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: Caroline Haines
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-10
10:15 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Hot/humid/sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-09
02:50 PM to 03:05 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees, light NE,partly cloudy
Other Activity: Female is feeding a single chick. Male is perched on platform 3. The feathered carcass of the second chick is hanging from the nest. It looks like its leg is caught in netting and the body is hanging below.
Observation Method: from side yard
General Comments: I've been concerned for the last several days since I only could see a single chick during the few times I've been at home. The second chick was not in view and was not hanging below the nest. It's a grisly scene now.
Name: Darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-09
11:20 AM to 11:25 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: high fog / cool breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: scope from home
General Comments:
Name: Tim Simmons
Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-09
09:00 AM to 10:00 AM
at: Merrimac
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70, cloudy, foggy, drizzle
Other Activity: nestling preening, adult vocalization, fly over display
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: nestling getting big!
Name: Peter Burns
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-09
01:10 PM to 01:30 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 71 degrees, overcast skies, breezy
Other Activity: The adult osprey was perched high on a nearby tree and didn't move off of that perch for the entire time I observed. I watched the next but could not see any movement in the nest. I could not tell if the nest was empty or if the nestlings were just very quiet today.
Observation Method: On foot with spotting scope.
General Comments:
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-09
11:15 AM to 12:00 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75 degrees; cloudy; light wind; high tide
Other Activity: The male was sitting on the pole perch facing away from the platform.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars
General Comments: Female was sitting in the center of the nest, and then she sat on the nest perch as if making room for nestlings (which are not visible since the nest is so deep).
Name: Greg Power
Nest Name:
BEV-04 - Beverly Port Marina Boat Haul
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-09
10:33 AM to 10:52 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Mist Temperature: 66°F Wind: Gentle breeze Wind Direction: N - NE Cloud Cover: 100% Humidity: 95%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: For with binos. First from dock then from 3rd floor of Mission Boathouse
General Comments:
Name: Greg Power
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-09
10:59 AM to 11:16 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Mist Temperature: 66°F Wind: Gentle breeze Wind Direction: NE Cloud Cover: 100% Humidity: 95%
Other Activity: 1 bird on nest when I arrived. Then the other returned with a fish and the nestling popped up
Observation Method: Scope, sitting at the top of Independence Park.
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:
2025-07-08
07:15 PM to 07:45 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 82F,cloudy,
Other Activity: 1 adult inside nest and 1 nestling seen. Other adult flew into nest and then left. Nestling is grooming itself
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-05 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G23
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-08
01:20 AM to 01:30 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 88F, partly cloudy, light breeze
Other Activity: Still seems too low on the platform to have any eggs or chicks.
Observation Method: by scope from Winter Island nr Harbormaster shack
General Comments: