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: Gail Smith
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-11
11:15 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80, cloudy, windy
Other Activity: The nestling is very large and performing lots of wing flapping.
Observation Method: on foot, binoculars
General Comments: Wondering when a nestling becomes a fledgling. Does it have to fly?
Name: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-11
4:10 PM to 4:50 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80 degrees, wind SSW 16 mph, partly cloudy.
Other Activity: Both parents were hanging out in the nest. I saw one fly off, I believe it was the female, while the male stayed behind to feed one of the chicks. The second chick looks ready to fledge. I didn't see the third chick.
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments: I love this monitoring!
Name: Lesli Woodruff
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-11
6:45 AM to 7:00 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Warm, humid, cloudy, sprinkling
Other Activity: Observed two birds, I suspect one was the nestling because it was smaller. Both perched on the edge of the nest.
Observation Method: On foot from Independence Park
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:
2024-07-10
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, windy,
Other Activity: adult flew up in air, around, & bad to nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Betsey Lutts-Bennett
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-10
07:15 AM to 07:45 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 70's, hazy humid
Other Activity: we must be nearing fledgling time, as an adult flew back and forth along the water's edge/tree edge several times before perching atop the tower over the nest, with a smaller head watching the activity.
Observation Method: foot, binoculars.
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-10
6:25 AM. to 6:40
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76; partly sunny; 3SW
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-10
6:25 AM. to 6:40 AM.
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76; partly sunny; 3SW
Other Activity: thought I detected movement of a third nestling, but could not definitively see.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-11 - Plum Bush Downs Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-10
6:05 AM to 6:20 AM.
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76D; partly sunny; 3SW
Other Activity: One osprey perched holding a sizable fish for some time then started eating it. Could not see any activity in nest.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: 2 Osprey on chimney at Pink House.
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-10
6:25 AM. to 6:40 AM.
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76; partly sunny; 3SW
Other Activity: a lot of movement; maybe feeding on something in nest.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-10
06:45 to 06:55
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: overcast, hot
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments: