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: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-11
10:00 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 45 degrees, clear, light NW
Other Activity: female perched on nest. Male flew to the nest, landed on female and they mated.
Observation Method: from bedroom window
General Comments: osprey pair is in residence all the time. yesterday they chased away an intruding osprey
Name: Stephen Saxe
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-11
2:30 PM to 2:30 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Car
General Comments: Drive by.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-10
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 46F, breezy and partly cloudy
Other Activity: ospey sitting the marsh grass
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Stephen Saxe
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-10
1:00 PM to 1:15 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: Two ospreys fighting over the nest. Male drove intrude off and returned to perching on nest.
Observation Method: Car
General Comments: No female?
Name: Nancy Perry
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-10
05:51 PM. to 06:30 PM.
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 41℉ down to 37℉; mostly cloudy; steady moderate wind
Other Activity: One osprey perched on top branch of tree to the right of nest tree. Observed that it was a large bird with white chest feathers, dark feathers on back, a hooked beak and a little pudgy in chest area. (I think it was the female.) Only movement was gradual turning around on branch with no wing flutter. When three small birds perched on tree to left of nest, the osprey observed them but did not seem disturbed and did not move off own perch. No sight of the other osprey.
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: If these are the same birds on the nest this year, do they have names?
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-09
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cloudy, 40F and drizzle
Other Activity: osprey on fallen tree eating a fish for a while then flew to nest and appeared to be attending to nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: nest seems to be getting built up a bit
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-09
9:00 AM to 9:15 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 5
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: unknown
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from back yard
General Comments: I was away in Iceland and asked my neighbor to keep track of the osprey activity while I was away. She reported 5 ospreys circling the platform on this date. None of them landed.
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-09
12 noon to 12:15 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: unknown
Other Activity: male osprey perched on platform 2. Female arrived and perched on platform 2. Male then flew over the female and circled for many minutes calling loudly. Eventually the female flew to the nest on platform 1 and the male followed and perched with her--Reunion! My neighbor reported that both have been in residence since and have been mating frequently.
Observation Method: from back yard
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-09
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 35 degrees, 20 mph NE, Rain
Other Activity: Male and female perched together on canoe racks below platform 1 to get out of the cold wind and rain in the shelter of tall phragmites. Male is eating a medium-sized flounder.
Observation Method: from bedroom window
General Comments: I returned from vacation on 4-4 and the osprey pair has been present and together consistently. It is rare to have both of them away from the platforms. I think they are guarding their territory.
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2019-04-09
9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: unknown
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from back yard
General Comments: My neighbor reported that a single male osprey arrived on 4-28 and perched on the platform from time to time during the day.