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: Sally McMurry
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-23
08:20 AM to 08:47 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 65, sunny, slight breeze, tide coming in about halfway
Other Activity: Four total lined up atop pylon. One perched on nest edge, the others on the metal part. Then a fifth joined them, slotting in to the lineup. The others did not react. They all stayed there in a line until I left.
Observation Method: On foot, binocs, from across cove
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
SLM-03 - Little Haste Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-23
01:20 PM to 01:30 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Temp 70°F Wind ESE @8mph Sky clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: No activity on nest
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-03 - Misery Island Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-23
02:00 PM to 02:15 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Temp 75° Wind SE@8mph Sky clear
Other Activity: Nest no longer exists
Observation Method: Walking on island
General Comments: Visited Misery Island to check on nest. As suspected the tree nest no longer exists.
Name: Tim Simmons
Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-23
09:00 AM to 10:00 AM
at: Merrimac
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Full sun, 70, light wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-23
01:44 AM to 01:54 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74F, light SE wind, sunny
Other Activity: Both adults arrived, male with a fish. Two nestlings came up and female began feeding them. Male left, fledgling not there.
Observation Method: By scope from lighthouse area on Winter Island.
General Comments: Greenheads, unusual here but very real today.
Name: joseph wilson
Nest Name:
LYN-05 - GEAA Field Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-23
02:15 PM to 02:30 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: clear with a few clouds 76 degrees
Other Activity: Female and 3 fledglings in nest Male flew off to fish
Observation Method: Car, foot
General Comments: Fledglings flapping wings
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
MAN-01 - Sauli Rock Daymarker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-23
01:20 PM to 01:40 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Temp 75°F Wind SE@8mph Sky clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: 3 chicks visible on nest
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-23
01:00 PM to 01:10 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Temp 73°F Wind ESE@10mph Sky clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-10 - Saugus River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-22
12:10 PM to 12:25 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny / 73°/ 3mph-9mph/ SE
Other Activity: Three nestlings observed in nest. No adults around.
Observation Method: Parked in Gibson point parking area and observed from River's edge. To the right of the condominium structure.
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-09 - Bear Creek Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-22
12:10 AM to 12:20 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny / 73°/ 3mph-9mph/ SE
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Viewed from Gibson point sidewalk area to right of condominium structure.
General Comments: