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: Nancy Perry
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-03
03:17 PM to 05:09 PM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 71℉ sunny; slightly cloudy; minimal breeze
Other Activity: One adult on nest; other watching from nearby dead tree; this throughout most of observation except that at one point three other ospreys flew into the area and were joined briefly by the one not on the nest; then three flew away & "our" osprey returned to sit on another nearby dead tree
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Nancy Perry
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-03
03:17 PM to 05:09 PM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 71℉ sunny; slightly cloudy; minimal breeze
Other Activity: One adult on nest; other watching from nearby dead tree; this throughout most of observation except that at one point three other ospreys flew into the area and were joined briefly by the one not on the nest; then three flew away & "our" osprey returned to sit on another nearby dead tree
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-02
11:41 AM to 11:58 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny 60 windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: Was on platform then flew down and came back up. Couldn't tell if stick in beak--too far (need scope or better binocs) and went back on nest for few minutes, then left.
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-02
11:20 AM to 11:38 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny 60 windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-02
4:30 PM to 5:1060spm
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60s, 5-10mph, high overcast
Other Activity: 2nd adult feeding on catch about 400+ yds from platform, slowly moving back to with 40+ feet of platform
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-02
07:30 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: David Rimmer
Nest Name:
NEW-02 - Upper Parker River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-02
10 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Margaret (Peg) Brady
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-02
06:31 AM to 06:37 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Air = 8c, sun, no clouds,<20 mph
Other Activity: One adult perched in nest, one adult feeding on perch adjacent to platform. Kingfisher flying around feeding adult Kingfisher flying around the feeding adult.
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ESS-07 - Babson Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-02
4:49 PM to 5:28 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 68 degrees, sunny, cloudy, beautiful, really windy down the marsh, mid tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot, from Island Rd, down the marsh all the way to the creek, observed at the same time as ESS 02.
General Comments:
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ESS-06 - Soginese Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-02
3:58 PM to 4:37 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 68 degrees, sunny, beautiful, some clouds, windy on the marsh, mid- tide
Other Activity: One Osprey deep in the nest bowel incubating eggs, lots of chirping, did not see the other adult. Both were seen together on the nest on 4/30, one adult incubating. RTH, turkey vultures, both kinds of egrets, gulls, cormorants, among the flyers.
Observation Method: on foot down the gravel road
General Comments: