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: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
GLO-11 - Eastern Point Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2006-06-28
04:00 PM to 04:15 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Can’t expect anything better than this; it’s a beautiful marsh day, breezy, very sunny. I just wish this platform were occupied.
Other Activity: Not that this relates to ospry, but lots of other birds around. Noisy ;). Redwing Blackbirds and a number of different kinds of sparrows, a few butterflies Can’t expect anything better than this it’s a beautiful day just wish this platform was occupied. starlings have been visiting and light on the platform now and then.
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: James C Roy Jr
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
1969-12-31
08:00 AM to 08:03 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: partly sunny, warm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments: I'm out of town the next two weeks, so no reports from me until June 11 or so. Jim
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
GLO-09 - Ten Pound Island Daymarker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
1969-12-31
06:50 PM to 07:05 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70F, beautiful a few clouds, no wind
Other Activity: one OSPR perched; a 2nd OSPR arrived and the 1st OSPR flew away. No sight of chicks.
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments: 2 great egrets flew in and settled along the coast by the manufactory