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: Ann Massoth
Nest Name:
HAV-01 - Trinity Stadium Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-08
10:45 AM to 11:26 AM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64 degrees Partly sunny. Not much wind.
Other Activity: One (presumably female) was low in the nest popping up occasionally. The presumed male was on the fish pole adjacent to nest pole with a fish. He stayed in the pole for the duration looking around frequently but did not eat the fish. Female not calling for fish.
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
MAN-01 - Sauli Rock Daymarker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-08
01:40 PM to 01:50 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Temp 65°F Wind SE@ 8MPH Sky clear
Other Activity: 2 on nest appeared to be feeding chicks
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-08
10:40 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Temp 65° Wind SE @ 5mph Sky vlear
Other Activity: At first observation, one on nest. A short Time later second Osprey arrived with a fish.
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Sally McMurry
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-07
10:12 AM to 10:33 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Stiff breeze, mostly sunny, 72, approaching low tide
Other Activity: Adult sitting in nest. Activity in nest, rising above the rim. Couldn't tell what it was. Adult flies to nest with food. Adultsbobbing as if to feed chicks. One, maybe two tiny dark blobs of heads barely visible.
Observation Method: Foot, binocs
General Comments:
Name: Elizabeth Collins
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-07
03:32 PM to 03:45 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 77 degrees, cloudy, breezy 11mph E
Other Activity: 1 sitting, 1 moving around on nest
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: Elizabeth Collins
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-07
08:00 AM to 08:12 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees, sunny, breezy 14mph NE
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: Cannot see into nest
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-14 - Great Marsh Shellfish Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-07
03:00 PM to 05:30 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-13 - Clubhead Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-07
03:00 PM to 05:00 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72,w7,100%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: also 1 egg in nest
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-07
03:00 PM to 05:00 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-07
07:10 PM to 07:45 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny / cool breeze
Other Activity: one adult on lower post with fish eating / one adult in the nest waiting / could not see the nestlings / adult on lower post delivers remains of fish after eating to the nest / adult in the nest eats and feed nestlings / second adult sits on lower post for 5 minutes or so and then head off.
Observation Method: binoculars on monopod from home
General Comments: