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: SALLY MCMURRY
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-03-25
5:15 PM to 5:35 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: temp 47 light breeze, sunny.
Other Activity: 2 ospreys observed on the nest. One flew off, grabbed a stick, and returned.
Observation Method: on foot, using binoculars from opposite shore
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-12 - Dilly Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-03-25
7:45 AM to 8:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 37 degrees, little to no wind, fog to partly sunny, good visibility through scope across the marsh
Other Activity: 1 on the nest and 1 on the post (could just barely see them across the marsh)
Observation Method: through scope from Island Road
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-11 - Dean Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-03-25
7:45 AM to 8:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 37 degrees, little to no wind, fog to partly sunny, good visibility through scope across the marsh
Other Activity: 1 osprey on the nest and one on the post by the nest
Observation Method: through the scope on Island Road
General Comments:
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-03-25
5:15 PM. to 5:45 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 47 degrees; partly cloudy; low tide starting to come in
Other Activity: Then the observed osprey came back 10 minutes later; flew over the nest, and headed over the waterway toward Farnhams.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars in 2 locations.
General Comments: Initially the platform nest and perches were empty. 15 minutes later either a male or female osprey came to, and sat on the nest from last season for approx. 10 minutes, and flew off over the Essex River, heading toward the Causeway.
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-07 - Babson Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-03-25
7:45 AM to 8:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 37 degrees, little to no wind, fog to partly sunny, good visibility through scope across the marsh
Other Activity:
Observation Method: through scope from Island Road
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-04 - Round Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-03-25
7:45 AM to 8:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 37 degrees, little to no wind, fog to partly sunny, good visibility through scope across the marsh
Other Activity:
Observation Method: through scope from Island Road
General Comments: observed 6 nests through the scope, moving back and forth
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-03-25
7:45 AM to 8:30
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 37 degrees, little to no wind, fog to partly sunny, good visibility through scope across the marsh
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from Island Road through scope
General Comments: observed 6 nests back and forth through the scope for 45 minutes
Name: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-02 - Wingarsheek Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-03-23
8:00 AM to 8:05 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-03 - Little Haste Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-03-22
01:30 PM to 01:35 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 40F, breezy and cloudy
Other Activity: Perched on nest, not nest building. Probably female.
Observation Method: On foot by scope.
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-03-20
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: Ollie was first perched on a tree near the nest where he frequently would perch. Then he went to another familiar tree for at least an hour. I didn't see him on the nest. This was the first sighting this year.
Observation Method: From our house
General Comments: