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.
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Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-09
8:00 AM to 7:00 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, light breeze, 75
Other Activity: The female was here all morning and enjoyed a flounder on the marsh perch. The male joined her around noontime. An occasional effort to add marsh grass to the nest. They alternated being on a separate perches and then sitting in the nest together. They were both here until 7pm. Late in the afternoon, several boats came down Castle Neck River and they didn’t seem bothered at all.
Observation Method: From the deck
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-08
10:45 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny - 70
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Driving by at both times
General Comments: One adult was on the nest both times that we drove past and could have been feeding chicks as she/he was poking into the nest
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-08
7:00 AM to 12:00 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny - 70
Other Activity: We are able to observe the nest from our house and have done so dozens of times this morning and over the past 2 or 3 days. Many of the times there were no adults visible on the nest and from time to time Ollie or Olivia or both were there. There has been no sign of them tending to anything in the nest so I'm afraid that there are no chicks. Olivia was incubating from around 4/18 until last weekend when it looked like she was tending to chicks.
Observation Method: From our house
General Comments: A couple of days ago either Ollie or Olivia was dive bombing at a great blue heron that was on our side of the river across the river from the nest. After some commotion the heron flew away.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-08
03:13 PM to 03:35 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70F, SE 9mph, sunny
Other Activity: One incubating and the other eating a fish on a nearby piling. Did the same all the time we were there.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-08
03:50 PM to 04:20 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70F, SE 9mph, sunny
Other Activity: Male perched on nearby Little Aquavitaie daymarker. Female incubating. Male later flew to nest then left. Female stayed in position. No feeding activity, no chicks seen.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-08
02:20 PM to 02:35 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70F, SE 9mph, sunny
Other Activity: none
Observation Method: On foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-08
12:50 PM to 01:15 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70F, SE 9mph, sunny
Other Activity: Male on one of the rails, left soon after and didn't return. Female stayed in the high incubating position, shifted a bit. More of her was visible than had been previously.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-08
02:20 PM to 02:35 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70F, SE 9mph, sunny
Other Activity: Adult initially perched, left the nest briefly then returned and settled into incubating position.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: Visibility was poor due to heat rising from marsh.
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-08
06:30 AM to 05:00 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Rick Pierce
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-08
3:00 PM to 3:15 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, slight breeze, bright sunshine
Other Activity: Female incubating. Male arrived and drove off 2 nearby egrets before settling on perch near nest.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: