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: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-04 - Annisquam River Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-14
10:53 AM to 11:15 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: partly cloudy , light wind, 50 degrees
Other Activity: Both male & female there, one on nest and one with a fish on the marsh perch.
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments: Love their style of decorating with a Dog yard flag and police tape tucked into the branches.
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-14
10:30 AM to 10:50 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: parlty cloudy, light wind, 50 degrees.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-14
8:45 AM to 9:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 47 degrees, light wind, partly sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Again, love the choice of decorating materials that this Osprey has chosen...looks like a sheet of some sort which the next day he had tucked into the branches.
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-13
3:08 PM to 3:19 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, breezy, 60
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: NO sticks on platform
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-13
3:45 PM to 3:55 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, breezy, 60
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-13
3:23 PM to 3:40 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, breezy, 60
Other Activity: Another osprey came flying by and landed on a pole 4 poles from the nest, had a fish and sat on pole and ate it. No interaction that I saw with the one on the nest. Osprey on nest stood up turned around and sat down again. Looks like some sticks may have been added since last observation.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-07 - Town Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-13
2:30 PM to 2:45 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 53 degrees, clear , light North
Other Activity: No sign of any nest-building on the platform. No osprey in sight
Observation Method: from rail trail
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-13
10:30 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: breezy, 52F, high tide, cloudy
Other Activity: one OSPR perched on nest; another OSPR flew in and joined the mate
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Betsey Bennett
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-13
04:00 PM to 04:30 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: We have seen the pair fishing snd eating fish on both towers, one with nest, one without.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: We had 1 arrive early April. then a pair arrived but the one said "NO!" this is my nest. mate arrived a week later.
Name: GAIL SMITH
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-13
12:45 PM to 1:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: partly sunny, 55, 15 mph winds
Other Activity: one osprey was perched on the side of the nest and the other osprey was on a perch below the nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: