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: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-11 - Dean Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-16
7:40 AM to 8:15 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: mostly sunny, 45 degrees, winds W at 15 MPH with higher gusts
Other Activity: Between the sunlight and the blowing wind, it was a little hard to see today. I could not confirm that an osprey was in the nest until the second bird flew in briefly and she lifted up for a moment before hunkering down again.
Observation Method: through scope from Island Rd.
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-07 - Babson Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-16
8:30 AM to 8:45 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: mostly sunny, 45 degrees, winds W at 15 MPH with higher gusts
Other Activity: Perched on the post by the nest. Also could see it perched there from over on Island Rd.
Observation Method: through scope behind Crane Beach
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-04 - Round Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-16
8:30 AM to 8:45 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: mostly sunny, 45 degrees, winds W at 15 MPH with higher gusts
Other Activity: juvenile/immature bald eagle was on the sandbar nearby and then lifted up and flew overhead. No white head or tail, very brown with mixed white underneath.
Observation Method: through scope from behind Crane
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-16
7:40 AM to 8:15 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: mostly sunny, 45 degrees, winds W at 15 MPH with higher gusts
Other Activity: No osprey were visible on the nest or anywhere nearby, but it look like some material has been brought to the nest as something bright green was visible and something like clear plastic
Observation Method: through scope from Island Rd.
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-16
7:40 AM to 8:15 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Mostly sunny, 45, wind W at 15 with higher gusts
Other Activity:
Observation Method: through scope from Island Rd.
General Comments:
Name: panayota Strakus
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-16
1:09 PM to 1:10 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Windy, partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Jan MCDONNELL
Nest Name:
SAL-06 - Carr Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-15
2:10 PM to 2:25 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 59 degrees, mostly light cloud cover with a few sprinkles of rain. no breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot on Merrimac bank opposite Carr
General Comments:
Name: Jan MCDONNELL
Nest Name:
SAL-06 - Carr Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-15
2:06 PM to 2:30 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 59 degrees light cloud cover a few sprinkles
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot on Merrimack riverbank opposite Carr
General Comments: This may be a duplicate not sure if other one went through
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-15
5:10 PM to 5:15 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 65, breezy, bad storm front moving in from the north
Other Activity: Female on nest. male close by on marsh
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: Darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-04-15
6:25 PM to 6:40 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: rainy / misty / moisty
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Scope from home
General Comments: