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: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-23
01:02 PM to 01:17 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 79F, heavy rain and strong wind,
Other Activity: Only female present, down low in the nest.
Observation Method: In vehicle by scope through the window.
General Comments: On Salem Harbor Channel Marker R2, female incubating, no male present.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-23
12:40 PM to 12:45 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 79F, cloudy and wind picking up, starting to sprinkle
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Chris Errington
Nest Name:
REV-04 - Jacob’s Park Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-23
11:25 AM to 11:45 AM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: clear, sunny, 75f
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: 1 adult on nest, 1 adult perched
Name: Chris Errington
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-23
11:50 AM to 12:20 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: started sunny and 75, t-storms and rain began at 12:20
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-23
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy, 75F, breezy,
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-23
5:45 PM. to 6:00 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 78 degrees; light wind; high thin clouds; low tide
Other Activity: Male Osprey on the pole perch near the nest platform eating a fish; Female sitting deep in the nest, presumably on eggs. Her head was just barely visible above the top edge of the nest.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars.
General Comments: Curiously, as I was walking back to my car, I observed another Osprey in flight above me, carrying a big fish in it's talons. I wonder where this bird was headed with its catch?
Name: David Rimmer
Nest Name:
SAL-06 - Carr Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-22
8 AM to 8 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: single osprey perch on platform perch. It was low tide and I was in my boat so it was hard to see if there was a second osprey in the nest, but I did not think so.
Name: Lesli Woodruff
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-22
6:45 PM to 7:15 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Warm (~75°), windy
Other Activity: One osprey deep in the nest, presumably incubating, abd calling periodically. The other bird was perched on the tower below. They stayed like that for the whole time I was there.
Observation Method: On foot from street. I tried a few different vantage points.
General Comments: There was another bird calling towards the end but I didn't see it.
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-22
10:00 to 10:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny warm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Darcy and i went out to the nest; 3 eggs
Name: darcy holland
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-22
10:15 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Hot and clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Visit to the nest with Jim
General Comments: the two adults circled around as we each had a turn on the ladder. Three beautiful spotted eggs were in the nest.