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-16A - Paine Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4 PM to 5:15 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 91 degrees F Winds SW at 8 mph 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey on nest perch, other on marsh perch
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-15 - Rogers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4 PM to 5:15 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 91 degrees F Winds SW at 8 mph 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey flying above nest
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-14 - Rogers Island Duck Blind #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4 PM to 5
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 91 degrees F Winds SW at 8 mph 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: 3 osprey on nest, 2 osprey circling overhead
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Not sure if 3 on nest were fledglings or nestlings
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-11A - Paine Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4 PM to 5:15 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 91 degrees F Winds SW at 8 mph 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: 2 osprey on nest, one osprey on post on marsh, 2 circling overheae
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4 PM to 5:15 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2 or 3
Weather Conditions: 91 degrees F Winds SW at 8 mph 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: Three osprey on nest. Difficult to confirm if there were a 4th.
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4 PM to 5:15 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 91 degrees F Winds SW at 8 mph 60% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-04A - Six Goose Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4 to 5:15 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 91 degrees F Winds SW at 8 mph 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: Three osprey on nest, 2 flew. Two others circling overhead.
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-25
8:45 AM to 9:00 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, no wind, 80 or more, lots of mosquitoes!
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Think this is a housekeeping pair.
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-25
9:05 AM to 9:20 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 80 or so, no wind, sunny
Other Activity: When drove by before got to gate saw 3 ospreys perched on nest. When I observed saw 2 ospreys on nest one flapping wings, 1 on top of utility pole on other side of Rte 107, still. Then 4th osprey arrived and apparently left food since one that had flapped wings started head down eating, other bird didn't eat until after nestling. Don't know if bird on opposite utility pole was fledged but think so based on behavior of others. Counting that one there were 4 birds total.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-25
12:20 PM to 12:20 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 84 sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: By car driving past on 107
General Comments: There was one adult on the nest and another adult on a pole near the nest. There was one fledgling across 107 perched on a pole.