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: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-01 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker G15
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-16
02:20 PM to 02:30 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 51F, windy, sunny
Other Activity: osprey flying to nest with food in talons. chased by herring Gull.
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-07 - Town Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-15
11:00 AM to 11:15 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, cloudy, 10 mph SE
Other Activity: Female perched on platform 1 while the male vigorously chased a great blue heron away from the nest.
Observation Method: from bedroom window
General Comments: The ospreys don't like great blue herons and will attack them if they are nearby whether or not the herons are threatening the nest.
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-15
3:15 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 4
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65, cloudy, 15 mph SE
Other Activity: Resident female perched on platform 2 and calling loudly. Resident male circling above two intruding ospreys and trying to chase them away. Eventually the resident female also took off and participated in trying to chase the others away. After the intruders flew to the west the resident female landed on platform 1 and the male landed on platform 2.
Observation Method: from back yard
General Comments:
Name: Doug Stewart
Nest Name:
IPS-08 - Sally Weatherall Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-15
2:00 PM. to 2:00 PM.
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: warm, cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Doug Stewart
Nest Name:
IPS-03 - Green Point Road Platform 2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-15
1:30 PM. to 1:30 PM.
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: warm, mostly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: There appears to be nest material, but no birds. I had a better vantage point this time than last time -- I stood on a friend's boat that's up on a cradle at the Greens Point Boatyard. I had a pretty good view of both nearby platforms.
Name: Doug Stewart
Nest Name:
IPS-02 - Green Point Road Platform 1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-15
1:30 PM. to 1:30 PM.
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: warm, mostly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: Still no sign of ospreys, but there's nest material on the platform.
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-14
9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 - partly cloudy
Other Activity: One osprey was on the nest and the other swooped down to the marsh and brought back straw for the nest. Happy to say that the nest has been rebuilt after it blew apart two weeks ago.
Observation Method: from our house
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-14
2:15 PM to 2:45 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1 maybe
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60F, 10 MPG, low tide, mostly sunny
Other Activity: one bird perched on top rung above nest, but it was not standing on the rung. Odd. The bird appeared to be sitting as if it were nesting. I've never seen that before on the top rung. Hard to tell if it was an osprey. Photo was too blurry.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-14
2:15 PM to 2:45 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1 maybe
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60F, 10 MPG, low tide, mostly sunny
Other Activity: one bird perched on top rung above nest, but it was not standing on the rung. Odd. The bird appeared to be sitting as if it were nesting. I've never seen that before on the top rung. Hard to tell if it was an osprey. Photo was too blurry.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Bruce Campbell
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-14
5:00 PM to 5:35
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 54F, E 12mph, partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: