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: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-13
11:30 AM to 12 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 80f, sunny,breeze
Other Activity: 2 osprey perched on pier pilings and 2 inside nest, and 1 perched on stick in marsh. The one on the pier flew up to nest. The one on the stick flew over to the new nest on high tension line & harassed the ospreys there. Soon 2 opreys were chasing each otherflying over the Saugus River and then over my head and over the GE plant. Then I saw them fly back over the river. One went back over to the nest and the other went back to the stick in the marsh
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: New nest observed on top of a high tension utility pole with wires running from back of Wheelabrator plant to the commuter train tracks
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-13
11:30 AM to 12 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 80f, sunny,breeze
Other Activity: 2 osprey perched on pier pilings and 2 inside nest, and 1 perched on stick in marsh. The one on the pier flew up to nest. The one on the stick flew over to the new nest on high tension line & harassed the ospreys there. Soon 2 opreys were chasing each otherflying over the Saugus River and then over my head and over the GE plant. Then I saw them fly back over the river. One went back over to the nest and the other went back to the stick in the marsh
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: New nest observed on top of a high tension utility pole with wires running from back of Wheelabrator plant to the commuter train tracks
Name: Robert Eisenman
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-12
02:00 PM to 02:10 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Some clouds
Other Activity: Initially the best is empty with one Osprey seen perched on the post nearer the water. A fledging then lands in the empty nest.
Observation Method: Computer
General Comments: See video: https://youtu.be/8mOTdYK4STQ
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-12
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Hot, humid, 77 degrees
Other Activity: Both chicks were in the nest at 6am. When I checked back at 8am, one chick was missing. The second chick, who I believe is the smaller one (Rudy) flew off the nest at 8:20am to meet his mother at a nearby small island. He then flew back to the nest. He has made another small, low to the marsh flight out to his mother on the island and back again to the nest.
Observation Method: From the deck
General Comments:
Name: Robert Eisenman
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-11
06:30 AM to 06:40 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: Morning sunlight
Other Activity: All 3 in nest Adults not seen
Observation Method: Computer
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-10
07:10 AM to 07:25 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73 degF, light wind from W, 40% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult on the platform perch, 2 juvs in nest, one feeding itself, both of them doing wing flapping but didn't attempt to fly
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-10
07:10 AM to 07:25 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73 degF, light wind from W, 40% cloud cover
Other Activity: two adults perched at nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-10
07:30 AM to 07:45 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 73 degF, light wind from WSW, 30% cloud cover
Other Activity: one juv on post perch, so flew there; second juv in nest flew around and back; third juv in nest, not observed to fly; one adult on nest perch
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-10
06:30 AM to 10:35 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny hot
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-10
07:50 AM to 07:55 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73 degF, light wind from WNW, 30% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult on perch feeding itself; second adult down in grasses - couldn't tell what it was doing
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: I stayed just five minutes to ascertain that both adults were still on site