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: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-03
03:46 PM to 03:54 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 80, sunny but wildfire smoke-haze, SE 8, gusts 13
Other Activity: 2 fledglings on nest. 1 then flew to top of nearby utility pole. Adult female on perch next to platform. 2nd fledgling left nest but didn't see where it landed.
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:
2025-08-03
04:19 PM to 04:29 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 80, sunny but wildfire smoke haze, SE 8, gusts 13
Other Activity: nest empty then 1 fledgling arrived and landed on perch over nest, then adult female landed on nest. another osprey sitting with white front facing me on nesrby perch, either other fledgling or adult male. Couldn't tell because couldn't see wing or back plumage!
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:
2025-08-03
04:34 PM to 04:39 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 80, sunny but wildfire smoke-haze, SE 8, gusts 13
Other Activity: 2 fledglings on nest, 1 perched, other lying down. no adults visible on or nearby 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:
2025-08-03
04:34 PM to 04:39 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 80, sunny but wildfire smoke-haze, SE 8 gusts 13
Other Activity: 2 fledglings on nest, 1 perched 2nd lying down. no adults visible on or nearby nest.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Had borrowed SCOPE!!
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-03
06:55 AM to 07:15 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 60 degF, light breeze from SW, clear sky
Other Activity: one bird at nest looking like an adult; one bird on post to the east of the platform, feeding itself looks like a juv; third bird on post east of that, also feeding itself looks like adult
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: very difficult to tell juvs from adults!
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-03
06:55 AM to 07:15 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60 degF, light breeze from SW, clear sky
Other Activity: 3 birds at nest - one adult feeding a juv, plus a second juv
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-03
09:00 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny warm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments: I think these were adults; saw no sign of fledglings
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-12 - PI Turnpike Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-03
07:25 AM to 07:40 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64 degF, no wind, clear sky
Other Activity: adult on platform perch; two big juvs in nest feeding selves, flapping wings
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-07 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-03
07:25 AM to 07:40 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64 degF, no wind, clear sky
Other Activity: no Osprey in the area
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-06 - Chace Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-03
06:55 AM to 07:15 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 60 degF, light breeze from SW, clear sky
Other Activity: one adult on nest perch; one juv was down in nest then appeared on post perch
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: