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: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-11A - Paine Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-25
3:35 PM to 5 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 72°F Winds SW 4-7 mph 20% cloud cover
Other Activity: Osprey in nest flies, joined by 2nd osprey above nest
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-25
3:35 PM to 5 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 72° F Winds SW 4-7 mph 20% cloud cover
Other Activity: 1 in nest, other on marsh close to blind
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-25
3:35 PM to 5 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 72° F Winds SW 4-7 mph 20% cloud cover
Other Activity: 1 in nest, 2 others chasing off large gull, 3rd osprey appears. One of the flying osprey lands on marsh close to platform.
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-04A - Six Goose Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-25
3:35 PM to 5 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 72° F Winds SW 4-7 mph 20% cloud cover
Other Activity: Osprey in nest flew & joined osprey defending nest
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Rick and Jan Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-06 - Soginese Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-25
3:30 PM to 3:45 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, slight wind, mostly sunny
Other Activity: One osprey incubating eggs. The 2nd osprey flew in carrying a fish while fighting off 2 gulls that were after the fish. Female left nest momentarily while male landed and placed fish in nest. Female returned to nest to feed while male flew off and landed in the marsh nearby.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-25
6:30 AM to 6:45 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Rick and Jan Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-04 - Round Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-25
2:30 PM to 2:40 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: partly sunny, 60 degrees, breezy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-25
2:35 to 2:50
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60º, moderate wind, clear skies
Other Activity: Nest empty; male perched on driftwood on salt march but scared off when a boat landed at the duck camp. Swung by Brophy (saw one bird perched) and Round (no osprey sighted) and then back past the Great Bank. The boat and people were still at the duck camp and the male was perched on the salt march closer to the far end of the marsh. Watched 3 osprey circle high above Choate Island on the end of the island with the structures. I am hoping that the Great Bank pair, both male and female are still around, it seems that at least one of the pair are staying close to the nest but I am unsure of the other bird. I have not seen a bird on the nest in the last three outings so I am sure that this nest will not produce fledgelings this year.
Observation Method: kayak
General Comments:
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-25
2:30 to 3:00
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60s, some wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: kayak
General Comments: Male perched on driftwood until a boat landed at the duck camp. Female not in sight. Cruised up to Brophy (one bird perched) then on the way back past Choate, spotted 3 or 4 Osprey circling over Choate Island on the end with the buildings.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-24
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: windy
Other Activity: one Osprey inside nes and one perched on a stick in the marsh
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: