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: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-14 - Rogers Island Duck Blind #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-09
3 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2?
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 85 degrees F 50% cloud cover
Other Activity: Two osprey on nest, third perched on opposite end of blind
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Cannot tell adults from fledglings
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-09
3 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2?
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1?
Weather Conditions: 85 degrees F
Other Activity: 2 osprey in nest, 1 flying overhead
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Cannot tell adults from fledglings
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-09
3 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2?
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 85 degrees F 50% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey on nest, second osprey on marsh perch
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: Cannot tell adults from fledglings
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-04A - Six Goose Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-09
3 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2?
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1?
Weather Conditions: 85 degrees F 50% cloud cover
Other Activity: Two osprey on nest, third on marsh perch
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Cannot tell adults from fledglings.
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-08
9:00 AM to 9:15
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 70 F, overcast, no wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-02 - Black Rock Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-08
9:00 AM to 9:15
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 F, overcast, no wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-08
12:30 PM to 02:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 80F, SE 10 mph, sunny
Other Activity: Female and 3 young on the nest, male eating on nearby pilling. Female fed the smallest of the young, another had its own fish and was eating. When male finished he flew to the nest and the smallest left immediately. It seemed unsure and couldn't return to the nest. It rested atop the mast of a nearby boat, later it flew to the piling the male had fed on. The female flew to a piling near to it.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-08
8:30 to 8:36
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 70 F, overcast, no wind
Other Activity: 1 adult on perch, 2 fledglings on nest
Observation Method: from Plum Island Turnpike bridge
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-08
8:30 AM to 8:36
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 F, overcast, no wind
Other Activity: osprey on perch, nothing on nest
Observation Method: from Plum Island Turnpike bridge
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-07
11:30 AM to 12 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 78F,cloudy and breezy
Other Activity: nest platform empty at first. One osprey perched on the stick in marsh and then flew up to the nest platform. 2 Osprey on nest #2. One osprey flew down to the riverbank into the water and just waded there for a little while. 3 fledgings flew to to nest platform..and perched there together. One osprey flew up and looked like it was chasing another osprey high over my head.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: