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:
SAU-11 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
01:35 PM to 01:40 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Pt. Sunny / 46°/ WNW - 15 MPH/26MPH
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Viewed from along Mills Street.
General Comments: Newly erected platform. Can be viewed straight ahead from Beckert Avenue. (Access via North Shore Drive, to Beckert Ave.)
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-09 - Bear Creek Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
01:25 PM to 01:35 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Pt. Sunny / 46°/ WNW - 15 MPH/26MPH
Other Activity: Single osprey sitting in nest. But clearly not incubating by its posture.
Observation Method: Parked along Mills Ave. and viewed with scope
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
12:18 PM to 12:25 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 45°/feels like 38°/WNW 15 MPH/24mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Hopped over the jersey barrier at the Route 107 pullout area
General Comments: I have now found a better place to view this platform. I formally had gone onto the Wheelabrator property. That is no longer permitted. With this new location, I do not feel that access is required. This platform can be more easily viewed from Mills Ave. off of North Shore Road.
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
12:30 PM to 12:40 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Pt. Sunny / 46°/ WNW - 15 MPH/26MPH
Other Activity: Single osprey sitting on the nest was clearly not incubating. It was more an approaching stance well inside the nest.
Observation Method: Pulled into the rear of the UPS Distribution Center and parked along the far edge of the parking lot
General Comments: I have spoken to the facilities manager at the UPS distribution center, during visits in 2025. His name is Will Robinson. If asked, tell them you are with Greenbelt and that you were monitoring the platforms at the rear of this facility.
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
12:18 PM to 12:25 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 45°/feels like 38°/WNW 15 MPH/26mph
Other Activity: Very difficult to tell whether the single osprey was incubating or not. It was sitting on the nest.
Observation Method: Drove to the rear of the UPS distribution center and viewed platform over the fence from the side parking area.
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
12:18 PM to 12:35 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 45°/feels like 38°/WNW 15 MPH/26mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Viewed from edge of marsh - having jumped the Jersey barrier.
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
SAL-07 - Town Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
04:05 PM to 04:10 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 47D real feel 40; winds 18 SWS; partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: no evidence that there has been nest building.
Name: Elizabeth Collins
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
11:07 AM to 11:22 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 50 degrees, partly sunny, breezy 16 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Elizabeth Collins
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
10:53 AM to 11:05 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 45 degrees, partly sunny, breezy 16mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
02:00 AM to 02:30 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 35F strong wind partly sunny
Other Activity: Squatted on what little nest there is.
Observation Method: By scope from gazebo on Winter island.
General Comments: One of the dayboards was lost last year and the nest is very small. May not be enough for nesting.