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: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-17 - Third Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-19
noon to 3:00 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2-3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80, 5W, 60%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: at least one chick looks adult size and perches upright, only distinguishable on nest by plumage difference.
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-16 - Paine Creek Camp #2-Dumaine
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-19
noon to 3:00 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 80, 5W, 60%
Other Activity: 2 adults visible flying on approach, chicks not visible at first but one popped up and flew from the nest, landed on marsh perch, one adult landed on marsh perch next too fledgling. Binocular observation was good enough to distinguish plumage difference clearly.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-15 - Rogers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-19
noon to 3:00 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80, 5W, 60%
Other Activity: one perched onset, 2nd flying overhead
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-14 - Rogers Island Duck Blind #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-19
noon to 3:00 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1-2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80, W5, 60%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: all observations today by binocular due to concern about startling a pre-fledge chick into premature launch, so 1-2 means one for sure, second probable but not absolutely certain, no sight of third chick. one adult on marsh perch, one on blind.
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-11A - Paine Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-19
noon to 3
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1-2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80, 5W, 60%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: one adult on nest, one on piling at former camp
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-19
noon to 3:00 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
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Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-09A - Broad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-19
noon to 3:00 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80, 5W, 60%
Other Activity: osprey flying over nest
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-19
noon to 3:00 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80, 5W, 60%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: 1 on marsh perch
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-04A - Six Goose Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-19
noon to 3:00 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1 or 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80, W5, 60%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Karen Rembert
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-19
07:15 AM to 07:18 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: warm, hazy sun
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: Again, it appears that the oldest "chick" is feeding on its own. Annie was perched on the nest and then flew to the nest perch. All look healthy to me. Seems that there is more wing flapping to strengthen their wings prior to leaving the nest in late August/early September?