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: 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!
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-10 - Saugus River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-01
01:10 PM to 01:25 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny/70°/11–17 - NE
Other Activity: Observed three nestlings. One adult perched on transmission tower. Right above the nest. A second Osprey observed on the right hand transmission tower. And a third also observed at the closest of the three transmission towers. This osprey observed flying overhead at the Gibson point parking area.
Observation Method: Parked in Gibson Point lot to the right of the condominium structure. Used scope for observation.
General Comments: It seems very clearly that these three nestlings over and my son is have yet to fledge.
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-09 - Bear Creek Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-01
01:10 PM to 01:25 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny/69°/11–17 - NE
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Parked off to the north east side of Gibson point parking area. And observed with scope.
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-01
12:25 PM to 12:40 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny/69°/11–17 - NE
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Parked in route 107 pull off area and walk to the edge of the marsh. Used scope and binoculars for observation.
General Comments: