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: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-01 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-29
08:40 AM to 08:55 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 82 degF, light wind from WNW, clear sky
Other Activity: one adult perched on the post, feeding itself
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
IPS-07 - Plum Island #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-29
08:00 to 08:15
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
IPS-07 - Plum Island #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-29
07:45 AM to 08:00 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 78 degF, moderate wind from W, clear sky
Other Activity: two juvs perched at nest, one feeding itself, the other calling
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
IPS-06 - Plum Island #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-29
08:10 AM to 08:25 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 81 degF, light wind from SSW, clear sky
Other Activity: one juv at the platform, feeding itself; one adult purched in a nearby snag, later flew away
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: jim roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-28
07:35 AM to 07:45 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: hot, overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-26
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 78 F, 8 mph S, 10% clouds
Other Activity: osprey flewup from marsh west of nest while boat was approaching blind on Law's Creek
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-26
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3?
Weather Conditions: 78 F, 9 mph S, 10% clouds
Other Activity: one osprey appeared from east of Law's Creek; another appeared flying NW of LC blind, third osprey also flying west of and over Law's Creek, but origin not observed. One of the flying osprey appeared to have a damaged wing (missing 1-2 flight feathers?) but seemed to be flying more smoothly than when observed last week.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-26
2:15 PM to 3:02 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1 +
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3 +
Weather Conditions: 80 degrees, no cloud cover, beautiful, breezy, high tide going out, sunny
Other Activity: Nest empty in the beginning. Five soaring Ospreys over, around, to the left & right of the nest. The male Osprey then perched on the nest perch. Off to the right of the nest, 2 Ospreys remained perched on 2 of the 3 fence posts. Then more soaring Ospreys. A neighborhood boater came in and said they saw "2 in the nest" and pointed to the Great Bank Nest. A wonderful Osprey afternoon!
Observation Method: on foot, on the boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-24
1:15 PM to 1:15 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: sunny - 70's
Other Activity:
Observation Method: driving past the nest on Rt. 107
General Comments: There was nobody on the nest when we drove past. There was one osprey, guessing a fledgling, perched on a utility pole farther up Rt. 107 towards Revere.
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-24
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: sunny - 70's
Other Activity:
Observation Method: From our house
General Comments: We watch the osprey all day every day and it seems that there are only 3 in the area now, probably the fledglings but it is hard to be sure. The last time we saw 4 was several days ago. They are perched all around, eating and chirping up a storm all day. This morning I saw 2 flying in circles at a really great height in a little way downstream from our nest.