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:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-16
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: sunny, and 78
Other Activity: one osprey perch and preening on perch pole. Other osprey at edge of nest looking down into it. I saw the tops of a couple of nestlings heads. Osprey flew off and up above Saugus Marsh and River. It apparently spooked a blue heron that I saw take off. All of a sudden the osprey had a fish in its talons....may have taken it from heron. It flew up to nest with the fish.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-15
3:15 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 77F, humid, high tide, breeze, sunny
Other Activity: One OSPR perched on tower; 2nd OSPR feeding chicks; feeding OSPR intermittently flew away from nest; returned with a large branch which she dropped on the nest. ?? I was able to see 2 chicks at one point.
Observation Method: foot
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:
2018-07-15
2:30 PM to 2:45 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, humid, 76F, breeze, high tide
Other Activity: one gull perched on marker
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-14
02:54 PM to 03:10 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 73F SE 12mph, cloudy
Other Activity: Both adults and 3 nestlings on the nest. One adult perched, the other feeding the young. One of the young opened it's wings and only went for feeding a couple of times. The other two ate continuously while we were there.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-14
12:38 PM to 02:36 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 73F SE 12mph, sunny, becoming cloudy
Other Activity: One adult 2 young on nest. Other adult perched on Little Aquavitae marker, moved to nest, then one adult left. The larger of the young did extensive flapping and achieved a few inches of elevation but did not leave the nest. Other young mostly inactive.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
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:
2018-07-13
11:30alm to 11:50lam
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny,75, and breezy
Other Activity: 2 osprey flying together above nest and river. Both came down and one went into nest and other on perch.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-13
02:00 PM to 02:10 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74F, SE 10mph, sunny
Other Activity: Only the head of the nestling was visible. No activity.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: 2018-07-13
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-13
6:10 PM to 6:30 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 77 - sunny - light breeze
Other Activity: Only one adult was on the nest. The 3 chicks were exercising their wings. Lots of flapping going on! One of the chicks actually lifted off the nest a few inches a couple of time. Earlier either Ollie or Olivia was moving sticks around in the nest.
Observation Method: From our house
General Comments:
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-13
9:27 AM to 9:51 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74 degrees, sunny, wispy clouds, beautiful, breezy, in between low & high tide
Other Activity: 1 Osprey on nest perch, 1 Osprey on nest. (maybe a new mate for next season?) The 2 Ospreys flew off and landed on the marsh. There was 1 Osprey soaring around the nest area, when the 2 Ospreys were perched.
Observation Method: on foot Thank you to whoever mowed the trail to the marsh!
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:
2018-07-13
01:05 PM to 01:28 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74F, SE 10mph, sunny
Other Activity: 2 adults on nest, one left. Two young visible, one did a weak stretch. The adult was either eating or feeding a third. Not clear but worth watching for.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: 2018-07-13