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.
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Help track Osprey behavior north of Boston by submitting your observations using our easy-to-use online reporting form.
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Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-06
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72 and calm
Other Activity: 2 other osprey flying very high overhead over the Saugus River doing manuvers
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-06
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72 and calm
Other Activity: 2 other osprey flying very high overhead over the Saugus River doing manuvers
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Geoff Wilson
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-06
10:30 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
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General Comments: In the nest, but sitting higher than she has been
Name: Geoff Wilson
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-06
10:30 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
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General Comments: Still sitting low in the nest
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:
2019-06-06
3:10 PM to 3:40 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60F, mostly cloudy, W13 MPH, low tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-06
02:00 PM to 02:25 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 71F, SE at 9mph, few clouds
Other Activity: One incubating, shifted a bit but not much. Other perched on nearby piling. Another flew overhead but didn't linger. The one on the piling eventually left.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: This pair started late again this year. I expect they will be late hatching.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-06
12:40 PM to 01:45 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 71F, SE at 9mph, few clouds
Other Activity: Male left and returned. Female split time between eating and feeding chicks. I think there is a third chick but need a better sighting to be sure.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Geoff Wilson
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-06
10:30 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
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General Comments: Perched on the edge of the nest looking into the nest. Every so often she is preoccupied by what was going on inside the nest. I would guess there is a hatchling there.
Name: Jim Berry
Nest Name:
ESS-04 - Round Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-06-06
2:20 PM to 3:10 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, not too windy
Other Activity: Odd behavior, in the sense that I couldn't figure out the status of the nest. At first it was occupied by the female, soon joined by her mate. Then both birds left the nest and I saw them fishing together over toward Choate Island. The female returned to the nest briefly but did not stay, and the last 15-20 minutes of my stay the nest was unoccupied, which is not a good sign for eggs or small young--and it's too early for the young to be big enough to see. One, possibly two, other osprey(s) flew by, neither anywhere near the nest.
Observation Method: drove to Crane Beach dock and set up scope
General Comments: I'll visit again soon to see if the birds are still occupying this heretofore unsuccessful nest.
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:
2019-06-05
4:15 PM to 4:30 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75F, mostly cloudy, humid, w 10 mph
Other Activity: She got up from incubating and spent about 5 mins rearranging and apparently feeding herself. Again, no 2nd OSPR was visibile
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: