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:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-14
10:00 AM to 10:10 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 90 F, clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from Plum Island bridge
General Comments:
Name: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
IPS-07 - Plum Island #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-14
9 AM to 9 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
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Other Activity:
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General Comments: Adult perched. Good nest built. House-keeping pair that never laid eggs.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-13
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: sunny,hot 90F & humid with slight breeze
Other Activity: 2 osprey sitting upright in the nest.. Other osprey is perch on the old pier in the Saugus River
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
ROW-12 - Rough Meadows Sanctuary Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-13
9 AM to 9 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
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Other Activity:
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General Comments: This is new nest started along patmos rd on a phone pole. Rowley light dept removed nest but it is rebuilt again now. Just a house=keeping pair. Plan is to install new platform nearby for 2022.
Name: Christopher Rogers
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-13
4:00 to 4:17
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Sunny, calm, 85
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Car and foot
General Comments: One adult in nest the second perched in nearby tree. No nestling activity observed.
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-13
5:00 PM to 5:15 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Hot and humid
Other Activity: one bird perched that I believe was a juvenile but unconfirmed; in any case, the bird flew off and landed in a tree on Choate Island leaving the nest empty.
Observation Method: kayak
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-12
07:50 AM to 08:20 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 83F, SW 6mph, Fair
Other Activity: Adult eating, 2 nestlings perched, other lied down. Other adult down on ground. Adult on nest left and returned with nesting material a couple times. One nestling spread its wings and did a small hop. All nestlings eventually lied down.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-12
8:30 AM to 8:45 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 79F, 87%humid, 7 wind speed, low tide, partly cloudy
Other Activity: One adult OSPR perched on lower rung of tower; one fledgling feeding itself in the nest; another fledgling flew in, perched for awhile, then flew up the river and perched on the next tower; the fledgling in the nest flapped its wings a lot but seemed to be unable to lift off.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-12
08:30 AM to 09:00 AM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 83F, SW 6mph, Fair
Other Activity: Nest empty most of the time but one fledgling landed and soon another, with something to eat, started to land but saw the other try to take it, and left. No adults visible anywhere near.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-12
06:15 AM to 06:35 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75 degF, moderate wind from SSW, 20% cloud cover
Other Activity: 1 adult at the nest, 2 juvs at the nest feeding themselves
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: