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: Tom and Karen Meler
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
10:55 AM to 11:10 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Temp. 87 degrees: wind w 10mph; sunny; visibility 10 miles
Other Activity: little boat activity
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: From our distance and angle there appears to be two adult ospreys and one fledgling osprey in the nest.The fledgling appears to be testing its wings.
Name: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
01:00 PM to 01:30 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 90F, light West wing, sunny
Other Activity: Male perched below on crossbeam. Female and 3 young perched on nest. One young left carrying debris, another flapped enough to get a couple of feet above the nest. The third did some wing stretching. The fledgling that had left returned 10 minutes later.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
01:45 PM to 02:00 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 90F, light West wing, sunny
Other Activity: One perched on perch bar, the other down in the marsh a great distance away.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: They seem loyal to the nest in spite of the failure.
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-04 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker #9
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
11:25 AM to 11:40 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 88F, west wind, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments: distant view
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-02 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker R16
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
3:30 PM to 3:45 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76F, light wind, partly cloudy
Other Activity: adult ospreys appear to be reconstructing nest!
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments: unfortunetly, the nestlings/fledglings were not visible. maybe I missed them on other side of nest and structure.
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-01 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker G15
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
11:00 AM to 11:20
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 88F, west wind, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-03 - Misery Island Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
18:30 to 1900
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: Wind west . Scattered clouds. 85°
Other Activity: No adults observed. 2 fledglings on the rim of the nest.
Observation Method: Scope from west beach
General Comments:
Name: Tom and Karen Meler
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
10:30 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Temp. 87 degrees; Wind w 10mph; visibility 10 miles
Other Activity: little boat activity
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: From our distance and angle there appears to be one adult osprey and one fledgling in the nest.
Name: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
10:00 AM to 01:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 90F, gusty, sunny
Other Activity: One adult on nest with smallest of the young. Other adult down on the rocks. One fledgling flew in with a fish, the other fledgling left. The one with the fish ate it and then also left. The adult on the nest flew down to the rocks with the other adult. The nest was empty. All three young have fledged.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Melissa Root
Nest Name:
NEW-02 - Upper Parker River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4:15 PM to 4:45 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Hot. 90deg moderate breeze high tide sunny
Other Activity: Both male and female osprey were at the nest or nearbyOne of them left to feed and was circling and perching in a tree across the marsh down river while the other stayed perched on the side of the nest The one chic was in the nest I could see a head peeking up
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: