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: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-14
3:25 PM to 3:33 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 88, sunny, SE 6mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Too hot and think young were just staying quiet. Wish I could have gone later in the day as I had planned, might have seen more activity
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-14
02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80F, light S wind, sunny
Other Activity: Adult perched on nest while the nestling did serious wing practice, hopping from one side of nest to the other.
Observation Method: By scope from Lighthouse hill in Winter Island.
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-14
8:30 AM to 8:55
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75, calm, very hazy
Other Activity: Nestlings beginning to flex full wings on the edge of the nest. No activity when I first arrived but male came with fish and everybody got busy pushing b=nd shoving each other.
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-14
06:30 AM to 06:45 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 67 degF, no wind, clear sky
Other Activity: one adult perched at the nest, two juvs down in the nest; two more adults on post perches east of the platform
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-14
06:30 AM to 06:45 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 67 degF, no wind, clear sky
Other Activity: one adult perched at the nest, on adult perched down on the corner of the platform, 2 large juvs perched in the nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-14
07:00 AM to 07:10 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny hot
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-14
07:00 AM to 07:10 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny hot
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-07 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-14
6:50 AM to 7:05 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 67 degF, no wind, clear sky
Other Activity: one bird on post perch; no activity whatsoever observed at or in nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-14
06:30 AM to 06:45 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 67 degF, no wind, clear sky
Other Activity: one adult on the nest perch, one on the post perch, three large juvs in nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-14
6:50 AM to 7:05 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 67 degF, no wind, clear sky
Other Activity: one bird on post perch, one bird flew in to nest with nesting material, two large juvs seen in nest, there *may* have been a third
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: