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: Doug Stewart
Nest Name:
IPS-08 - Sally Weatherall Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-04
12:00 PM to 12:00 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, calm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: Platform is still bare.
Name: Doug Stewart
Nest Name:
IPS-03 - Green Point Road Platform 2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-04
11:30 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Cloudy , calm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Doug Stewart
Nest Name:
IPS-02 - Green Point Road Platform 1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-04
11:30 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Cloudy , calm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: no sign of activity this spring - thin layer of sticks on platform is evidently residue from past seasons.
Name: Sean Riley
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-04
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: cloudy / rain
Other Activity: The pair has officially claimed the new platform. Seems like a young pair, cant figure out really how to build the nest. Male is not very good at mating. But they are both trying at both activities. Adding mainly grass to the nest, today they added their first stick. I have been bringing sticks out into the marsh to try to help. Finally started grabbing sticks today.
Observation Method: by scope
General Comments: New nest is great to view from the main belle isle boardwalk. Hopefully the pair will be successful, but might take a year. Fun to watch, very comical.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-04
01:35 PM to 01:45 PM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 52F, calm, overcast
Other Activity: One perched on platform, other on the perch.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Platform has a thin layer of nesting material. some of it long straw hanging well below the edge and blowing in the breeze.
Name: Sean Riley
Nest Name:
EAB-01 - MBTA Rail Yard
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-04
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: cloudy
Other Activity: Female has been on the nest since Tuesday maybe earlier , I was gone over the weekend. On eggs for sure
Observation Method: on foot by scope.
General Comments: Female on nest, male pretty active, both birds are tolerating the new pair in the reservation really well.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
EAB-01 - MBTA Rail Yard
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-04
01:35 PM to 01:45 PM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 52F, calm, overcast
Other Activity: One incubating, the other perched on nearby post.
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Nancy Perry
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-04
06:35 PM to 07:39 PM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 50 ℉, occasional gentle breeze, mostly calm, warm, cloudy40℉ by the time I left
Other Activity: One adult perched on branch of another tree near the nest tree. Flew away for a few minutes & not seen. Returned to tree branch. No activity in nest at all. About 30 minutes later, (when my back was turned, wouldn't you know) bird was gone from that tree and there was an osprey in the nest. Don't know for certain that this was the same bird, but this was the first time that I could see any activity near nest. Bird stood up once inside nest & settled down again.
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: Maddening! Birds aren't supposed to move when one's back is turned, caring for equipment.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-03
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 48F, raw and calm.
Other Activity: osprey lying inside nest and other osprey perched on stick in marsh
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
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:
2019-05-03
11:50 AM to 12:00 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 48 F, overcast, breeze, high tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments: