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: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-24
3:35 PM to 5:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73° F Winds E at 3-5 mph
Other Activity: One osprey on nest perch, other on marsh perch
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-24
3:35 PM to 5:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73° F Winds E at 3-5 mph
Other Activity: One osprey on nest perch, other on marsh perch
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-04A - Six Goose Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-24
3:35 PM to 5:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73° F Winds E at 3-5 mph
Other Activity: Osprey perched on nest
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ESS-07 - Babson Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-24
11:05 AM to 11:21 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75 degrees, sunny, wispy clouds, breezy, low tide, beautiful!
Other Activity: No Osprey activity observed around the nest platform area. Observations made at the same time I was monitoring ESS-02.
Observation Method: on foot, from the boat ramp at the end of Island Road
General Comments:
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ESS-06 - Soginese Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-24
10:05 AM to 10:55 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: not seen yet, but there
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73 degrees, sunny, wispy clouds, low tide, breezy, a beautiful day!
Other Activity: Female Osprey perched on the edge of the nest, shading chick/s. Male flying overhead. All of a sudden, many, many flyers appeared - couldn't count them! The soaring male flew in to perch on the nest perch, at 10:15 AM and stayed there, being the look-out. The flyers moved on. During our visit, the female moved slightly around the perimeter of the nest, being "Mombrella." Lots of Baltimore Orioles, Egrets, gulls & swallows, Eastern Kingbirds and others birds flying around. Isabelle & I were excited to see a pair of Glossy Ibis wading in the marsh.
Observation Method: on foot, down on the rocky trial, on the marsh
General Comments:
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-24
11:05 AM to 11:21 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75 degrees, sunny, wispy clouds, low tide, breezy, beautiful!
Other Activity: Crow perched on the nest. I scanned the marsh w/bins and only saw 2 Ospreys perched on posts, next to each other way off to the extreme left of the nest area.
Observation Method: on foot, from the boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Christine Morabito
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-24
07:47 AM to 08:29 AM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees, sunny, wind 5mph
Other Activity: Bird 1 (identified as female by plumage) was standing on nest. 3 chicks were visible during my visit.
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
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:
2019-06-24
8:00 PM to 8:15 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 66f, hi tide, 64 h, WE8mph, mostly cloudy
Other Activity: 1 gull perched on nest - no OSPR present
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-23
8:15 PM to 8:30 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: whoops...failed to note
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-23
12:25 PM to 12:55 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 82F, w at 16 mph, sunny
Other Activity: Female feeding 2 visible chicks and possible 3rd down lower. Male arrived, left, settled on piling below the nest.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: