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: Angela Sorensen
Nest Name:
ROW-16 - Purinton Powerline Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-02
10:00 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: Cool, sunny, moderate wind
Other Activity: Smaller one testing out wings, hovering over nest. Bigger one up to perch.
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-15 - Shad Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-02
09:26 AM to 09:34 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Clear, dry, 64F
Other Activity: Latform too far, with atmos. turbulence, to confirm definitively, but I think there are TWO fledglings on the nest, as well as an adult, both exercising their wings. !!
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Angela Sorensen
Nest Name:
ROW-15 - Shad Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-02
10:04 AM to 10:16 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Cool, sunny, moderate wind.
Other Activity: Looks like 2 juveniles in nest. I need a better scope!
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-13 - Clubhead Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-02
09:47 AM to 09:51 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Clear, dry, 68F
Other Activity: Empty platform
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-02
09:46 AM to 09:52 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Clear, dry, 68F
Other Activity: No birds on nest—fledged?? But two birds (appear tb adults, but at a distance) perched n marsh to right of platform—1 quite close and 1 at least 45 degrees to right, so could be unrelated…..
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-04 - Nelson Island Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-02
09:49 AM to 09:56 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Clear, dry, 68F
Other Activity: Hard to see but appears tb 1 bird on nest
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-02
11:23 AM to 11:44 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72F, light North wind, sunny
Other Activity: Female feeding the two young
Observation Method: By scope from area of lighthouse on Winter Island.
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-03 - Endeavor Channel Marker E
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-02
11:23 AM to 11:44 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72F, light North wind, sunny
Other Activity: Perched at the top of the nest. Nest has been built up to the top of the center pole. No sign of young chicks.
Observation Method: By scope from area of lighthouse on Winter Island.
General Comments: Visibility was great today. Haven't seen the nest this well in a long time.
Name: Gail Smith
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-02
12:05 PM to 12:20 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75, SUNNY
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ON FOOT, BINOCULARS
General Comments:
Name: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-02
05:55 PM to 07:15 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 69 degrees, wind SSE 7 mph, sunny.
Other Activity: Mother was out of the nest on the perch for a good while, then went back to the nest. The chick is resting a lot, but ramping up its efforts to fly by spreading its wings more often.
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments: You can do it, little guy!