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 Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-28
11:10 AM to 11:20 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Temp 68°F Wind E@5mph Fog
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-28
02:30 AM to 02:45 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-28
02:30 AM to 02:45 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 78F, light wind from SE, sunny
Other Activity: Adult was perched on pole. Nothing on the nest.!!!
Observation Method: By scope from parking lot on Winter Island.
General Comments: Doesn't make any sense! Did the young die? Or was I imagining seeing them? (PS, duplicate report terminated in error)
Name: joseph wilson
Nest Name:
LYN-05 - GEAA Field Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-28
07:15 PM to 07:45 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 90 F Sunny and breezy
Other Activity: 2 fledglings peeking over nest edge. adult flies to nest with fish and all eat including adult
Observation Method: Car, foot
General Comments: Other Adult is perched on light pole other end of field eating a fish. A crow flies over harrassing it. Have video.
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