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: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
IPS-08 - Sally Weatherall Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-16
4:38 PM to 4:58 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: About 78 degrees, sunny, light breeze
Other Activity: Initially I noticed 1 osprey on the post near the nest, so I pulled in and went to the platform. That osprey was perched for several minutes on the post. Meanwhile a second osprey kept flying back and forth over the estuary. The osprey from the post then flew into the nest. It then flew off into the marsh and returned to the nest with marsh hay/debris. It did that a second time, landed briefly at the post with the material and then brought it to the nest. A few minutes later the second osprey came to the platform.
Observation Method: through scope from Sally Weatherall platform
General Comments:
Name: Ann Massoth
Nest Name:
HAV-01 - Trinity Stadium Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-16
12 PM to 1 PM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny 70s
Other Activity: One on nest one on pole with fish. One on pole eventually took over on nest and the second one flew to the river.
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
SLM-03 - Little Haste Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-15
07:40 AM to 07:55 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 57°F Wind E @ 1mph Overcast skies
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: First Tim out on boat, nest and Osprey looking good.
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-15
08:55 AM to 09:10 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 4
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59deg F, light breeze from NE, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird incubating, one perched at nest, third bird on post down in grasses to right of platform, fourth bird flew in and landed down in the grasses even further right from the platform
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-15
08:55 AM to 09:10 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59deg F, light breeze from NE, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-12 - PI Turnpike Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-15
08:40 AM to 08:50 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59deg F, light breeze from NE, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird on nest, one bird on post perch
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: please let me know if I should continue reporting for this site, or if there is adequate coverage otherwise - thanks!
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-06 - Chace Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-15
08:55 AM to 09:10 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59deg F, light breeze from NE, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird incubating, second bird perched down in grasses
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-15
08:55 AM to 09:10 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59deg F, light breeze from NE, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-15
03:15 to 3:45
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, 60F,breezy
Other Activity: osprey eating fish on branch of driftwood,tree in marsh, female in nest
Observation Method: , foot
General Comments: No fledglings yet. Apparently no eggs yet.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-15
03:15 to 3:45
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, 60F,breezy
Other Activity: osprey eating fish on branch of driftwood,tree in marsh, female in nest
Observation Method: , foot
General Comments: No fledglings yet. Apparently no eggs yet.