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: Ryan Spruck
Nest Name:
SLM-05 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G23
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-30
7:30 PM to 7:32 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Mid 70's, Winds NW at 8mph, clear skies
Other Activity: defensive wing spreading and calling as our boat circled
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: We only saw the head of the fledgling but it was almost definitely a youth as it was browner and mottled.
Name: Sally McMurry
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-30
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: breezy, sunny, 78, low tide at 3:30
Other Activity:
Observation Method: binoculars from across collins cove
General Comments:
Name: Stephen Saxe
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-30
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Beautiful sunny day
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-30
006:40 AM to 07:00 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degF, gusty moderate wind from N, 5% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult and one juv at the nest, another adult on a post east of the platform; there *may* have been a second juv at the nest - distance and heat shimmer and wind made it difficult to tell for sure
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-30
006:40 AM to 07:00 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degF, gusty moderate wind from N, 5% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult at the nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-07 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-30
07:10 AM to 07:25 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 61 degF, light swirly wind from NNW, 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult perched at old Graf platform (NEW-01), one adult and two juvs perched at new Graf platform
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-30
006:40 AM to 07:00 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degF, gusty moderate wind from N, 5% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult on nest perch (later took off), one on a nearby snag, one on a post in the creek east of platform; juv down in the nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-30
08:00 AM to 08:37 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: sunny, war4m
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: 07/26, 2 fledglings were banded. the 3rd fledgling, we suppose, has learned to fly and is gone. After 4 days of looking, i have seen no sign of #3
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-30
07:10 AM to 07:25 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 61 degF, light swirly wind from NNW, 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: one large juv perched at the nest - flew away and then returned; a second juv flew in; one adult perched at the nest, then flew to the old frame east of the platform; a second adult flew in with a huge fish and took it down into the grass to feed itself
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
IPS-07 - Plum Island #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-30
08:10 AM to 08:25 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 degF, swirly moderate wind from NNW, 15% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult on nest perch, one big juv at nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: