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: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-04-04
3:51 PM to 4:20 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 46 degrees, sunny, breezy, beautiful, low tide
Other Activity: One Osprey in the nest. Later another Osprey was flying low over the marsh for quite a ways before landing up on the edge of the nest. Wonderful to see this pair together!
Observation Method: on foot, on the marsh, no boat ramp in place yet
General Comments: The presence of several Great Black-backed Gulls noted
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-04-04
02:30 PM to 02:45 PM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 42F, light wind, sunny
Other Activity: One Osprey overhead, scanning river. Other walking in the shallows of the river picking at something in the water, like a shorebird.
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
EAB-01 - MBTA Rail Yard
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-04-04
02:30 PM to 02:45 PM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 42F, light wind, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-04-02
10:45 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 40 - drizzle
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: Ollie landed on the nest with sticks and started fixing up the nest. Olivia was watching from a nearby tree.
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-04-02
2:30 PM to 3:15 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 45 - drizzle
Other Activity:
Observation Method: From our house
General Comments: Ollie was in the nest and two construction trucks drove past the pole that the nest is on. Ollie did not leave the nest.
Name: Diane Dondero
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-04-02
7:15 AM to 8:00 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 39 degrees, drizzle, light breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: The female Osprey arrived and the two stayed on platform one for a few minutes. Then, as per protocol, they socially distanced and the male flew over to platform 2.
Name: Diane Dondero
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-04-02
10:15 AM to 10:30
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 45, cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: The male was perched on platform 2, the female had just landed on platform one when a juvenile eagle flew over the marsh towards the platforms. The two Osprey flew towards the eagle as a flock of seagulls divebombed the eagle. The eagle flew off and now both Osprey are perched on platform 1
Name: Sean Riley
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-04-02
8:00 AM to 8:30 AM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Rainy / windy
Other Activity: one bird in the nest one on the ground
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Neither birds were in the park yesterday both male and female back at the nest this am. hooray ! good news.
Name: Sean Riley
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-04-02
8:00 AM to 8:30 AM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Rainy / windy
Other Activity: one bird in the nest one on the ground
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Neither birds were in the park yesterday both male and female back at the nest this am. hooray ! good news.
Name: Sean Riley
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-04-02
8:00 AM to 8:30 AM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Rainy / windy
Other Activity: one bird in the nest one on the ground
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Neither birds were in the park yesterday both male and female back at the nest this am. hooray ! good news.