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: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04 - General Electric Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-23
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80f and sunny
Other Activity: One nestling flapped its wings so much it started hovering over nest a foot or so. Then dropped back into nest. Adult osprey then flew out of nest as if to convince it to fly towards it. It then flew back to the perch pole on the side of nest platform
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-02 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker R16
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-23
3:10 PM to 3:25 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80F, windy, cloudy
Other Activity: one Osprey near nest, second in nest
Observation Method: car, then on foot
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-01 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker G15
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-23
02:45 PM to 03:00 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80F, windy, cloudy
Other Activity: 2 nestlings sitting on edge of nest, preening.
Observation Method: car then on foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04 - General Electric Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-20
11:30 PM to 11:50 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1 or 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny
Other Activity: one adult on Perch post on side of nest platform . Can see 1 nestling in nest and possiby another.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04 - General Electric Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-20
11:30 PM to 11:50 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1 or 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny
Other Activity: one adult on Perch post on side of nest platform . Can see 1 nestling in nest and possiby another.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04 - General Electric Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-20
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1 or 2....hard to see exactly from such a distance
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80 and sunny
Other Activity: one adult on perch post on side of platform. Can see at least one nestling....possibly another.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Dont see other adult osprey
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-20
2:15 PM to 3:00 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80º, sunny and windy
Other Activity: 3 nestlings sighted - have not seen them off of the nest yet but one nestling spread her wings - one adult was perched for some time and flying for some time - a second adult made a cameo appearance on the nest and flying around Choate Island.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-20
3:45 PM to 4:20 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 80º, sunny and windy
Other Activity: One adult flying above and empty nest for a few minutes. Two fledglings and one adult on the moorings just at the edge of the marsh located in front of the nest. Later during the observation, one landed on the marsh perch, one landed on the nest perch, another on the nest rim and the last one was soaring above the nest
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-20
3:40 PM to 4:10 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, incoming high tide, slight breeze, 75F
Other Activity: one gull sitting on marker most of the time
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04 - General Electric Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-19
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75 and sunny
Other Activity: one adult at nest, seeing AT LEAST 2 nestlings. Other adult came to nest with fish in its talons
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: