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: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-07-29
5 PM to 7:30 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 7
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 80 degrees, 15 mph SW, Clear
Other Activity: We had up to 8 osprey circling and calling over the Ring's Island platforms and along the river last night for more than two hours. Osprey would come and go, but there were usually at least 5 osprey circling at any time. The local residents occasionally perched on the nest platform or on platform 3. We also are pretty sure that we saw the local fledgling return to the platform with a fish. Maybe its first catch as it flew from platform to platform clutching the fish (but not eating it) for more than an hour.
Observation Method: from back deck
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-07-29
10:30 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 85F, hi tide, sunny, 60%H, breeze 7 MPH
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: local resident said that he thought there was only one chick usually present, but it was not visible today
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-07-29
10:55 AM to 11:10 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80 sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle from Raddin St.
General Comments: One adult was perched on the nest and 2 chicks were visible in the nest.
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-07-29
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Humid, 90, overcast
Other Activity: Both osprey eating fish
Observation Method: On deck
General Comments:
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ESS-06 - Soginese Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-07-28
4:28 PM to 5:03 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2 (+2)
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1 not seen, (Osprey intruders)
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 84 degrees, hot & humid, sunny & clear around nest/creek area, clouds arriving.....
Other Activity: Female stayed perched on the nest edge, shading chick. Male flew 8 times from the nest perch and then back to the nest perch. Alert/alarm calls each time, 2 other male Ospreys were flying into air space around and over the nest. Chatter between male & female on the nest. Chick flat in the nest during this visit, I am happy to say. Male & female defending chick & nest.
Observation Method: on foot from the gravel road
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-07-27
01:45 PM to 02:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76F, SE at 15 mph, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: This pair started late. The chicks are much smaller than the others in the harbor.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-07-27
12:35 PM to 01:26 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 76F, SE at 15 mph, sunny
Other Activity: Male was perched nearby on Little Aquavitae marker and left later. One fledgling had flown to the rocks below the nest. A half hour later, the female returned with two fledglings and they had a fish. It was not clear but appeared that a fledgling had the fish. That fledgling and the female stayed on the nest, the other fledgling left.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-07-27
02:00 PM to 02:18 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2?
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 4?
Weather Conditions: 76F, SE at 15 mph, sunny
Other Activity: Male perched on crossbar below the nest, one fledgling on the nest who left soon after. Later saw four flying together in waters just past the nest location.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-07-27
03:00 PM to 03:20 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 76F, SE at 15 mph, sunny
Other Activity: Adult remained perched, one of the young flew off and on several times. The other two perched or squatted.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
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:
2019-07-27
03:40 PM to 03:45 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 76F, SE at 15 mph, sunny
Other Activity: There were an adult and a fledgling flying low close to the nest and circling. I assume they are the adult and fledgling from the nest.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: