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-19 - Holy Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-12
2:10 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 degrees Winds W at 7mph
Other Activity: One on nest, other on perch
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-18 - Holy Island Camp Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-12
2:10 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 degrees Winds W at 7mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-15 - Rogers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-12
2:10 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 degrees Winds W at 7mph
Other Activity: One osprey on nest, other landed on platform brace.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-09A - Broad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-12
2:10 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 degrees Winds W at 7mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-12
2:10 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 5
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 degrees Winds W at 7mph
Other Activity: One osprey on nest, flew, joined 4 other osprey overhead
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:
2021-05-12
2:10 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 4
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 degrees Winds W at 7mph
Other Activity: One osprey on nest, other perched. Two other osprey on nearby pilings.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Caroline Haines
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-12
8:00 AM to 8:10 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, dry, little cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
GLO-04A - Annisquam River Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-12
9 AM to 9 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: 2 adult Osprey on platform. new nest materials visible and being arranged.
Name: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
GLO-04 - Annisquam River Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-12
9 AM to 9 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: single Osprey perched, probably the surviving male after the female killed by eagles. Reports of a second adult Osprey at this nest but I did not see it today.
Name: sean riley
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-12
10 AM to 10:30 AM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: camera
General Comments: So the nest failed on the 7th, the birds seemingly buried their own eggs by mistake. The pair continues to copulate so perhaps they are going to give it another go. Still fighting with the MBTA pair.