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: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
LYN-01 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker G15
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-08
2:20 PM to 2:30 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70°/partly cloud / 7 mph / E. Southeast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Viewed from the parking area along causeway.
General Comments: I could get a decent view of nest between raised sides of the channel marker
Name: Diana Clark
Nest Name:
GLO-10 - Walker Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-08
4:30 PM to 5 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Clouds coming n
Other Activity: Perfect day
Observation Method: From house
General Comments: Both Osprey have now gotten in white feathers. 1 sitting in nest; other eating fish while on perch.
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-08
5:30 PM. to 6:00 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees; light wind; thin clouds with heavy clouds approaching from the west; 3/4 low tide
Other Activity: This is the first time I have observed two osprey together at this nest this season. Nice to see the marsh grass beginning to turn green!
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars in two locations.
General Comments: Female sitting in the center of and deep in the nest. You could just see her head. Male sitting on the separate perch.
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-08
11:25 AM to 11:35 AM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny / 69°/ 3 mph SE
Other Activity: One incubating/one on perch
Observation Method: Walked out to DCR viewing platform
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
EAB-01 - MBTA Rail Yard
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-08
11:00 AM to 11:20 AM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny/69°/ 3 mph SE
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Walked out to rear of MBTA Repair Facility.
General Comments: No activity observed
Name: Greg Power
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-08
11:22 to 11:37
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Clear sky Temperature: 69°F Wind: Light breeze Wind Direction: SW Cloud Cover: 0%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Sitting with scope at top of Independence Park
General Comments: @8 minutes in, 2nd osprey brought a stick
Name: Penny Strakus
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-08
10:54 AM to 10:57 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-07
02:54 PM to 03:04 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 69, partly sunny, South 6 mph, gusts 18mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: 2nd osprey was soaring up high over nest and went further away Assume one on nest is incubating. 10 days ago when I was last able to monitor she was sitting in same position
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-07
03:25 PM to 03:32 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 69, partly sunny, south 6 mph gusts 18
Other Activity: Hard to be sure but think osprey on sitting on nest. Another osprey on perch over nest then flew off
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Jeffrey LeDrew
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-07
1:40 PM to 1:50 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 69° windy cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: