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: 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:
2019-05-18
03:00 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, E wind at 15mph, sunny
Other Activity: Female incubating, male on distant piling feeding on large fish. Afterward, he flew to nest and gave fish to female who had already risen. She flew to near piling to eat and male took over incubating.
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:
2019-05-18
03:30 PM to 03:55 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65F, E wind at 15mph, sunny
Other Activity: Stayed in position, no visitors.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesqueb
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-18
12:40 PM to 01:15 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65F, E wind at 15mph, sunny
Other Activity: Deep nest, bird likely there. Neighbor reported sighting earlier in the day.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
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:
2019-05-18
08:40 AM to 08:55 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55 degF, 0% cloud cover, stiff wind now from NW
Other Activity: one bird in nest, other perched on some piling; west of that I can see another platform, with one bird just perched at nest (not incubating), and another bird down in grasses quite a ways to the east
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-18
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: 54 degF, 0% cloud cover, stiff blustery wind from the North
Other Activity: one bird down in nest, one bird on post perch
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: observed at same time as 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:
2019-05-18
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: 54 degF, 0% cloud cover, stiff blustery wind from North
Other Activity: one bird down in nest, other on post perch feeding self; a second-year Bald Eagle was down in the grasses north of that - when it took off, the bird on the perch did as well, then came back, I didn't see any interaction
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:
2019-05-18
07:10 to 07:25
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 52 degF, 0% cloud cover, moderate wind from NNE
Other Activity: I scanned all up and down the area, never saw an Osprey
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: sure hope this nest isn't abandoned already...
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
IPS-06 - Plum Island #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-18
07:35 AM to 07:50 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 52 degF, 0% cloud cover, light swirly breeze
Other Activity: one bird down in nest, other perched on driftwood, feeding self; across the river I can see two more pair: one on nest, on a structure south of the platform, mate down in grasses; north of that there are two birds perched on a structure
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-18
2:00 PM to 2:10 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: One osprey was flying around and landed on the nest & sat down in the nest.
Observation Method: Vehicle from Margin St.
General Comments:
Name: Rick Pierce
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-05-18
12:40 PM to 12:55 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, slight breeze, sunshine
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: