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.
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Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
07:35 AM to 07:43 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70F, light SW wind, sunny
Other Activity: Just the 2 nestlings perched.
Observation Method: By scope from gazebo on Winter Island
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
02:50 PM to 03:18 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 87F, gusty SW wind, cloudy
Other Activity: A few minutes after setting up the bigger young one flew onto the platform and the smaller one flew past back and forth several times then landed on the top of the pole. Ten minutes later, the bigger one flew off again. Didn't see the adult.
Observation Method: By scope from gazebo on Winter Island
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
02:50 PM to 03:18 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 70F, light SW wind, sunny
Other Activity: Nest empty when we arrived, a few minutes later the bigger of the young flew on the platform and the smaller flew back and forth past the nest and eventually landed on the top of the pole. Sometime late the bigger flew off again. The adult wasn't there.
Observation Method: By scope from gazebo on Winter Island
General Comments: This is a duplicate entry. The first entry did not seem to take so I retried without using the "today" feature of the calendar.
Name: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
06:05 PM to 06:45 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 78 degrees, wind SSW 7 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments: I'm perplexed! This nest has had only one chick all season, now suddenly, a second chick is in the nest. Both are looking like they're close to fledging. No parent in sight.
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-11 - Dean Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
05:55 PM to 06:05 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 89 degrees, light wind, partly cloudy, incoming very high tide
Other Activity: 1 fledgling was quietly perched on the nest. An adult (I believe) flew past carrying a fish. The fledgling did not call out, and the adult flew over to the west side of Dean and was later observed eating the fish.
Observation Method: By kayak from Island Rd.
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-07 - Babson Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
05:30 PM to 05:40 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 89 degrees, light wind, partly cloudy, incoming very high tide
Other Activity: Fledgling on the post by the nest, calling softly. I just observed it at a distance, so it didn't flush, and it stayed on the post.
Observation Method: By kayak from Island Rd.
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
05:15 PM to 05:25 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 89 degrees, light wind, partly cloudy, incoming very high tide
Other Activity: A boat was pulled up to the Brophy hut, and people were on the deck. No osprey were on the nest or posts, but 2 osprey were visible in the trees over on Choate Island
Observation Method: By kayak from Island Rd
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-11 - Middle Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-16
09:20 AM to 09:25 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70F, slight breeze, clear, heat waves obscuring view
Other Activity: A long look through heat waves. Not sure whether adult or immature bird
Observation Method: Pretty Apple Road, Salisbury WMA
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-10 - Lunt Rock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-16
09:43 AM to 09:55 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72 f, breeze, clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-09 - Blackwater Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-16
10:40 AM to 10:50 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72f, breeze, clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Markey's parking lot
General Comments: