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:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-21
11:30 AM to 11::50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 60F and breezy and sunny
Other Activity: 1 osprey standing in the marsh next to its usual perch stick. It appears to be feeding
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: NO OTHER OSPREY ACITIVITY WAS OBSERVED AFTER THIS DATE
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-16
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 70,sunny& breezy
Other Activity: for the past 2 days and today one osprey has been observed perched on a stick in the marsh near the nest platform 1A.. No other activity was oberved by it or any other osprey observed
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Robert Eisenman
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-14
03:00 PM to 04:00 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Clear, bright, noticible wind
Other Activity: No flights, no nest visits by the adult, 2 fecal excretions, squawking periods until lower pitch tones were heard, movement between nest and nest perch
Observation Method: Computer
General Comments:
Name: Robert Eisenman
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-14
04:55 PM to 05:00 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Clear, bright
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Computer
General Comments: 1 fecal excretions, no food present. 'Liz' may be (unfortunately) a kinesthetic learner when it comes to learning to hunt for itself.
Name: Robert Eisenman
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-14
05:55 PM to 05:55 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Clear, bright, some wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Computer
General Comments: Visual instructional aid may be helpful https://i.ibb.co/3BQLfXh/20200914174812-2.jpg
Name: Vencie Anderson
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-13
11:40 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Partly cloudy, windy
Other Activity: Liz arrived at nest immediately followed by Squam delivering a fish, then flew away. After several minutes, Liz left the nest.
Observation Method: Web cam
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-10
10:30 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 77 - cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Driving past the nest on 107
General Comments: There was one bird on the nest, presumably a fledgling. Didn't see any others nearby.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-09
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 74F, sunny and slight breeze
Other Activity: osprey at first perched on nest platform then flew to edge of river and immersed itself almost up to its shoulder. It then splashed around for around 10 minutes and then flew back to the nest platform. Another osprey was perched on the old pier remnants the whole time
Observation Method:
General Comments: no osprey seen at or around the new nest
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-09
6:00 PM to 6:15 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 70's cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: From our house
General Comments: Both of our fledglings are still here. One was on the dish where their nest once was until the pole fell over last month. The other was in a nearby tree. I was able to determine that we have a male & a female. We see them every day feeding and chirping often in the tree just outside our window. We will miss them when they head south.
Name: Melissa Root
Nest Name:
NEW-02 - Upper Parker River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-07
3:45 to 4:00
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75 degrees, sunny, moderate wind
Other Activity: Both Millie and Parker were there today. One osprey was feeding him/her self on the nest. The other was perched nearby on the marsh below.
Observation Method: Boat; high tide
General Comments: