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: Rick Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-10 - Lufkin Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-19
08:20 AM to 08:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, calm, overcast
Other Activity: Fledgling perched on nest took flight when I got close.
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Rick Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-19
08:10 AM to 08:15 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, calm, overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Rick Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-19
10:45 AM to 10:50 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, slight breeze, partly cloudy
Other Activity: On my way back to the marina I observed a fledgling perched on the nest.
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Rick Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-06 - Soginese Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-19
08:40 AM to 08:50 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, calm, overcast
Other Activity: Fledgling perched on nest as I approached. When I got close it took flight and circled around the nest. As I started to leave the creek it made several attempts to land on the nest but kept missing. It finally was successful on the 4th attempt.
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Rick Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-19
09:10 AM to 09:15 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, calm, partly cloudy
Other Activity: Nest was empty when I arrived but there appeared to be a fledgling flying from Dean Island back over Brophy but did not land.
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-18
04:15 PM to 04:28 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 69, mostly sunny, East 11mph, gusts 16
Other Activity: 1 fledgling on nest. 1 adult on nearby utility pole eating, then flew off. 2nd fledgling flew onto nest.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Had borrowed SCOPE!!
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-18
04:55 PM to 05:02 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 69, mostly sunny, E 11mph, gusts 16
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: osprey facing me, and distance too far, couldn;t be 1005 sure it was a fledgling but doubt that an adult would land on nest and just stay there the way this one did. Had borrowed SCOPE
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-18
05:12 PM to 05:25 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 69, mostly sunny East 11mph, gusts 16
Other Activity: 1 fledgling on nest, spread its wings. Adult did very fast "food-drop" and immediately flew away. Fledgling started eating right away.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Had borrowed SCOPE
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-18
03:15 PM to 03:45 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: light rain and cloudy
Other Activity: 2 osprey in nest #2 seen eating a fish
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-18
03:15 PM to 03:45 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: cloudy, very breezy, 70F
Other Activity: 1 osprey standing up in nest. Other osprey walking along the edge of the Saugus River in front of the old pilings for about 10 minutes then flew upto the nest and stood next to the other osprey
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: