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.
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Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
10:15 AM to 11:05 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 49F, light E wind, sunny
Other Activity: Both perched on the nesting material on the platform
Observation Method: On foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-03 - Endeavor Channel Marker E
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
10:15 AM to 11:05 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 49F, light E wind, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
10:15 AM to 11:05 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 49F, light E wind, sunny
Other Activity: Male arrived soon after we did and remained while we watched.
Observation Method: On foot by scope
General Comments: Little Aqua Vide nest has one perched on the nest.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
10:15 AM to 11:05 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 49F, light E wind, sunny
Other Activity: Male arrived soon after we did and remained while we watched.
Observation Method: On foot by scope
General Comments: Little Aqua Vide nest has one perched on the nest.
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-05 - GEAA Field Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
9:35 AM to 9:50 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny 58
Other Activity: There was one osprey down in the nest, maybe incubating. The nest is high on the pole & very deep so it's hard to be sure.
Observation Method: Vehicle from Margin St.
General Comments:
Name: Ann Massoth
Nest Name:
HAV-01 - Trinity Stadium Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
6 PM to 7 PM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, 60s, light wind
Other Activity: One osprey was on nest and one was by the river when I arrived. One brought fish back to nest and may have brought one back for himself to eat on the pole. I can't say 100% whether the female left the nest. She may have briefly. At one point both were flying directly above nest.
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
GLO-09 - Ten Pound Island Daymarker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
10:30 AM. to 11:00 AM.
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55 degrees; high thin clouds; low tide; light wind
Other Activity: While rowing back toward the Paint Factory saw that there were 2 Osprey on the nest. A bit later one of them could be seen flapping its wings and rising up just a little, as if engaged in mating.
Observation Method: Rowing in a Maritime Gloucester pilot gig
General Comments: Observed one osprey sitting on the nest which is located on the top of a channel marker next to Ten Pound Island as we rowed toward Niles Beach from the Paint Factory.
Name: Peter Burns
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
4:35 PM to 4:50 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 53 deg, light wind, clear skies
Other Activity: Started out like previous observations with only one osprey sitting on the nest. After 10 minutes a second osprey appeard with some fish, gave some to the osprey on the nest, then took off again. The osprey on the nest settled back down again.
Observation Method: Observed on foot with spotting scope and binoculars.
General Comments:
Name: Dawn Woolfolk
Nest Name:
GLO-04A - Annisquam River Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
01:10 to 01:25
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Windy,Sunny, mid 50’s
Other Activity: One Osprey on nest, one flying overhead and eventually joined on nest.
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: CHRIS ROGERS
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
11:15 to 11:30
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: UPPER 50’S, CLEAR SKIES, SLIGHT BREEZE
Other Activity:
Observation Method: VEHICLE
General Comments: ONE ADULT ON PERCH, THE OTHER SITTING DEEP IN NEST