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: 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
Name: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
7:15 PM to 7:30 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 51 degrees, wind NW 12 mph, cloudy.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments:
Name: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-02 - Wingarsheek Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
7:00 PM to 7:05 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 51 degrees, wind NW 13 mph, cloudy.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments: I believe this platform will remain inactive.
Name: Christopher Rogers
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
10:45 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: HIGH 50’S, SUNNY, LIGHT BREEZE
Other Activity:
Observation Method: VEHICLE
General Comments: SECOND VISIT TIS WEEK. NO OSPREY OBSERVED IN NEST OR NEARBY PERCH
Name: Dawn Woolfolk
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-01
02:15 to 02:30
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 57 degrees, windy, sunny
Other Activity: One Osprey on nest, another perched
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
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:
2025-05-01
1:40 PM to 1:50 PM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 56°/11 mph ES/Sunny
Other Activity: Female nest/male perched
Observation Method: Walked out the 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:
2025-05-01
1:00 PM to 1:10 PM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 56°/11 mph ES/sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Park behind CVS on Saratoga, walked out to rear of MBTA repair facility
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-07 - Stanton Street Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-30
1:45 PM to again 2:15 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny 71
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot from the rail trail
General Comments: Finally after 4 years there is nest material on the platform that the Boy Scouts put up. No sign of any osprey but we see several in the area from our house so hopefully they will move in.