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: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-28
03:45 PM to 04:15 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 78 degrees, wind SSE 8 mph, cloudy.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments: After many years of disappointments, this nest has finally produced a chick. Just one special chick. Yay!
Name: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-28
04:25 PM to 04:35 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 78 degrees, wind SSE 8 mph, cloudy.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
MAN-01 - Sauli Rock Daymarker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-28
05:15 PM to 05:20 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Temp 72°F Wind calm Sky clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: 1 adult and 3 rapidly grow in chicks
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-28
04:50 PM to 06:00 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Temp 70°F Wind E@5mph Hazy skies
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-16 - Purinton Powerline Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-27
08:50 AM to 08:55 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast, 72F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: Adult perched on daddy pole, no young visible but plastic bag seems tb caught on one side of nest
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-15 - Shad Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-27
08:52 AM to 08:57 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast, 72F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: One adult feeding nestling, one perched on daddy pole
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-13 - Clubhead Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-27
09:07 AM to 09:07 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast, 72F
Other Activity: Empty platform
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-27
09:07 AM to 09:14 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Overcast, 72F
Other Activity: My 1st definite fledgling siting!! 🎉👏🏻 2 adults perched n shack to right of platform, and young bird in nest flapping wings, rising into air above nest and then sinking back. SO COOL!!
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-04 - Nelson Island Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-27
09:11 AM to 09:11 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast, 72F
Other Activity: Empty platform
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-27
06:30 AM to 06:50 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 66 degF, moderate wind from WSW, 100% hazy cloud cover
Other Activity: two birds at nest, wing-flapping, so called them juvs
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: