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: Diana Clark
Nest Name:
GLO-10 - Walker Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-06-09
All day to Every day
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Light clouds
Other Activity: Another osprey swooped down to the nest but the male and female living there wouldn’t let it land.
Observation Method: Binoculars
General Comments: Can you put a camera on this one? The couple was in the nest together for a time. This.nest is my view and I watch it constantly.
Name: Lore Chapman
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-06-09
545 PM to 603 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 69 degrees, sunny, wind from the west ~ 10-12 mph
Other Activity: On adult was perched on the side of the nest. He was looking around and fluffed his wings a few times. He did not appear to be looking down in the next or doing anything in the nest. I did not observe any other activity in the nest. He just remained fairly still - enjoying the beautiful afternoon after a rainy morning.
Observation Method: Vehicle with binoculars at the end of Quincy Street and at Independence Park.
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-06-08
3:22 PM to 3:39 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73, partly cloudy, winds 15mph, gusts 28 from W
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: 1 incubating, 2nd landed then moved to perch next to platform. 3rd intruder osprey flew by and 2nd went to nest and spread its wings, intruder left. Then both circling high a few minutes later and one had fish in talons and that one chased other away. Eventually one with fish landed on perch next to platform.
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-06-08
4:05 PM to 4:20 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73, partly cloudy, W at 15mph, gusts 28 (mostly gusts)
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: 1 incubating, 2nd landed and flew to low perch fairly near nest (not man-made perch). Could just see white head come up for few minutes then disappeared again.
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-06-08
3:45 PM to 4:00 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73, partly cloudy, W at 15mph, gusts 28
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: 1 incubating, 1 perched on nest then flew off leaving the 1 incubating.
Name: Sally McMurry
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-06-08
10:12 AM to 10:42 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Gusty, 67, sunny, tide partly in, high tide about 1:30 pm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot, binoculars, from across Collins Cove
General Comments: Adult head visible above nest rim most of the time. At one point it stood, moved around, and bobbed its head, this took up several minutes, then it resettled
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-06-08
6:10 PM to 6:20 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72, little breeze, clear sky
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
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:
2024-06-08
10:20 AM to 10:25 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny and breezy
Other Activity: female was in the nest / male was on the lower post and flew up to copulate. Looks as though they are attempting to produce eggs again. I am hoping that will be successful after the loss of the first three.
Observation Method: scope from home
General Comments:
Name: Melissa Root
Nest Name:
NEW-08 - Upper Parker River/Middle Road Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-06-08
5:00 to 5:30
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: Every time we go by on the boat one of the Osprey comes flying out of a tree on one side of the river overhead and goes to land on the other side of the river in another tree He must like to perch up there and gets disturbed by our presence. Second Osprey standing in the nest today. I’ve seen them both around a lot recently.
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
NEW-08 - Upper Parker River/Middle Road Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-06-08
5:50 PM to 6:00 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72, gusty breeze, clear sky
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: Female observed standing upright on platform