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: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-03
11:30 AM to 11:53 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 82F sunny, clear, slight breeze
Other Activity: male is perched on log near the nest eating a fish
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-03
11:30 AM to 11:54 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 84F sunny breezy
Other Activity: male perched on a stick in the marsh nearby to the nest. Female is perched onthe edge of the nest looking down into it and possibly tending to chicks or eggs
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-16 - Purinton Powerline Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-03
10:40 AM to 10:42 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Light clouds, 75 degrees F
Other Activity: Same behavior as observed at Sawyers Island: adult standing in nest, head moving up and down as if feeding chicks
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-15 - Shad Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-03
10:40 AM to 10:42 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Light clouds, 75 degrees F
Other Activity: Platform still appears empty.
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-13 - Clubhead Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-03
10:50 AM to 10:55 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Light clouds, 79 degrees F
Other Activity: Adult sitting in nest
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-03
10:50 AM to 10:55 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Light clouds, 79 degrees F
Other Activity: No adult visible on nest, but atmospheric turbulence might be interfering.
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-03
03:30 PM to 03:51 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 68, calm, few high clouds
Other Activity: Arrived to find one adult [female?] standing on rim of nest. Could not see if any activity in nest[too deep]. After 5 mins adult left to fly up Parker River. Replaced by other adult who had been perched on post nearby. Again no specific attention by adult to anything in nest. Female returns to nest. Male leaves flying low to South. Female resumes standing on nest rim actively scanning sky. Have eggs hatched ? Are there nestlings? Will return to check in 3 days.
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-03
10:20 AM to 10:25 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Light clouds, 74 degrees F
Other Activity: Pretty sure this was feeding behavior—adult standing in nest, bobbing head down into nest repeatedly.
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-04 - Nelson Island Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-03
01:00 PM to 04:00 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 73,se7,0%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: 3 eggs. no marsh perch; I'll try to remember to take one out next time I go.
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-04 - Nelson Island Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-06-03
10:57 AM to 11:01 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Light clouds, 79 degrees F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments: