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: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy, 70F, breezy
Other Activity: one adult on perch stick of nest platform, 2 nestlings seen inside nest. Other adul t perched on 4b platform
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Betsey Lutts-Bennett
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
11:40 - 12 to 12:10
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: cloudy, threatening storm clouds warm, humid, 75 degrees
Other Activity: All 5 were soaring against the clouds and calling to each other.
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: I heard them before i saw them. they are over the North River learning to fly, hover, soar. What a week for osprey sightings in North Salem and Bridge Street.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
12:30 PM to 01:45 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75F, SSW 6mph, mostly cloudy
Other Activity: Female fed the chicks, male alternated between perching on sailboat spreader, lower piling of the nest base, and aft rail of a sailboat. He also chased an osprey intruder. One of the chicks did some exercising after the female simulated the wing spread and flying motion. The chick managed to stay aloft about 6 inches above the nest, up to about 4 seconds.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
06:50 AM to 07:05 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 62 degF, no wind, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult feeding chick; second chick down in nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
06:50 AM to 07:05 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 62 degF, no wind, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity: 1 adult flew in an perched on nest post; 1 juv perched on corner of platform, flapping its wings; two more juvs down in the nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
06:50 AM to 07:05 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 62 degF, no wind, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult on nest post perch, 1 juv perched on edge of nest, 2 juvs down in nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
08:00 AM to 08:20 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: cool, overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
07:15 AM to 07:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 9
Weather Conditions: 64 degF, no wind, 95% cloud cover
Other Activity: 1 adult perched at nest, 3 chicks in nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-01 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
07:15 AM to 07:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 degF, no wind, 95% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult one post perch with fish, one adult on nest perch, I couldn't be sure whether two or three chicks in the nest...
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Tim Simmons
Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
at: Merrimac
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75, light breeze, hazy sun
Other Activity: 2 adults no fledglings observed
Observation Method: foot, scope
General Comments: