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: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-08
12:00 PM to 12:15 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 degrees, wind NNE 12mph, cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments: I believe this bird if flying between this platform and the Wingaersheek Salt Marsh Platform. She was over there last week, now back at Farm Creek.
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:
2021-07-08
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 degrees, wind NNE 12 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-08
9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 69F, 79%humid, 9 mph wind (but it seemed much windier), high tide, overcast
Other Activity: both adults were perched on the nest when I started watching; one nestling popped up briefly; then one adult OSPR flew away
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: several egrets perched in nearby trees
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-07
01:00 PM to 01:15 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 88F, W at 7mph. mostly sunny
Other Activity: Female and 2 chicks were perched. Chicks are small and were chirping to be fed. Male arrived about 10 minutes later with nice looking fish, and the chicks started feeding.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
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:
2021-07-07
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: hot sunny, humid, 86F
Other Activity: 1 adult in nest with possibly 2 nestlings seen. The other adult brought a big fish to the nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-07
4:30 PM to 4:45 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 86 cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: From our house
General Comments: We have 3 chicks!! Up until today I was only seeing 2 at a time. Ollie was perched in the nearby tree while Olivia was feeding the chicks. They are growing so fast & stretching their wings.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-07
01:30 PM to 01:40 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 88F, W at 7mph. mostly sunny
Other Activity: Female perched, partly shading the 3 chicks. Chicks mostly inactive and mostly resting.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-07
02:30 PM to 02:45 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 88F, W at 7mph. mostly sunny
Other Activity: Adult and both chicks were perched on the nest. The chicks are both quite large.
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-07
07:00 AM to 07:20 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 72 degF, moderate wind from SSW, clear sky
Other Activity: one adult at the nest - it chased off a second bird, then came back with a food in its talons and fed the chicks
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-07
07:00 AM to 07:20 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 72 degF, moderate wind from SSW, clear sky
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: