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: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-13 - Clubhead Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-11
11:16 AM to 11:20 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast, humid, 74F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: Empty platform
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-10 - Shad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-11
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74, calm, 95%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-11
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74, calm, 95%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-11
11:17 AM to 11:22 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast, humid, 74F
Other Activity: Ang flapping above nest materials, and head raised occasionally—assume this is a nestling strengthening muscles, not an adult
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
REV-04 - Jacob’s Park Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-11
10:55 AM to 11:10 AM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Cloudy / 70°/ 5mph-7mph/ ESE
Other Activity: Single Osprey observed perch on man-made perch at nest area not further out one in the marsh. My observations are that this is most likely a failed platform this year.
Observation Method: Walked out to edge of marsh via Jacobs Park
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-11
10:35 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Cloudy / 70°/ 5mph-7mph/ ESE
Other Activity: Only two of the three nest lines were observed. Both adults were on the nest at one time or another during my observation.
Observation Method: Pulled into construction site and walked out to get better viewing further out in the large former parking area.
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-11
11:20 AM to 11:35 AM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Cloudy / 71°/ 5mph-7mph / SE
Other Activity: Solo Osprey perched below platform on support post. Intruder flew in and this osprey fluid off and return to perch.
Observation Method: Walked to edge of river having parked in route 107 pull out area - observed with scope and binoculars
General Comments: Minimal activity seen on this platform for many weeks.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-06 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-11
02:17 AM to 02:35 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 68 deg, mostly sunny, light SE wind
Other Activity: The two young did much wing flapping while female ate. Afterward, the female fed one of the young.
Observation Method: by scope from Mhd cemetery
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-11
12:56 PM to 01:26 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 68F, light SE wind, mostly sunny
Other Activity: Male was perched atop the pole, Female perched on the nest. She seemed to be eating or tending to something in the nest.
Observation Method: By scope from lighthouse area on Winter Island
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-03 - Endeavor Channel Marker E
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-11
12:56 PM to 01:26 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 68F, light SE wind, mostly sunny
Other Activity: Only one perched on the nest. Unable to see well enough to verify any other activity.
Observation Method: By scope from lighthouse area on Winter Island.
General Comments: