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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.

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11637 results:

Name: Emerson Dahmen

Nest Name:
IPS-09A - Broad Creek Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-08
10:30 AM to 12 PM
at: Ipswich

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 60 degrees F Winds NNW at 4 mph Clear

Other Activity: One osprey on nest, other perched on nearby piling

Observation Method: Boat

General Comments:

 

Name: Karen Rembert

Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-08
8:16 AM to 8:18 AM
at: Gloucester

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: sunny

Other Activity:

Observation Method:

General Comments: Both adults on nesting platform in nest.

 

Name: Karen Rembert

Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-08
8:16 AM to 5:20 PM
at: Gloucester

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: sunny, warm

Other Activity:

Observation Method:

General Comments: Kept checking in on nest: 8:16am, then around 10, noon, 1pm up to 5:00pm. For most of that time I saw both adults on the nest. At 4:25pm I noted an adult on the pole nearest the marsh; he/she was eating a fish. It appears to me that some re-arrangement of nesting materials has taken place.

 

Name: Robyn Lafata

Nest Name:
GLO-04A - Annisquam River Platform #2

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-08
12:22 PM to 1:45 PM
at: Gloucester

Number of Adults Visible: 0

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 58 degrees, sunny and light breeze

Other Activity:

Observation Method: car

General Comments:

 

Name: Robyn Lafata

Nest Name:
GLO-04 - Annisquam River Platform #1

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-08
12:40 PM to 1:45 PM
at: Gloucester

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 58 degrees, sunny with light breeze..High tide

Other Activity: When I first arrived, the female was sitting on nest #2, flew away then moved to #1. Male flew in. Both sitting on the nest...male was bowed down as female called a lot. She finally moved up to the nest perch and he mounted her. Almost immediately after that, he went to the marsh at least 5 times grabbing marsh grass to bring back to the nest.

Observation Method: car

General Comments:

 

Name: Robyn Lafata

Nest Name:
ESS-13 - Blue Sky Farm Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-08
7:30 AM to 8:15 AM
at: Essex

Number of Adults Visible: 0

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 48 degrees, sunny, light breeze.

Other Activity:

Observation Method: foot

General Comments:

 

Name: Robyn Lafata

Nest Name:
ESS-10 - Lufkin Creek Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-08
12:22 PM to 12:35 PM
at: Essex

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 58 degrees, sunny, light breeze.

Other Activity: Osprey perched on nest.

Observation Method: car

General Comments:

 

Name: Robyn Lafata

Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-08
7:30 AM to 8:15 AM
at: Essex

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 48 degrees, sunny and light wind

Other Activity: female on nest and male is sitting on the perch....not much activity.

Observation Method: foot

General Comments:

 

Name: Robyn Lafata

Nest Name:
ESS-01 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #1

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-08
7:30 AM to 8:15 AM
at: Essex

Number of Adults Visible: 0

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 48 degrees, sunny light breeze

Other Activity:

Observation Method: car

General Comments:

 

Name: Gareth Fell

Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-07
10.00 AM to 10.20.am
at: Salem

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: Mild , cloudy ,breezy

Other Activity: One bird perched , another took flight , gona try and find a way of getting closer , hard to view from 200 meters or so away

Observation Method: On foot

General Comments:

 
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