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: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-08 - Shad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-24
10:00 AM to 10:10 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 F, overcast, howling wind, low tide
Other Activity: Blowing so hard that I couldn't get a good look through 'scope. There might have been a bird on the nest but I could not tell.
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-24
10:00 AM to 10:10 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 F, overcast, howling wind
Other Activity: Blowing so hard that I couldn't get a good look through 'scope. There might have been a bird on the nest but I could not tell.
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-02 - Black Rock Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-24
10:00 AM to 10:10 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 F, overcast, howling wind
Other Activity: Blowing so hard that I couldn't get a good look through 'scope. There might have been a bird on the nest but I could not tell.
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Ted & Joan McElligott
Nest Name:
LYN-02 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker R16
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-24
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 62° breezy overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-24
616 AM to 5:00 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Very windy, 60 degrees
Other Activity: A pair have been here on and off all day. This morning one was on the platform flapping its wings while the other one was flying around the marsh. A solitary one has been sitting on the marsh perch for at least an hour.
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Christine Morabito
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-24
11:10 AM to 12:30 PM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 68 degrees, cloudy, wind 24 mph
Other Activity: Observed bird 1 sitting on nest and I waited to see bird 2. After about 20 minutes, bird 1 stood up and bird 2 stood up from nest as well (presumably, having been there the entire time). One bird (unclear which) briefly flew to a nearby perch. Then both sat on nest again.
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-24
7:25 PM to 7:40 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 57F, wind 17MPH, low tide, cloudy,
Other Activity: Two adult OSPRs on the nest, fooling around, perching, moving etc. After one left, the other seemed to settle down to incubate. Not sure if they have any eggs or if they're just house keeping. ??
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-24
7:25 PM to 7:40 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 57F, 15mph, cloudy, low tide
Other Activity: 2 birds were playing around on top of nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-23
11:31 AM to 12:29 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2 +
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 67 degrees, cloudy, very low tide, some breezes on the marsh, some sun breaking through clouds later
Other Activity: 1 Osprey incubating on the nest, 2nd Osprey fishing the creek off to the right of the nest. 11:45 the fishing O brought a fish to the marsh perch - feeds self, then flies off with fish at 11:50 when a 3rd Osprey soars overhead. O with fish flies to the nest, the incubating O flew off and later brings something back to the nest, aerates & settles back on the eggs, while the fishing O does a fly about the nest and settles on the marsh perch drying out wings at 12:15.
Observation Method: on foot, down on the marsh
General Comments: 2 other Ospreys were soaring in the distance over by Plum Island.
Name: Jim Malone
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-23
05:02 PM to 05:97 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 66F, cloudy 10 mph sw
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Car
General Comments: Single bird dropping nesting material