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:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-18
08:15 AM to 08:35 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 49 degrees, light ENE wind, low clouds/fog
Other Activity:
Observation Method: through the scope from Island Rd.
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-18
08:15 AM to 08:35 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 49 degrees, light ENE wind, low clouds/fog
Other Activity: Both osprey were down in the marsh near the nest
Observation Method: 49 degrees, light ENE wind, low clouds/fog
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-01 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-18
10:00 AM to 10:10 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 52, light ENE, partly sunny
Other Activity: Osprey perched on the bare nest platform
Observation Method: through the scope from Farnham's
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-17
11:28 AM to 11:55 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60F cloudy
Other Activity: female lying in the big nest that survived from last year and male perched on the other nest platform #2
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
SAL-06 - Carr Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-17
08:10 AM to 08:25 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 50D; raining; overcast; winds 4ESE
Other Activity: no evidence of nest building
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: it was fogged in so difficult to see in trees/surrounding brush for any perched osprey.
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-17
07:50 AM to 08:00 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 48D; overcast/raining winds 4SE
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: no activity around old cabin but it was closed in.
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-17
07:50 AM to 08:00 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 48D; overcast/raining/ winds 4SE
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: apparently rebuilding what was removed! No signs of any activity at Old Cabin. Very closed in though.
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-14 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-17
07:30 AM to 07:40 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 48D; overcast/raining; winds 4SE
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: no evidence of any activity.
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-12 - PI Turnpike Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-17
07:30 AM to 07:40 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 48D overcast/raining; winds 4 SE
Other Activity: one on nest and one on stand near nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-11 - Plum Bush Downs Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-17
07:30 AM to 07:40 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 48D; overcast/raining; winds 4SE
Other Activity: one on nest and one on log near nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: