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: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
GLO-09 - Ten Pound Island Daymarker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-15
03:16 PM to 03:45 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 79F, slightly windy, cloudy
Other Activity: No mate in view
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Stephen Saxe
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-14
06:41 PM to 06:41 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Rainy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Car
General Comments:
Name: Jan McDonnell
Nest Name:
NEW-12 - PI Turnpike Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-14
02:40 PM to 02:45 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 54 degrees, cloudy, calm
Other Activity: osprey perched off to side of nest
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: James C Roy Jr
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-14
12:30 PM to 12:45 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: overcast, cool
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments:
Name: Jan McDonnell
Nest Name:
IPS-07 - Plum Island #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-14
01:46 PM to 01:55 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55 degrees, cloudy with a ray of sunshine, calm
Other Activity: one osprey flying near nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Jan McDonnell
Nest Name:
IPS-06 - Plum Island #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-14
02:00 PM to 02:20 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55 degrees, cloudy, calm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: platform had sticks, but nest didn't seem to be built up
Name: Diana Clark
Nest Name:
GLO-10 - Walker Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-14
08:00 AM to 10:11 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast, 56f, wind 8, gusts to 20. Glimpse of sun but rain for next 24 hrs coming around 1.
Other Activity: Cormorants: 3 on water’s edge, which means they are too close for her comfort. She has her head up & watching them. Unusual for her head to be up that high, especially for so long. She’s barely taken her eyes off these cormorants. Male has drifted off for his daily routine. Hopefully he’ll shoosh them away upon his return.
Observation Method: Home
General Comments:
Name: Caroline Haines
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-14
11:04 AM to 11:15 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 100% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-04 - Round Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-14
08:30 AM to 08:55 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 57 degrees, SE 11. cloudy with rain due later
Other Activity: For the first 10 minutes, no osprey were on the nest. I saw 2 osprey flying around the marsh closer to Babson though. I kept observing the nest and then 1 osprey flew just over the nest, circled around and flew off. A few minutes later, one flew over and onto the nest and perched. The second flew onto the nest edge and then off. The first then stood in the center of the nest bowl, and leaned down into the bowl, but did not get back in incubating position. The second osprey flew back in for a moment and then off again. When I left, the 1st osprey was still in the middle of the bowl, but not hunkered down.
Observation Method: through the scope from boat launch area at Crane Beach (with permission)
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-07 - Stanton Street Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-13
04:25 PM to 04:50 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Cloudy 64
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot from the rail trail
General Comments: