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: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-18
03:15 PM to 03:44 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, cool. 70F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-05 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G23
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
07:50 AM to 07:58 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70F, light SW wind, sunny
Other Activity: Adult perched on dayboard. Another adult (very dark feathers) with small fish landed on nest, looked around then left with the same fish. Later the nestling arose and began feeding on something that was in the nest.
Observation Method: By scope from Harbormaster hill on Winter Island.
General Comments: The adult on SLM-05 had no reaction to the adult that landed on the nest. Was it an adult or a fledgling from another nest? It was small but very dark, almost shiny.
Name: Darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
09:40 AM to 09:45 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: hot, sunny, slight breeze
Other Activity: two fledgelings eating / one adult perched
Observation Method: scope from home
General Comments:
Name: darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
10:20 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: sunny, hot, slight breeze
Other Activity: lying down
Observation Method: scope from home
General Comments:
Name: Darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
10:20 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, hot, slight breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: scope from home
General Comments:
Name: James Charles Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
11:00 AM to 11:05 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny hot
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
07:35 AM to 07:43 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70F, light SW wind, sunny
Other Activity: Just the 2 nestlings perched.
Observation Method: By scope from gazebo on Winter Island
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
02:50 PM to 03:18 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 87F, gusty SW wind, cloudy
Other Activity: A few minutes after setting up the bigger young one flew onto the platform and the smaller one flew past back and forth several times then landed on the top of the pole. Ten minutes later, the bigger one flew off again. Didn't see the adult.
Observation Method: By scope from gazebo on Winter Island
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
02:50 PM to 03:18 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 70F, light SW wind, sunny
Other Activity: Nest empty when we arrived, a few minutes later the bigger of the young flew on the platform and the smaller flew back and forth past the nest and eventually landed on the top of the pole. Sometime late the bigger flew off again. The adult wasn't there.
Observation Method: By scope from gazebo on Winter Island
General Comments: This is a duplicate entry. The first entry did not seem to take so I retried without using the "today" feature of the calendar.
Name: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-17
06:05 PM to 06:45 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 78 degrees, wind SSW 7 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments: I'm perplexed! This nest has had only one chick all season, now suddenly, a second chick is in the nest. Both are looking like they're close to fledging. No parent in sight.