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-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-02
11:30 AM to 11:50alm
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cloudy, breezy,62F,
Other Activity: one osprey on nest platform tending to nest. Other osprey perched on stick nearby in the marsh
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-02
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cloudy, very breezy & 50F
Other Activity: other osprey on the platform perch stick
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-02
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM/m
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: partyly sunny, breezy 38F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: other osprey not seen
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-01
4:45 PM to 5:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 46F, overcast, windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: car
General Comments: both this tower and the next one have new 'signs' affixed to the top rung. I'll try to send a pic via email. For the next generation of this reporting form, it would be great if we could attach a recent pic.
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-01
5:45 PM to 06:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 45F, overcast, windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Richard Barry
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-03-31
2.30 PM to 3.15 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 69
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: checked out new nest then flew into a dead pine on rivers edge
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-01 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker G15
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-03-31
10:15 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59, breezy, partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments: 03/31/2021
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-03-30
11:15 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 50 degrees, cloudy, 15 MPH SE
Other Activity: A second osprey arrived. The male is on platform 3 and the female is on platform 2. The male flies to join the female and immediately mates with her. Definitely a pair. They perch on various platforms the rest of the day.
Observation Method: from bedroom window
General Comments: When eagles have flown by along the river the local osprey chases and dives on the eagle to drive it away.
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-03-28
10:30 AM to 10:40 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: cool, clear
Other Activity: no ospreys seen.There was an american egret though
Observation Method: from the boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Marty Jessel
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-03-28
11:30 AM to 12:00 pl
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: