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: Robert Eisenman
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-07
10:10 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Other Activity: Adult brings partially eaten fish to fledging. Adult then flies away
Observation Method: Computer
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
IPS-09 - Broad Creek Camp
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-06
5:00 PM to 5:25 PM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74, light wind, some high clouds
Other Activity: Lone osprey perched on posts west of Camp. Then flew east high over Great Neck, Ipswich
Observation Method: Foot from Nelson's Island parking area
General Comments:
Name: David Shawn
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-06
10:00 AM to 10:40 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 72 degrees, calm, partly cloudy
Other Activity: Squam, the adult male, and Liz, the fledgling both flew in to the nest, with Squam providing a fish for Liz. This happened approximately 10:20 am.
Observation Method: webcam
General Comments: Notes on the ecga.org page had said that Squam had not been sighted on the nest for a week. However, both the adult and fledgling were in the nest together at this time.
Name: Robert Eisenman
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-05
05:05 PM to 05:10 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Other Activity: Food drop into nest by adult of partially eaten fish. Adult flies away after.
Observation Method: Computer
General Comments:
Name: Robert Eisenman
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-04
10:30 AM to 10:59 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Other Activity: The fledging has a half eaten fish but squawks constantly rather than eating. The adult is seen eating a large fish on the waterside perch. https://i.ibb.co/QdXB1Gs/Screenshot-20200904-103943.png The fledging, often looking at the adult, squawks constantly. The adult leaves the waterside perch and drops it's fish into the nest, departing afterward. https://youtu.be/zJ1h1zwPh-M
Observation Method: Computer
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-03
5:35 PM to 6:05 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70,light wind, 50% overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot from Nelson's island parking lot
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-03
5:00 PM to 5:25 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70. light wind, 50% overcast
Other Activity: Walked out to nest platform. Wing remains of nestling at base of platform.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
IPS-09 - Broad Creek Camp
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-03
5:35 PM to 6:05 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70,light wind, 50% overcast
Other Activity: Two adult (?) osprey perched either end of camp wreckage
Observation Method: foot from Nelson's Island parking lot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-01
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 72F, light and breezy, partly sunny
Other Activity: 1 osprey inside nest preening and feeding
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: 2 osprey observed perched next to the new nest on the utility pole
Name: Penny Warren
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-01
04:30 PM to 04:45 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Sunny, 71 degrees sligh wind
Other Activity: The young Osprey was in the nest alone, squawking. All of a sudden the adult Osprey landed and then took off, leaving a fish for the fledgling.
Observation Method: Osprey WebCam
General Comments: