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:
2018-07-30
8:00 AM to 8:15 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 75 degrees, clear, calm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from bedroom window
General Comments: I just returned from a week away and found that two of the fledglings had learned to fly and were away from the nest. One fledgling was on the nest and spreading its wings, but may not yet have flown. Later in the day I saw four ospreys on the nest, one adult and three fledglings.
Name: jim roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-30
07:00 AM to 09:00 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, still, warm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Ted & Joan McElligott
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-30
2:00 PM to 2:45 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 79° breezy overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Ted & Joan McElligott
Nest Name:
LYN-02 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker R16
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-30
3:00 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75° breezy overcast
Other Activity: 1 adult and 1 youngster in nest. 1 adult perched on top of tower.
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Ted & Joan McElligott
Nest Name:
LYN-01 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker G15
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-30
3:00 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75° breezy overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: jim roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-29
07:45 AM, to 07:50 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Redundant queries on forms like this are annoying. Nest name clearly identifies in which town the nest is located; see no need to type in Town name just below it.
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-28
6:20 AM to 6:40 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 75 - partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: From our house
General Comments: Finally saw all 5 osprey at the same time. We hadn't seen all 5 at once for a few days & began to worry that something happened to one of them. Two were on the nest, two on the utility pole near the nest and one in a nearby tree. Later in the morning two of the fledglings were flying in circles together.
Name: jim roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-28
06:30 AM to 06:35 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: very still, hot sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: I've been gone 3 weeks. Good to see this adult still here. Assume I'll see the pair in due course.
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-27
7:45 PM to 8:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1-2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2-3
Weather Conditions: low tide, 82F, humid, no breeze, cloudy
Other Activity: nest was busy - counted 3 chicks, but one of them may have been the mother, coming and going; another adult was perched on a lower part of the tower
Observation Method: car
General Comments: So exciting to see 3 chicks survive.
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2018-07-27
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 90 - sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from the car
General Comments: From Raddin St. we saw what we think was1 adult & 2 nestlings on the nest at 10:30. Later at around 11:00 we drove to the end of Margin St. & had a view from a different side. There was 1 adult on the nest and it flew away when some fishermen arrived on the dock just under the nest.