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: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-03-27
6:45 AM to 7:00 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: From our house
General Comments: Ollie showed up like clockwork. He comes on just about the same date every year. This year he will have to build a new nest as the pole and nest that he has used for 10 years was knocked over last year. National Grid put up a new pole and dish for the nest.
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-03-27
11:15 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, clear, light SE
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from yard and bedroom window
General Comments: perched on platform 3, looks large, probably a female.I'm using a Firefox browser now Is this better for you? It auto-filled the date.
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-03-27
11:15 AM to 11:40 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, clear, light SE
Other Activity: Perched on third platform.
Observation Method: from yard and bedroom window
General Comments: looks large, probably a female. I'm now using a Firefox browser. I hope it works better for you. It autofilled the date.
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:
2021-03-26
03:30 PM to 03:45 PM
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:
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:
2021-03-25
02:30 PM to 02:45 PM
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:
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:
2021-03-24
02:30 PM to 92:35 PM
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:
Name: Rebecca Lawniczak
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-03-03
8:27 to 8:27
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 36degreesF, sunny, Wind 16mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: camera
General Comments:
Name: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-02 - Wingarsheek Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-01-28
11:00 AM to 11:15 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 54 degrees, cloudy, wind NE 9mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments: This pair appears to have have relocated from the nest at Farm Creek, where I believe she was incubating. Dave thinks maybe there was a threat over there to them which forced them to move.
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-11A - Paine Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-01-27
11:30 AM to 2:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees Winds NW at 8 mph 50% cloud cover
Other Activity: One on nest, other on camp platform. (One on nest flew and returned 3 times within one minute)
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-10-24
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 80F, sunny, hjot and humid
Other Activity: 1 ospreys perched on old pier remnants, 1 in nest, and 1 perched on the other osprey nest platform 2A, Osprey in nest flew over to Nest 2A and then back to nest 1A.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: while looking at the other generally unused newt platform #2A, I noticed osprey activity far behind it off in the distance..I then spotted another nest that I could just barely make out with my binoculars. It was on top of electrical pole that feeds electricity to the Wheelabrator plant. I could just make out 1 osprey head peering out from inside the nest and 2 osprey perched to the side of the nest sitting next to each other. I reported this new nest to Dave Rimmer via an email and a phone call