind from N, 30% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird on post perch, one on top of nest; bird on perch flew and joined one on nest, then returned to perch; bird on nest became busy, possibly feeding young
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-01 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-16
07:10 AM to 07:25 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58 degF, moderate wind from N, 30% cloud cover
Other Activity: one on post perch, one on nest incubating
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
IPS-06 - Plum Island #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-16
07:40 AM to 07:55 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degF, no wind, 70% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird on post perch, one bird in nest feeding chicks
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: I extended my tripod as tall as it would go, and stood up on the bench hoping to see the chicks, with no success!
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-16
01:00 PM to 02:05 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 72F, NW 13, sunny
Other Activity: Adults perched, nestlings showed heads intermittently. Adults left nest several times to chase gulls away from rocks below. Male left after tide covered rocks and gulls stopped coming.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: Only saw two nestling heads at a time but positions suggest there may be more than two.
Name: Gail Smith
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-16
12:30 to 12:50
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74 - breezy- sunny
Other Activity: the two adult osprey were standing in the nest calling loudly while another adult osprey was flying around. The adults stopped calling about 5 min. after the other osprey left the area but continued to stand at alert. Finally, I could see the head of one of the chicks and the adults turned to it. I did not see them feed and could not tell if there are other chicks. It is difficult to see into the nest.
Observation Method: foot - binoculars
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-19 - Holy Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-16
2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 68 degrees Winds W at 7 mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: Two tiny chicks plus one chick in egg in process of hatching
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-18 - Holy Island Camp Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-16
2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 68 degrees Winds W at 7 mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: