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: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-12 - Dead Creek Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-26
10:27 AM to 10:40 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 54F, overcast, breeze, tide going out
Other Activity: Osprey standing on platform, preening. A couple sticks on platform
Observation Method: Liberty St.
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-11 - Middle Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-26
09:45 AM to 09:50 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 54F, overcast, breeze, tide going out
Other Activity: standing on nest, moving around
Observation Method: Pretty Apple Lane, WMA
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-10 - Lunt Rock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-26
10:45 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 54F, overcast, breeze, tide going out
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Salisbury Beach boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-09 - Blackwater Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-26
10:20 AM to 10:25 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 54F, overcast, breeze, tide going out
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Markey's 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:
2026-04-26
10:45 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 54F, overcast, breeze, tide going out
Other Activity: 2 ospreys standing on platform
Observation Method: Salisbury Beach boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-26
10:45 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 54F, overcast, breeze, tide going out
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-02 - Black Rock Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-26
10:45 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 54F, overcast, breeze, tide going out
Other Activity: 2 osprey standing on platform. No visible nest.
Observation Method: Salisbury Beach boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-26
07:30 AM to 08:00 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-26
07:30 AM to 08:00 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 45 degrees, mostly sunny, calm
Other Activity: The female is sitting deep in the nest on Platform 1 near the river. The male is perched on the third platform where he typically eats his meals.
Observation Method: from bedroom window
General Comments: The female has been sitting deep in the nest for two days. Yesterday the male brought a fish to her and she fed on in while sitting in the nest and he perched there. It is interesting that they first added nesting material to the old nest on platform 2 for more than a week and then shifted the nest-building to platform 1 by the river. Now it seems clear that eggs have been laid in the new nest.
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-15 - Shad Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-26
09:00 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: 2 osprey flying overhead circling high for a few minutes then headed west so they didn't seem connected to the Shad Creek nest
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: