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: Ann Massoth
Nest Name:
HAV-01 - Trinity Stadium Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-11
06:30 PM to 08:00 PM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, 80s
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: One osprey deep in the nest. Can’t tell if there are chicks but I suspect there might be. Osprey kept lowering its head. No fish delivery while I was there.
Name: Diana Clark
Nest Name:
GLO-10 - Walker Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-11
03:00 PM to 04:00 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Full sun, 70f, slight white nd
Other Activity: She hasn’t left nest; very active: eating? Preening? Hatchling? All?
Observation Method: From home
General Comments: Small craft fishing very close to nest lately thru days.
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-09
03:11 PM to 03:19 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 61, cloudy, damp, East 9mph, gusts 15
Other Activity: male osprey on perch over nest, female standing near edge of nest. Kept putting her head down as though feeding--maybe chicks too small for me to see?
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-09
03:45 PM to 03:52 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 61, damp, cloudy, east 9mph, gusts 15
Other Activity: male perched on manmade post near platform. Female way down in nest but saw her raise her white head and move it.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
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:
2025-06-09
03:30 PM to 03:38 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 61, damp, cloudy, east 9mph, gusts 15
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: she was hunkered way down in the nest, could barely see her white head pop up and move.
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-09
09:00 AM to 11:22 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: overcast,chilly
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments:
Name: Jeffrey LeDrew
Nest Name:
HAV-01 - Trinity Stadium Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-09
4:50 PM to 5:05 PM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 63° cloudy cool
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-05 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G23
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-08
09:35 AM to 09:58 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 63F, very breezy, very hazy
Other Activity: Seems odd to be incubating but nest has been built up since last viewing. Hope it continues.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: Seems too late to expect anything.
Name: Lore Chapman
Nest Name:
SLM-05 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G23
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-08
09:10 AM to 09:16 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees partly cloudy light wind
Other Activity: No osprey visible on or around nest
Observation Method: On foot at Salem Ferry Pier with binoculars
General Comments:
Name: Lore Chapman
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-08
09:22 AM to 09:30 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: ~ 60 degrees partly cloudy, windy
Other Activity: Both adult Osprey were perched on nest. One flew off and returned with something. I could not tell if it was food or nest material. They did not appear to eat after that.
Observation Method: In vehicle with binoculars at the end of March St
General Comments: