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-14 - Rogers Island Duck Blind #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-19
11:00 AM to 11:15 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 70 F70% cloudsNE 12 mph
Other Activity: 2 brown back osprey on nest, one presumed adult osprey flying and making alarm calls. One of the fledglings flew during the observation
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-19
11:00 AM to 11:15 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2?
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 70F12 mph NE70% clouds
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: my guess would be one fledgling on the nest because two osprey rose from the marsh calling and another was perched on the platform perch
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-19
7:00 AM to 8:30 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 70 F70% cloudsNE 12
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: my guess is that it was a fledgling on the nest but the distance was too great to be certain. There were two osprey flying over the area and caslling as well as one (flredgling?) perched on Laws Creek blindTime frame was same for other nest observations
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-04 - Six Goose Creek blind
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-19
11:00 AM to 11:15 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 70 F70% cloudsNE 12 mph
Other Activity: 2 osprey flying in area over 6 Goose Creek, only one calling, seemed to be calling so I assume one adult & 1 fledgling
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-07 - Town Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-17
10:30 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80 degrees, clear, light NW wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from rail trail
General Comments: No sign of any nesting activity, but this is one of several sightings of an osprey using the platform as a perch. I'm thinking that it would be interesting to categorize the various platforms and nest sites along the lines of 1. active nesting site that successfully fledged young. 2 active nest site with eggs/nestlings that failed to produce fledgl;ings, 3 site with nest building activity but no eggs laid, 4 site with some perching activity, but no nest building 5 site with no observed osprey activity. I'm sure you could improve the categories, but it could be interesting as part of a season-end report, if you're not already doing something along these lines.
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-17
10:45 AM to 11:09 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 73 degrees, sunny, nice, some clouds, breezy, some sun shimmer/sheen and low tide
Other Activity: 1 Osprey perched on the perch next to the nest. Another Osprey was soaring, off to the right of the nest area.
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ESS-06 - Soginese Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-17
12:13 PM to 12:30 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74 degrees, more muggy & getting hotter, breezy, some clouds, low tide
Other Activity: 1 adult Osprey perched on the nest perch. The Osprey soared off and a Herring Gull landed in the nest for a short visit. An Osprey (same one or different one), carrying a headless silver fish, flew over the nest area, then over me, and soared off to the left, over the grove of trees. I also observed an Osprey in the ESS-03 Great Bank nest.
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-17
11:35 AM to 12:04 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 74 degrees, sun, some sun sheen, breezy, low tide, nice
Other Activity: 1 adult Osprey on perch on the nest, and 1 fledgling in the nest. 1 fledgling flying around the nest a few times - attempting to land on the nest - missed and landed on the marsh. 1 adult Osprey soars in and lands on the perch next to the nest. 1 fledgling perched on a post near the nest - flies off low and down onto the marsh.
Observation Method: on foot, from the boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-16
02:45 PM to 02:55 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 88F, WNW at 7 mph cloudy
Other Activity: Apparently both young have flown.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-08-16
01:40 PM to 02:00 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 88F, WNW at 7mph, cloudy
Other Activity: Both adults and three young on the nest. None flew. Still not clear if the third young has flown.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: