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: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-11
7:30 AM to 8:00 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 53 degrees, sunny, light wind
Other Activity: Male Osprey brought a huge chunk of seaweed back to the nest.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Female has been on the nest for about a week consistently.
Name: Janet Grover
Nest Name:
ESS-06 - Soginese Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-11
2:40 PM to 2:50 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 degrees Winds SW at 7 mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey on nest, other on perch feeding
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-11
7:00 AM to 8:00 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 56 degrees, raw wind, partly cloude
Other Activity:
Observation Method: back deck
General Comments: No news is good news! Bob and Pauline have settled into their daily routines. No intruders, no stress. The nest is holding up real well.
Name: Janet Grover
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-11
2 PM to 2:15 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 degrees Winds SW at 7 mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-11
4:50 PM to 5:05 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 63F, 20MPH w, mostly sunny/clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-10
3:45 PM to 4:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, slight breeze, 60F
Other Activity: One OSPR landed on a lower rung of tower and preened. No evidence of any activity on the nest, although visibility is obscured this year. The birds either built up the upper rim of the nest, or the center indented part of the nest has settled over the winter.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Tim Simmons
Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-10
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: high 50's cloudy, calm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot with scope
General Comments: assume incubating
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-10
3:00 PM to 3:15 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, slight breeze, 60F
Other Activity: 1 OSPR incubating; the mate flew in and settled into the nest, too
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-09
01:25 PM to 02:05 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65F, W 12mph, partly cldy
Other Activity: Male on and off with nesting matls, also did some rearranging.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-09
10 AM to 1 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees Winds SSW at 3-4 mph 5 % cloud cover
Other Activity: One in nest, other on marsh perch
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: