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.
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Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-18
8:45 AM to 9:15 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 75F, mostly cloudy, WNW 8 MPH
Other Activity: We could hear all the calling from the nest from way across the water. As we got closer we could see the adult female and all 3 young in the nest with 1 up on the edge flapping. This one took off shortly afterwards and did a loop and returned to the nest with lots of calling going on. As we started to leave for Dean, a second young osprey stood and started flapping. The male, I assume, flew over the nest calling, and the second took off and appeared to follow the male and circled over Choate Island with lots of calling going on. We did not see it return.
Observation Method: by kayak
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-18
9:35 AM to 9:45 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 75F, mostly cloudy, WNW 8 MPH
Other Activity: Vocalizations from Brophy could be heard all the way over near Dean. The Brophy platform was observed from over near the 'hut. One of the fledglings was still perched at the edge of the nest and the nestling was lying next to it with the female also perched in the nest. I could not confirm the presense of the other fledgling.
Observation Method: by kayak
General Comments:
Name: Lesli Woodruff
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-18
6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Warm, calm
Other Activity: 2 osprey perched. One obviously the adult, one obviously the juvenile. Juvenile took some hop/flaps but did not fly.
Observation Method: On foot from Independence Park
General Comments: I'm going to revise my observation from earlier in the week. I think there is only one nestling. What I saw the other day was probably the 2 adults and one nestling. I do not think it has fledged yet, or if so I don't think it has flown far.
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-17
9:45 AM to 10:00 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 85 partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: From our house
General Comments: Ollie & Olivia were both on the nest and Olivia was feeding the chicks
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-17
6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 90 degrees, sunny, light west wind
Other Activity: Two of the nestlings are starting flap their wings and try to lift off the nest platform
Observation Method: from back deck
General Comments: the parent birds are effective in keeping away intruding osprey. and in keeping the nestlings fed.
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAL-11 - Middle Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-16
6:40 AM to 6:50 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72° / Sunny / Winds W-SW 8mph
Other Activity: Where required - Dave Rimmer accessed the nest with 12’ extension ladder. I held the nestlings while David deftly clipped the bands on the nestlings right leg. Band registration numbers to be uploaded into Osprey banding data base.
Observation Method: Traveled to platforms via Dave Rimmer’s boat.
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAL-10 - Lunt Rock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-16
7:00 AM to 7:10 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72° / Sunny / Winds W-SW 8mph
Other Activity: Where required - Dave Rimmer accessed the nest with 12’ extension ladder. I held the nestlings while David deftly clipped the bands on the nestlings right leg. Band registration numbers to be uploaded into Osprey banding data base. Three chicks banded!
Observation Method: Traveled to platforms via Dave Rimmer’s boat.
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-16
7:30 AM to :7:35 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2-3
Weather Conditions: 74° / Sunny / Winds W-SW 8mph
Other Activity: 2-3 fledglings - did not band
Observation Method: Traveled to platforms via Dave Rimmer’s boat.
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAL-03 - Black Rock Creek Duck Blind
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-16
7:15 AM to 7:20 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74° / Sunny / Winds W-SW 8mph
Other Activity: Did not band. Seemed like no chicks in nest. Adults flew off without alarm
Observation Method: Traveled to platforms via Dave Rimmer’s boat.
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-16
02:30 PM to 03:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 90F, very light wind, sunny
Other Activity: Female down on rocks, male on the nest. Nestling simply perched. Female moved up to nest and male left.
Observation Method: By scope from Lighthouse hill on Winter Island.
General Comments: