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 hart
Nest Name:
IPS-01 - Strawberry Hill Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-27
10:45 AM to 11:05 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, drizzle
Other Activity: One Osprey perched on top of nest
Observation Method: foot
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:
2025-07-26
03:33 PM to 03:47 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 79, partly cloudy, ESE 9 mph, gusts 13
Other Activity: 2 almost-fledged chicks perched on nest. female on perch under platform calling, then flew off, circling and calling, finally landed on perch over nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Had borrowed SCOPE!!
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-26
04:15 PM to 04:25 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 79, partly cloudy, ESE 9 mph, gusts 13
Other Activity: 1 adult and 2 almost-fledged young on nest. 1 chick wing-flapping. adult flew to nearby perch then flew off. female later landed on perch over nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Had borrowed SCOPE!!
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-26
04:36 PM to 04:53 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 79, partly cloudy, ESE 9 mph, gusts 13
Other Activity: 2 almost-fledged young perched on nest, 1 adult landed briefly and left. Young were alone. both spreading and flapping wings and one even got off the nest and landed again. Definitely 2 chicks. #rd one seen with scope on 6/29 but not since. Something must have happened to it.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Had borrowed SCOPE!!
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-12 - Dead Creek Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-26
09:40 AM to 09:50 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74f, windy, hazy clear, low tide
Other Activity: 2 peregrine falcons perched on platform. A tern dive bombed 1 of the falcons, making it flinch. After a while they both flew off. Not ospreys, but very cool..
Observation Method: Liberty St.
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-11 - Middle Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-26
08:00 AM to 08:15 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70f, calm, hazy clear
Other Activity: Chicks flapping
Observation Method: Salisbury Marsh WMA
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-10 - Lunt Rock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-26
08:30 AM to 08:45 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74f, windy, hazy clear, low tide
Other Activity: chick (?) on nest, preening. back to me so I couldn't be sure if chick. fully feathered
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-09 - Blackwater Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-26
09:20 AM to 09:30 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74f, windy, hazy clear, low tide
Other Activity: adult on perch. 2 feathered chicks in nest, 1 of them flapping.
Observation Method: Markey's Restaurant parking lot.
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-08 - Shad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-26
08:30 AM to 08:45 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74f, windy, hazy clear, low tide
Other Activity: 1 adult on perch. 2 feathered chicks, one flapping
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-26
08:30 AM to 08:45 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74f, windy, hazy clear, low tide
Other Activity: adult on perch. chicks flapping
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments: