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: 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:
Name: John Hart
Nest Name:
IPS-08 - Sally Weatherall Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-25
10:20 AM to 10:50 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Mostly sunny, 56F, light winds
Other Activity: see comments
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: Yay!!!!! This nest has been vacant since 2017 per the Interactive map and I have been checking it myself for 3 years! There seemed to be the beginning of a nest on the platform. While there, the Osprey went down from the perch to the platform but quickly returned to perch. I wonder if he felt threatened by me? Let's hope there is a full nest there when I return in a few days.
Name: Ann Massoth
Nest Name:
HAV-01 - Trinity Stadium Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-25
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, mild
Other Activity: Both osprey on the nest. Mated. Eventually both flew off toward river
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
MAN-01 - Sauli Rock Daymarker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-25
4:30 PM to 5:00 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 60°F Wind E @ 5mph High overcast skies
Other Activity: At start of observation, One Osprey was perched. After a few minutes it dropped into nest, possibly on eggs.
Observation Method: Scope from West Beach
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-03 - Misery Island Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-25
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 60°F Wind E @ 8 mph High overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Scope from West Beach
General Comments: Nest still empty