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: Geoff Wilson
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-26
12:00 PM to 12:30 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: parent facing into the nest.
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General Comments:
Name: Geoff Wilson
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-26
12:00 PM to 12:30 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: parent facing into the nest.
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Name: Geoff Wilson
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-26
12:00 PM to 12:30 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: Parent and hatchling preening after a brief rain shower. Hatchling looks awesome, I’ll send you pictures.
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Name: Geoff Wilson
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-26
12:00 PM to 12:30 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: parent facing into the nest. Appears to be feeding chick, but I can’t see the chicks. I’ll check again later.
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Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-26
12:06 PM to 12:45 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76F, NW 7 mph, ptly cldy
Other Activity: Female on the nest, male on cross bar below, 2 young perched and the 3rd lower in the nest. All 3 stretching their wings though not very strongly. Male left.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: The young are quite large.
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-26
730 AM to 745 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast, humid
Other Activity:
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Name: sean riley
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-26
10 AM to 10:30
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: cloudy
Other Activity: male returned with fish. Based on time frame , I would think there must be small chicks in nest but none viewable yet. Will keep checking each day.
Observation Method: scope
General Comments: female still sitting in nest all day, so possibly covering small chicks or maybe eggs. Seems like eggs must have hatched but behavior does not reflect this.
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-26
4:00 PM to 4:15 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny6, 74F, W7MPH
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-25
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cloudy,drizzly,68
Other Activity: one adult on platform perch, other one sitting on edge of nest tending to chicks
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-25
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cloudy,drizzly,68
Other Activity: one adult on platform perch, other one sitting on edge of nest tending to chicks
Observation Method: foot
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