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: 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:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
REV-04 - Jacob’s Park Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
12:30 PM to 12:40 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 54° / sunny / NW / 9mph – 16 mph
Other Activity: One positioned on edge of platform, the other standing below in the marsh grasses.
Observation Method: Walked out through trail cut from last year's monitoring to edge of marsh.
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
12:10 PM to 12:20 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 53° / sunny / NW / 9mph – 16 mph
Other Activity: One in nest and the other perched down below in light tower stanchions.
Observation Method: Pulled into old Wonderland parking area and observed from edge of parking lot boundaries
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
12:50 PM to 1:05 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55° / sunny / NW / 9mph – 16 mph
Other Activity: One out on platform and the other sitting out in the marsh.
Observation Method: Parked in Rt. 107 pullout area and walked to edge of river. With scope and binoculars.
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
NEW-12 - PI Turnpike Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
6:25 AM to 6:40 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Around 39 degrees, sunny, very little wind
Other Activity: Observed the osprey on the new platform briefly from the Plum Island Turnpike, and then again from another spot on the Parker River NWR. Many osprey were observed this morning on the platforms along the Plum Island Sound while out birding this morning.
Observation Method: From Plum Island Turnpike and through the scope from the Parker River NWR
General Comments:
Name: Melissa Root
Nest Name:
NEW-08 - Upper Parker River/Middle Road Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
10:20 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: Osprey seen overhead again flying around. Second Osprey seen as well maybe both are back to the area now. I haven’t seen activity on the nest yet but we’ve had a few rainy days with no activity
Name: James Charles Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
8:45 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Already a sizeable nest on this platform, so no nest building activity seen.
Name: Darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-14
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: yucky rainy
Other Activity: perched in nest
Observation Method: Scope from home
General Comments: