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: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
IPS-06 - Plum Island #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-18
4 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
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Name: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-18
4 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
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Name: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
IPS-04A - Six Goose Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-18
4 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
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Name: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
IPS-03 - Green Point Road Platform 2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-18
4 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
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Name: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
IPS-02 - Green Point Road Platform 1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-18
4 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
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Name: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
IPS-02 - Green Point Road Platform 1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-18
4 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
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Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-03 - Misery Island Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-18
1700 to 1730
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 48°f. ESE 8mph. Over ast
Other Activity: Osprey observed on nest(1)
Observation Method: Spotting scope on West Beach Beverly,Ma
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-17
02:00 PM to 02:10 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 47F NW, 12mph, overcast
Other Activity: 3 Osprey seeming to go at each other over and around the nest.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-17
09:00 AM to 09:15 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 43 degrees, rainy, light north wind
Other Activity: Male and female perched together on platform 1 that they have chosen as the nest site again. They were absent during most of the storm yesterday, except that the male perched for a while on the lower canoe rack that is somewhat out of the wind.
Observation Method: from bedroom window
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-17
02:50 PM to 03:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 47F, NW 12mph, overcast
Other Activity: One on nest, other eating on piling nearby
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: Original entry for this nest and time is in error. This entry supersedes the other.