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: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
IPS-06 - Plum Island #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-29
7:45 AM to 8:00 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 44 degF, 0% cloud cover, light wind from NNE
Other Activity: lots of action: when I arrived one bird was perched at nest, two birds were flying and chasing each other right over the nest; then those two flew a short distance away and put down on the marsh grasses, not far from each other; finally one flew up to the nest, attempted to copulate, but the intruder returned as well and harassed the pair; it left, they copulated, the male flew away, and the female tended to something in the nest, then settled in - in incubating position? could she have an egg and still spend as much time off of it as she did?
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: there's another platform with nest across the river - Hog Island? a pair was there - one at the nest, one on the nest perch; is this platform being monitored?
Name: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-02 - Wingarsheek Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-29
6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 53 degrees, wind s 6mph, partly sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments:
Name: David Rimmer
Nest Name:
ESS-04 - Round Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-29
11:00 AM to 11:15 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Sean Riley
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-29
10 AM to 11 AM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: nice out
Other Activity:
Observation Method: via scope
General Comments: 2 New Osprey sitting on the new platform installed end of summer 2018. Birds have been on platform for a few days now.
Name: Sean Riley
Nest Name:
EAB-01 - MBTA Rail Yard
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-29
10:00 AM to 11 AM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: nice out
Other Activity: Bird sitting on nest, looks like on eggs due to behavior
Observation Method: Foot via scope
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-08 - Shad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-28
02:40 PM to 02:50 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 49 F, overcast, howling wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments: DATE IS WRONG. I observed 4/27/19. Am on Windows 10, Edge browser
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-28
2:40 PM to 2:50 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 49 F, HOWLING wind, overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments: DATE IS WRONG. I observed 4/27/19. Am on Windows 10, Edge browser
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:
2019-04-28
02:40 PM to 02:50 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 49 F, overcast, HOWLING wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments: DATE IS WRONG. I observed 4/27/19. Am on Windows 10, Edge browser
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-28
1:30 PM to 1:45 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55F, slight breeze, low tide, cloudy, drizzly
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: emerson dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-28
8:30 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 50 degrees F Winds W @ 3-5 mphMale
Other Activity: Female on nest. ONE EGG IN NEST. Male joined female on nest
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: