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: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-10
11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp - high 80s Wind - light Sunny skies
Other Activity: Saw up to 5 Osprey soaring over and around Great Bank and Choate Island 3 nestlings were seen on nest and one adult flew on and off of the nest during the observation
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Geoff Wilson
Nest Name:
SAU-04 - General Electric Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-09
12:30 to 1:03
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Hot and sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: One adult sitting low in the nest, one on a side perch. Still can’t see if there is a chick at this nest. But there is always an adult attending the nest.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04 - General Electric Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-09
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 95 and breezy and sunny
Other Activity: one osprey standing on edge of nest looking down into nest and looking down into nest. Dont see other osprey
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Geoff Wilson
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-09
1:15 to 1:22
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Hot and sunny
Other Activity: The adult is restless. Leaves the nest flies around and comes back. The nestling is no longer visible.
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Geoff Wilson
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-09
1:05 to 1:15
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Hot and sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: Two large nestlings visible.
Name: Ted & Joan McElligott
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-09
3:30 PM to 4:00 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 91° breezy sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Ted & Joan McElligott
Nest Name:
LYN-02 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker R16
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-09
4:15 PM to 4:45 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 88° breezy sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Ted & Joan McElligott
Nest Name:
LYN-01 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker G15
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-09
4:15 PM to 4:45 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 88° breezy sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-08
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70 - sunny - no wind
Other Activity: I was watching the nest from time to time all morning and saw, for sure, a 3rd chick. We've been away for more than 2 weeks and before we left we were able to confirm 2 chicks although they were just peeking over the top of the nest. They have grown so fast that they now have their dark wing feathers with white tips. Either Ollie or Olivia was feeding them.
Observation Method: from our house
General Comments: At one point I heard chirping & when I looked out one of the adults was on the nest and the other was flying around with a visitor. I have seen a visitor a few times this season.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-08
02:42 PM to 03:28 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 77F, 8mph SE, sunny
Other Activity: 2 adults and 2 nestlings were perched. One of the adults left and returned later. One of the nestlings was up and down, the other remained perched.
Observation Method:
General Comments: 2018-07-08