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: Greg Power
Nest Name:
BEV-04 - Beverly Port Marina Boat Haul
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-01
05:30 PM to 08:00 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Clear and warm
Other Activity: Chased Black-crowned Night Herons from the next several times.
Observation Method: On foot from dock
General Comments: Continuing competition for the nest sight as a night roost. But it was fun to watch during our Beverly Birds and Brews outing.
Name: Jeffrey LeDrew
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-31
09:00 AM to 09:10 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 68° slight rain
Other Activity: Fledgling perched adult osprey lefr and came back k with a big fish
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-12 - Dead Creek Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-31
09:40 AM to 09:45 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75 F, about to rain, breeze
Other Activity: 1 adult sitting on perch, no nest here.
Observation Method: Liberty St.
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-11 - Middle Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-31
08:30 AM to 08:35 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75F, about to rain, cloud of mosquitos
Other Activity: 1 adult on perch, 2 nestlings/fledglings on nest
Observation Method: Pretty Apple Lane, Salisbury Marsh WMA
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-10 - Lunt Rock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-31
08:50 AM to 09:00 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75F, about to rain, breeze
Other Activity: 2 birds (adults? fledglings?) on snags between and near Shad and Lunt platforms. I can't tell who goes with which nest.
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-09 - Blackwater Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-31
09:25 AM to 09:35 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75F, about to rain, breeze
Other Activity: 3 juveniles, lying side by side in crowded nest
Observation Method: from Markey's parking lot.
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-08 - Shad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-31
08:50 AM to 09:00 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75 F, about to rain, breeze
Other Activity: 2 birds (adults? fledglings?) on snags between and near Shad and Lunt platforms. I can't tell who goes with which nest.
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-31
08:50 AM to 09:00 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75F, about to rain, breeze
Other Activity: 2 nestlings/fledglings in nest. Don't know if they have flown yet.
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-31
07:00 PM to 07:45 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: dusk into darkness
Other Activity:
Observation Method: scope from home
General Comments: Still here
Name: joseph wilson
Nest Name:
LYN-05 - GEAA Field Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-31
07:15 PM to 07:45 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, rain on and off 65 F
Other Activity: 1 fledgling standing on edge of nest looking out.
Observation Method: Car. foot
General Comments: Fledgling looking out