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: 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.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-09
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-09
2:47 PM to 2:58 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59, mostly sunny, 9mph with lots of gusts 16mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Osprey-female?-on nest, 2 ospreys near each other and soaring low near nest then went to marsh. Then they came back, one flew away from nest other circled low over, female called from nest but it didn't land and flew back over marsh.
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
SAL-06 - Carr Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-09
8:30 AMma to 8:40
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 44 d; sunny; calm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: SALLY MCMURRY
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-09
4:08 PM to 4:38 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: breezy, sunny, 51, low tide approaching at 6:30
Other Activity: 4:08, 2 adults on nest 4:15 1 adult visible on nest 4:27 1 adult observed flying near tank
Observation Method: foot, binoculars, from across Collins Cove
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-13 - Clubhead Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-09
1:30 PM to 2 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 53 degrees F Winds NE 14 mph Clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-09
1:30 PM to 2 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 53 degrees F Winds NE 14 mph Clear
Other Activity: One osprey on nest
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-11 - Plum Bush Downs Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-09
8:00 AMma to 8:10 AM.
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 44d; sunny; calm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: