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: James C Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-11
07:00 to 3:35 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: rain, very heavy overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Sam Hamlin
Nest Name:
IPS-01 - Strawberry Hill Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-11
06:15 PM to 06:15 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: overcast with fog all day Temperatures in the 50’s Rain at times
Other Activity: Over the last 3 days, we have seen a pair, both male and female, perched together, feeding, bringing material to the nest, and possibly even attempting to copulate. Presumably this is the same pair as last year.
Observation Method: Visually, from house
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-07 - Stanton Street Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-10
12:10 PM to 12:30 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny 55
Other Activity: No sign of a nest on the platform. There has never been a nest since the Boy Scouts built the platform a couple of years ago.
Observation Method: Foot from the bike path
General Comments:
Name: Hank Moore
Nest Name:
NEW-07 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-10
7:25 AM to 7:29 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Visibility good
Other Activity: One adult osprey standing in her nest. Adult osprey on Marsh poll eating a fish
Observation Method: From home
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-10
07:30 AM to 01:20 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: warm overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-10
9:00 AM to 9:10 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55 sunny
Other Activity: There is still no sign of activity on the channel marker. There is not even a remnant of the nest from last year.
Observation Method: Vehicle from Raddin St.
General Comments:
Name: Ann Massoth
Nest Name:
HAV-01 - Trinity Stadium Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-10
9:50 AM to 10:10 AM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 48 degrees, cloudy, 7 mph wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: car
General Comments: Pair on the 2022 nest. Great to see. Been waiting for the second one. Nest repairs occuring and another watcher said the male had just brought a big fish in. Doing some fly arounds too. They, if the same pair, had started out on this nest last year and moved to the one closer to first base shortly after the female's arrival. We'll see what happens!
Name: Dianne Sampson
Nest Name:
GLO-09 - Ten Pound Island Daymarker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-10
8:05 AM to 8:45
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: Stand near Ten Pound Island
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Raining and cold
Other Activity:
Observation Method: From deck facing the nest
General Comments: FIRST DAY of sighting FIRST OSPREY
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-09
2:28 PM to 2:37 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59, mostly sunny, wind 9mph gusts-lots-16mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Last time, 3/31 there were no sticks on nest, bare wood. Now quite a bunch of sticks though I expect nest to get bigger.
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-09
3:02 PM to 3:11 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59, mostly sunny, 9mph lots gusts 16mph.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Another osprey flew by nest low but flew away and over airfield to marsh/fields on opposite side from nest platform.