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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.

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11591 results:

Name: Lisa Manzi

Nest Name:
ESS-07 - Babson Salt Marsh Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-27
4:48 PM to 5:55 PM
at: Essex

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 51 degrees, windy, mostly cloudy

Other Activity: Both osprey were down in the march under the nest.

Observation Method: through scope from Argilla

General Comments:

 

Name: Lisa Manzi

Nest Name:
ESS-04 - Round Island Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-27
4:48 PM to 4:55 PM
at: Essex

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 51 degrees, windy, mostly cloudy

Other Activity:

Observation Method: through scope from Argilla Rd.

General Comments:

 

Name: Lore Chapman

Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-27
03:30 PM to 03:50 PM
at: Beverly

Number of Adults Visible:

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: Cloudy, very windy - gust over 30mph, drizzle

Other Activity: I could not confirm if I saw a white head in the next. It did appear to be moving. Visibility was not good.

Observation Method: On foot with binoculars

General Comments:

 

Name: Angela Sorensen

Nest Name:
ROW-16 - Purinton Powerline Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-26
6:30 to 7:30
at: Rowley

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: 61, cloudy, light rain, 12mph ssw

Other Activity: 1 perched the whole time, at the end another flew in with a stick

Observation Method: Foot

General Comments:

 

Name: Angela Sorensen

Nest Name:
ROW-15 - Shad Creek Platform #2

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-26
6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
at: Rowley

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: 61, 12 mph ssw, cloudy light rain

Other Activity: 1 perched on post, 1 on ground; also noted 1 between sheds (I think ROW-9)

Observation Method: Foot

General Comments:

 

Name: Lisa Manzi

Nest Name:
NEW-12 - PI Turnpike Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-25
5:18 AM to 5:36 AM
at: Newbury

Number of Adults Visible: 3

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: Temp about 50, little to no wind, partly to mostly cloudy

Other Activity: Initially 2 osprey were on the platform. Then 1 flew in and chased them both off and came back and landed on the nest. It then flew off. For several minutes and osprey was calling repeatedly from down in the marsh, and a second was perched on a refuge sign in the marsh. Eventually the 2 osprey returned to the nest and post.

Observation Method: through scope from PI turnpike

General Comments:

 

Name: Lisa Manzi

Nest Name:
NEW-12 - PI Turnpike Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-25
11:50 AM to 11:55 AM
at: Newbury

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, light wind, mostly cloudy

Other Activity: As I was heading across the causeway leaving Plum Island, I observed an osprey flying across the marsh carrying a stick. It brought the stick into the nest at the new platform.

Observation Method: vehicle

General Comments:

 

Name: Darcy Holland

Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-25
7:25 PM to 7:40 PM
at: Newbury

Number of Adults Visible:

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: Cloudy

Other Activity:

Observation Method: Binocs from home

General Comments:

 

Name: James Charles Roy

Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-25
09:45 AM to 09:48 AM
at: Newbury

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: overcast, warm

Other Activity:

Observation Method: ft

General Comments: Nothing on 09

 

Name: Karyl Stoia

Nest Name:
SAU-09 - Bear Creek Transmission Tower

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-25
03:15 to 3:45
at: Lynn

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 72F, sunny, slight breeze

Other Activity: female lying low in nest, male near by sitting in marsh, Male flew up to nest and mated with the female inside. Male flew away and flew around the platform then came back to the nest and mated again

Observation Method: foot

General Comments:

 
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