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: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-28
3:33 PM to 3:55 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 79, mostly sunny, occasional ESE 8 mph
Other Activity: Had borrowed scope. 2 fledglings on nest. No adults in sight. Standing upright and alert, almost statues except heads moved slightly!
Observation Method: 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:
2024-07-28
10:45 AM to 11:25 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: Mild breeze, hazy,75, tide ebbing, low around 11:30
Other Activity: I saw four total Osprey and got to see them all leave the nest and it was empty!
Observation Method: On foot, binoculars, from across Collins cove
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:
2024-07-28
10:45 AM to 11:25 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: Mild breeze, hazy,75, tide ebbing, low around 11:30
Other Activity: I saw four total Osprey and got to see them all leave the nest and it was empty!
Observation Method: On foot, binoculars, from across Collins cove
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-13 - Clubhead Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-28
4 PM to 5 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 90, 5 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: 1 on marsh perch, 1 on platform perch
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-10 - Shad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-28
4 PM to 5 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1-2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 90, S5 mph
Other Activity: male was perched on nest, female flew toward nest and in a low circle around the nest then flew away
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:
2024-07-28
4 PM to 5 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 90, S 5mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: 1 perched on camp roof, 1 perched on camp piling, 1 landed on nest. the 2 on platform #2 were still there. I wasn't able to distinguish which were adults and which were fledglings.
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-19 - Holy Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-28
4 PM to 5 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 90, S 5mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: 2 osprey (presumably nestlings) perched on nest, 2 flying overhead
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-19 - Holy Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-28
4 PM to 5 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 90, S 5mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: 2 osprey (presumably nestlings) perched on nest, 2 flying overhead
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-15 - Rogers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-28
4 PM to 5 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 90, S 5mph
Other Activity: 1 adult appeared to be feeding a chick. one was on the marsh perch, one flew in low across the marsh from the west close past the platform and landed on the marsh about 100' northeast.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-09A - Broad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-07-28
4 PM to 5 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 90, S 5mph
Other Activity: 3 osprey flying over the nest. 2 had an aggressive encounter in the air of which on continued to fly over the nest, one flew south. The third one landed on the nest. About a month ago I observed a similar aerial fight which descended briefly to below platform level before one osprey flew away.
Observation Method:
General Comments: