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:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
2:50 PM to 3:05 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 56°/11 mph ES/ Sunny
Other Activity: One in nest and the other flying directly overhead within 10 feet or less from top of platform
Observation Method: Pulled into Route 107 parking area / used scope and binoculars
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
NEW-12 - PI Turnpike Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
9:49 AM to 10:04 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: About 58 degrees, breezy NE wind, sunny
Other Activity: Initially 1 osprey was on the nest moving some material around in the middle of the nest, and 1 osprey was on the nearby post. The osprey in the nest then joined the one on the post for a few minutes. Both then flew off the post and 1 landed on the nest post. The second landed on top of her and appeared to be mating.
Observation Method: through scope from PI Turnpike
General Comments:
Name: Hank Moore
Nest Name:
NEW-07 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
7:50 AM to 7:57 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Visibility good
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: The pair of osprey settling in and this observation is common daily
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.