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:
GLO-04 - Annisquam River Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-22
10:10 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 39 degrees, gusty winds and partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: Again as seen in the nest at Cox, the pair of Osprey are hunkering down on the marsh, possibly because of the wind.
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-22
09:50 AM to 10:00 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 39 Degrees, gusty winds, partly cloudy.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments: They may have been in the marsh, but I could not find them.
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-22
03:00 PM to 3:15 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 38 degrees, gusting winds, cloudy
Other Activity: Both Osprey were hunkered down into the grass, not on the nest...possibly because of the wind?
Observation Method: 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:
2021-04-22
6:00 AM to 5:00 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 39 degrees, windy, cold
Other Activity: Female has been on the nest all day. Male is bringing in fish to her. I am assuming there is an egg to protect.
Observation Method: from deck
General Comments: Nest is well built this year. It is at least double the size from last year and has far less trash bags in it.
Name: Lesli Woodruff
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-22
06:30 PM to 06:45 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cool (45F) and windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: Watched from Independence Park. I have seen only one on the nest this year thus far.
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-21
9:40 AM to 9:45 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle from Belair St.
General Comments: No sign of a nest on the platform
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-21
9:15 AM to 9:15 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny 50s
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle driving past on 107
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-21
2:00 PM to 2:10 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: High 60s , light wind, cloudy
Other Activity: Osprey perched on empty northern platform of three at this site. Also another osprey low in the nest on the southern platform. Osprey see in same nest and position two days before -could be sitting ?
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: sean riley
Nest Name:
REV-04 - Jacob’s Park Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-21
9m to 9 AM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: Osprey perched on platform bringing material to new platform.
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-21
05:00 PM to 05:30 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: windy, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: