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-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
1:20 PM to 1:30 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55° / sunny / NW / 9mph – 16 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Pulled into FEDEX facility and viewed over fence with binoculars.
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
12:50 PM to 1:05 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55° / sunny / NW / 9mph – 16 mph
Other Activity: One sitting in nest, but very active - while a second flew around in proximity of the utility disk.
Observation Method: Parked along 107 pull out area and walked out to edge of river, using scope and binoculars
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
04:12 PM to 04:23 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 mostly sunny, SSW 6mph, gusts 13mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Saw one other osprey soaring high over marsh beyond utility pole with SAU-03 on it.
Name: Jan MCDONNELL
Nest Name:
SAL-11 - Middle Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
4:28 PM to 5:00 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 52 degrees, light wind, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Salisbury reservation boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Jan MCDONNELL
Nest Name:
SAL-10 - Lunt Rock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
4:28 PM to 5:00 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 52 degrees sunny light breeze occasional cloud
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Salisbury reservation boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Jan MCDONNELL
Nest Name:
SAL-08 - Shad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
4:28 PM to 5:00 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 52 degrees sunny light breeze occasional cloud
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Salisbury reservation boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
SAL-06 - Carr Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
00:08:05 AM to 00:08:20 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 43d; sunny; winds 7mph NW
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Jan MCDONNELL
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
4:28 PM to 5:00 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 52 degrees, light wind, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Salisbury reservation boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Jan MCDONNELL
Nest Name:
SAL-02 - Black Rock Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
4:28 PM to 5:00 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 52 degrees, light wind, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Salisbury reservation boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: SALLY MCMURRY
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
4:10 PM to 4:45 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Light breeze, 55, tide going out, sunny, low tide at 7 pm
Other Activity: When I arrived 4:10, there was one on nest, the other circling up with a fish. I got distracted, next I looked there seemed to be just one, on top of pylon 4:26 one on nest, 4:29 it hopped out onto pylon. Mating?? Anyway after that I could see two, standing erect on the top of the pylon, side by side, until I left at 4:45.
Observation Method: on foot, using binoculars from opposite shore
General Comments: