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: Sean Riley
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-20
7:00 AM to 7:10 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: muggy and buggy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: by boat
General Comments: We paddled out to check on the age of the chicks...they were about 5 1/2 -6 weeks. Not quite fledged / banded both chicks. Adults back in nest shortly after departure. Band # 1218-06286 # 1218-06287
Name: Sean Riley
Nest Name:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-20
7:45 AM to 7:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: buggy / muggy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: One nestling was visible from the boat possibly more in nest, we are going to check the nest tomorrow, and band if appropriate.
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-05 - Hog Island Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-20
9 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 74 degrees F Winds NW @ 5-6 mph 100% high haze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Sean Riley
Nest Name:
REV-04 - Jacob’s Park Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-20
8 AM to 8 AM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat / foot
General Comments: nest failed , adults doing nest keeping etc.
Name: Sean Riley
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-20
7:30 AM to 7:40 AM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: muggy / buggy
Other Activity: adults and fledglings perched on nest perch
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: 2 Fledged juvs flew out of nest as soon as we landed the boat.
Name: James C Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-20
08:00 AM to 02:00 PM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: sunny, hot
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Tim Simmons
Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-20
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
at: Merrimac
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80 degrees, light s wind, hazy
Other Activity: feeding, stretching, wing flapping, very vocal adults now and one flew over and hovered above us for several minutes
Observation Method: foot, scope
General Comments: the last hatchling is nearly as large as the first 2
Name: Stephen Saxe
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-20
11:45 to 12:00
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny and hot
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-16A - Paine Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-20
9:30 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 74 degrees F Winds NW @ 5-6 mph 100% high haze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-16A - Paine Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-20
9:30 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 74 degrees F Winds NW @ 5-6 mph 100% high haze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: