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: Darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-06
07:10 PM to 07:30 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cool, cloud cover
Other Activity: One perched on upper post / one sitting on the nest...pretty constant sitting still.
Observation Method: Scope from home
General Comments:
Name: Hank Moore
Nest Name:
NEW-07 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-06
07:00 AM to 08:42 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast skies, visibility, good no heat waves
Other Activity: Unable to determine if any of the eggs have hatched
Observation Method: Binoculars
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-05 - Little Aquavitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-06
10:55 AM to 11:59 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 73F, light breeze, cloudy
Other Activity: Female incubating, male perched on the nest.
Observation Method: on foot by scope from near lighthouse on Winter Island
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-06
10:55 AM to 11:59 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 73F, light breeze, cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot by scope from near lighthouse on Winter Island.
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-03 - Endeavor Channel Marker E
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-06
10:55 AM to 11:59 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 73F, light breeze, cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot by scope from near lighthouse on Winter Island.
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-06
10:55 AM to 11:59 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 73F, light breeze, cloudy
Other Activity: Female perched, male arrived later with a catch. No nestling visible. Likely down in the nest.
Observation Method: On foot by scope from near lighthouse on Winter Island.
General Comments:
Name: Patty Chen
Nest Name:
IPS-08 - Sally Weatherall Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-06
03:15 PM to 03:21 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, light breeze 71 degrees
Other Activity: Adult osprey fist seen perched and then flew off. Small black bird then landed on perch at nest.
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
IPS-07 - Plum Island #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-06
11:20 AM to 11:27 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 61 degrees, cloudy.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
IPS-06 - Plum Island #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-06
11:07 AM to 11:15 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 61 degrees, clouds
Other Activity: Male and female present. I am not sure if I am seeing a nestling up there. A trash bag is on one side and maybe something whitish up there besides the female.
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Ronald Hamlin
Nest Name:
IPS-01 - Strawberry Hill Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-06
07:15 AM to 07:25 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Hazy sun, light air, 70’s
Other Activity:
Observation Method: visual from house
General Comments: Both adults were on the nest feeding, possibly with separate fish. Then the female flew with her fish to the standoff post to continue eating. The male attended the nest. Then the female returned to the nest with her fish and continued feeding but this time clearly reaching out to offer bits down in the nest, though the presumed hatching was not visible.