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: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-06
03:15 PM to 03:25 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 90F, light breeze, partly sunny
Other Activity: One of the nestlings was practicing wing beating, the other just watched.
Observation Method: On foot by scope from parking lot beach at Forest River Park.
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-05 - Little Aquavitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-06
10:20 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 82F, no wind, hazy sky
Other Activity: Remained perched, no change
Observation Method: On foot by scope from lighthouse area on Winter Island
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-06
10:20 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 82F, no wind, hazy sky
Other Activity: Adults were off an on. Nestlings remained perched. Had not remembered a 3rd nestling, it was quite smaller than the others.
Observation Method: On foot by scope from lighthouse area on Winter Island.
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-03 - Endeavor Channel Marker E
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-06
10:20 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 82F, no wind, hazy sky
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot by scope from lighthouse area on Winter Island
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-06
10:20 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 82F, no wind, hazy sky
Other Activity: Adult and 2 fledglings perched below on the rocks and 3rd fledgling on the nest. Later, the adult moved up to the nest.
Observation Method: On foot by scope from lighthouse area on Winter Island.
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-16A - Paine Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-06
04:30 PM to 06:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 78,calm.50%
Other Activity: During the later observation there were 2 great blue herons standing on the marsh south of the platform. 1 osprey dived at the nearer heron passing close enough that the heron ducked very low. As the osprey circled for another pass the heron flew east. The osprey then flew at the second heron, which remained in place until a second osprey dived on it after which it flew east. On one of the dives the ospreys talons appeared to pass within a couple of feet of where the heron's head would have been if it hadn't ducked.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: early observation:1 onset perch, 2 perched on nest. Later observation 1 low in nest with only back visible, 1 perched on nest, 3 flying overhead nearby.
Name: Sarah Spencer
Nest Name:
HAV-01 - Trinity Stadium Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-06
11:10 AM to 11:40 AM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 85 degrees, mostly sunny, 4mph wind gusts
Other Activity: No one was visible on the nest or the surrounding light poles, didn’t see any one flying in the distance
Observation Method: In my vehicle at the cvs parking lot
General Comments:
Name: Greg Power
Nest Name:
BEV-04 - Beverly Port Marina Boat Haul
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-06
11:15 AM to 11:37 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: Clear sky Temperature: 83°F Wind: Mostly calm - gentle breeze Wind Direction: SW Cloud Cover: 10% Humidity: 76%
Other Activity: Only one bird, juvenile, when I arrived perched on nest. As I was getting ready to leave the adult and the other juvenile returned.
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-05
11:31 AM to 11:58 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: partly cloudly, breezy, 85F
Other Activity: 2 fledglings sittingin the center of the nest looking around, 1 adult perched on driftwood tree limb
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-14 - Great Marsh Shellfish Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-05
11:14 AM to 11:17 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 81 deg F, partly cloudy
Other Activity: platform appears empty
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments: