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.
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Name: JOHN HART
Nest Name:
IPS-01 - Strawberry Hill Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-26
04:10 PM to 04:35 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: CLOUDY
Other Activity: One Osprey was in nest during entire observation. Seemed perched too high to have nestlings. The second Osprey, assume the male, flew onto nest and seemed very active: flapping wings, flying off briefly and then returning.
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Nanci St.George
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-26
09:00 AM to 09:15 AM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Observation via EarthCam
General Comments: Unfortunately, this nest has failed. On Friday, the 25th we observed three eggs in the nest. On Sunday, April 26th the eggs were no longer seen. DCR Biologist Sean Riley inspected the nest on Monday morning and confirmed that the eggs were broken and buried beneath the nest material.
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
MAN-01 - Sauli Rock Daymarker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-26
05:54 PM to 06:35 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Temp 54°F Wind SE@5mph High thin overcast clouds
Other Activity: One on nest, one perched.
Observation Method: Scope from West Beach
General Comments: At first observation no Osprey were visible. Patience paid off though, when the male arrived and the female came into view.
Name: Greg Power
Nest Name:
BEV-04 - Beverly Port Marina Boat Haul
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-26
04:25 PM to 04:35 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot, binos
General Comments:
Name: Greg Power
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-26
04:45 PM to 04:55 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: 1 osprey on channel marker 3
Observation Method: Foot, binos, bottom of Independence Park.
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-25
03:12 PM to 03:20 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy, 50, ESE 8mph, gusts 10.
Other Activity: 1 osprey perched on perch over nest, other (female I assume) incubating
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-25
03:45 PM to 03:50 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy, 50, ESE 8mph, gusts10
Other Activity: when arrived 1 osprey looked like it was incubating eggs on nest. Few minutes later it was on perch over nest. Don't know if eggs or not. Huge nest as usual for this pair.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-25
03:32 PM to 03:39 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy, 50, ESE 8mph, gusts 10
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Sally McMurry
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-25
12:42 PM to 01:08 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: High 40s mostly cloudy slight breeze low tide
Other Activity: Sitting in nest, changing position in nest
Observation Method: On foot binoculars
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-25
05:30 PM to 05:45 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 58, breezy, grey skies
Other Activity: First time I have been able to confirm female is present. This years nest is very different from all previous versions -much taller and deep in center so female’s head barely shows above nest. Scope needed to confirm presence. Based on previous visits with only binocs which suggested something in nest and the time the new nest took to build they have clearly been present since earlier in April.
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: