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.
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Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-02 - Black Rock Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-03
9:41 AM to 9:50 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58 F, misting, really windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-03
10:00 AM to 10:20 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55 degrees, cloudy, 10-15 NE
Other Activity: The three nestlings are growing fast and starting to flex their wings. The primary food appears to be pogies. Both today and yesterday my wife and I saw one of the adult osprey fly from the nest and swoop down to a mowed area next to the marsh behind our house and grab a vole with its talons and fly away carrying the vole. The adult did not return to the nest, but circled a couple of times around the house. When it reappeared both times it no longer was carrying the vole. This seems very strange to me. I wonder if others have seen this behavior.
Observation Method: from living room window
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-04 - Jacob’s Park Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-03
02:00 PM to 02:15 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 57F, N at 12 mph, drizzle
Other Activity: Two osprey were doing nest work on a low object on the marsh at some distance away, further than the blind, another flew around and landed on the marsh some distance from the side of the stand. One of the first pair left the low object and perched on the nest on the stand.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: The nest on the stand is substantial. I assume the pair building the second nest is the couple we will see on the stand next year. The third osprey must just be part of the young single crowd.
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-03
10:40 AM to 10:50 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58 F, misting, really windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from road side
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-03
10:40 AM to 10:50
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58 F, misting, really windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from road side.
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-02
4:00 PM to 4:15 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59f, 94% humid, cloudy, 14mph Wind, hi tide
Other Activity: one adult OSPR landed on the nest momentarily, then took off and returned.
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-02
11:50 AM to 12:05 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 - drizzle
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle from Raddin St. & again from Margin St.
General Comments: There is still no sign of an osprey on the nest.
Name: Caroline Haines
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-02
4:45 PM to 5:00 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, drizzle
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehivle
General Comments: Nest appears to be abandoned-no birds sighted for two weeks.
Name: Karen Rembert
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-02
04:15 PM to 04:38 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cloudy, breeze
Other Activity: When I first started watching, the male was on the "staging" post with his wings wide open; female on nest feeding chicks. Very soon another osprey flew over the male on his post and landed on the opposite side of water, but only stayed a few seconds before flying off. I didn't see what kind of fish the male had provided, but the female seemed to be having some difficulty tearing it apart. She continued to feed chicks, but kept looking off toward her right as if distracted. Around 4:34pm I noticed that the male was eating something on his perch and it appeared to be difficult to tear his food apart. He had not left the perch the entire time I watched.
Observation Method:
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:
2021-07-02
4:15 PM to 4:30 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59f, 94% humid, cloudy, 14mph wind, hi tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments: