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: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
12:45 PM. to 1:05 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 63 degrees; extremely low tide; partly cloudy; breezy
Other Activity: Female osprey was sitting on the marsh grass for a while, and then moved to the pole perch.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars
General Comments: No sign of the male.
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
12:45 PM. to 1:05 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 63 degrees; extremely low tide; partly cloudy; breezy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot on the viewing platform with binoculars
General Comments: Forgot to mention that there is a large black plastic trash bag that has been worked onto the nest.
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
8:45 AM to 9:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, warm, light breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: car
General Comments: female is sitting on the nest, male is perched on marsh perch with a fish. A couple Turkey vultures flew over head and he flew up to the platform, then he went to retrieve some sticks for nest building.....Not quite as eventful as the other day for sure.
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
MAN-01 - Sauli Rock Daymarker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
12:30 PM to 01:00 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 55°F Wind SW @ 6 gust 16mph Sky clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Scope from West Beach
General Comments: First sighting on Sauli Marker this season Glad to see they made it back.
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-03 - Misery Island Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
12:30 PM to 01:00 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 55°F Wind SW @ 6 gust 16mph Sky clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Scope from West beach I Beverly
General Comments:
Name: Lesli Woodruff
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
2:15 to 2:30
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Cool, windy
Other Activity: One osprey perched, hunkering down from the wind.
Observation Method: on foot with binocs from Independence Park
General Comments: There is a large piece of debris on the nest I think - maybe just a part of the nest that got blown around in the wind. Next time I go down there I'll bring a camera. It is on the back side of the nest, looking from Indy Park.
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-13 - Dead Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-13
12:20 PM to 12:30 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 f, cloudy, wind 15 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from Liberty St.
General Comments: Date of Observation* (example: 2021-01-31) this does not line up with what input is actually allowed.
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-12 - Dead Creek Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-13
12:20 PM to 12:30 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 f, cloudy, wind 15 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from Liberty St.
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-10 - Lunt Rock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-13
11:30 AM to 11:45 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 f, cloudy, wind 15 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-09 - Blackwater Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-13
12:10 PM to 12:20 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 f, cloudy, wind 15 mph
Other Activity: plastic trash hanging off the nest. again.
Observation Method: from Markey's parking lot
General Comments: