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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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11637 results:

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:
2019-05-26
10:30 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Saugus

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions:

Other Activity: Still Low in the nest

Observation Method:

General Comments: I'll check again on Thursday

 

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:
2019-05-26
10:30 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Saugus

Number of Adults Visible:

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions:

Other Activity: Still Low in the nest

Observation Method:

General Comments: These are the only three active platforms

 

Name: Geoff Wilson

Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-26
10:30 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Revere

Number of Adults Visible:

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions:

Other Activity: Still low in the nest

Observation Method:

General Comments: I'll check again Thursday

 

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:
2019-05-25
12:15 PM to 01:15 PM
at: Salem

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 65F, SE at 14 mph, sunnyy piling

Other Activity: Male was incubating, female was perched on nearby piling. Soon after, she returned to the nest and resumed incubating. Male stayed perched at first. They both flew off, circled, then returned. Eventually the male seemed to be incubating along side the female.

Observation Method: on foot by scope

General Comments:

 

Name: Albert Levesque

Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-25
02:45 PM to 03:20 PM
at: Salem

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 65F, SE at 14 mph, sunny

Other Activity: Male perched on nearby Little Aquavitae daymarker. Female incubating. Male eventually flew over and perched on the nest, and started eating.

Observation Method: on foot by scope

General Comments:

 

Name: Emerson Dahmen

Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-25
3:35 PM to 5 PM
at: Rowley

Number of Adults Visible: 3

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 72° F Winds SW 4-7 mph 20% cloud cover

Other Activity: Female in nest, male approaches with fish, but flies away with it. 3 other osprey appear, one approa approaches nest, flies off. 5 osprey visible at once. 3 eggs in nest. None of the other 4 osprey join female in defending nest.

Observation Method: Boat

General Comments:

 

Name: Lynette Leka

Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-25
08:15 AM to 08:30 AM
at: Newbury

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 59 degF, clear sky, light swirly breeze

Other Activity: one bird down in nest, second bird perched on driftwood quite a bit east, feeding self the square frame platform to the west and across the river has one bird perched (NOT incubating) at the nest, a second down in the grasses to the east

Observation Method: on foot

General Comments:

 

Name: Lynette Leka

Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-25
07:55 AM to 08:10 AM
at: Newbury

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 58 degF, clear sky, light wind from NW

Other Activity: one bird on the nest in incubating position, second bird in grasses under the platform edge

Observation Method: on foot

General Comments: observed at the same time as the Graf Marsh platform

 

Name: Lynette Leka

Nest Name:
NEW-01 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-25
07:55 AM to 08:10 AM
at: Newbury

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 58 degF, clear sky, light wind from NW

Other Activity: one bird down in the nest, one perched on the perch post

Observation Method: on foot

General Comments:

 

Name: Lynette Leka

Nest Name:
IPS-07 - Plum Island #2

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-25
07:00 AM to 07:15 AM
at: Newbury

Number of Adults Visible: 0

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 52 degF, clear sky, moderate wind from NW

Other Activity: scanned the area, never saw an Osprey

Observation Method: on foot

General Comments:

 
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