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:
2020-07-21
11:30 AM to 12 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2 or 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 90 sunny, low humidity, nice breeze
Other Activity: see and hear 2 or maybe 3 nestlings sitting up in nest and vocatlizing loudly. One adult perched on a stick in the marsh near the nest pole. Another adult osprey appears suddenly and flyies low over the nest and over the marsh and river. The osprey perched on the stick flies to the nest platform 4B and stays there. Other osprey flies to nest but doesnt seen to have a fish in its talons..
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-20
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 90 degrees, clear, 10mph SW
Other Activity: Female and 3 fledglings on nest and male perched on platform 2. Female left the nest and brought back a pogie and dropped it in the nest before flying off again. The two larger fledglings fed on the pogie and the third smaller one looked on, but did not compete for food. The two larger fledglings have been flying between the platforms for a week, but the smallest has not flown. It often flaps its wings and gets a foot or so in the air, but then drops back into the nest. It is clearly weaker than the others and is not able to compete with them for food. The adults seem to be just delivering food to the nest now and not feeding the fledglings.
Observation Method: from back porch
General Comments: 2020/07/20
Name: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-20
01:25 PM to 01:50 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 92F, West at 15 mph, partly cloudy
Other Activity: Male perched down below on tower cross beam. Female on nest and chicks alternately below and perched.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: While we watched, the female briefly reacted to an osprey overhead that looked like a fledgling. This one turned around and left. I did not count it above since it did not belong to the nest. The light coloring led me to think it was an immature osprey.
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-20
07:30 AM to 05:00 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny hot
Other Activity: eating
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: chris rogers
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-20
9:15 AM to 9:30 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: partly sunny, 82 degrees, no wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: appears nest has been abandoned and pair have relocated to GLO-02, a previously unoccupied nest.
Name: CHRISTOPHER rogers
Nest Name:
GLO-02 - Wingarsheek Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-20
9:15 AM to 9:30 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: partly sunny, 82 degrees , no wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: One Osprey was perched on the nest, the other at the nearby perch. It appears the pair from GLO-03 have abandoned that nest and relocated to GLO-02, a previously unoccupied nest. No sign of nestlings.
Name: CHRISTOPHER ROGERS
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-20
9:30 AM to 9:45 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: partly sunny, 82 degrees, no wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments: One osprey seen perched on side of nest. No activity in the nest was visible
Name: Christine Morabito
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-20
09:40 AM to 10:15 PM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 83 degrees, cloudy, wind 10 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-19
8:30 AM to 8:45 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 85, light breeze, sunny
Other Activity: One ospre in nest one perched on perch sticking up from nest. the one on nest flew off and other went into nest for about a minute, then other came back later, perched on edge of nest and stayed for about 1 minute then flew off agin, flying low.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-19
9:50 AM to 10:10 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 85, light breeze, sunny
Other Activity: Saw 3 birds at once. One had been perch on edge of nest, another joined it and flapped its wings. Then another came onto edge, flapped its wings. First one who came onto edge from nest idid more flapping. Adult (I think--there've only been 2 young before now) stayed on edge whole time
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: