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-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
3:27 PM to 3:34 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 90, mostly sunny but hazy, Sw at 4mph with slightly higher moments
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: calling almost continuously, like 7/9 observation no scope today
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
3:52 PM to 4:00 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 90, mostly sunny but hazy. SW 4mph with moments of higher breeze
Other Activity: One adult perched over nest. One chick bobbed up and down from inside the nest a few times. no wing flapping
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, 88F, hot& humid
Other Activity: nest #1, osprey on perchstick preening. Nest #2 has one osprey on perch eating a fish and another osprey standing up inside the nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
3:45 PM to 4:20 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 90, mostly sunny but hazy SW4mph with higher breezy moments
Other Activity: Drove by 3:45 and saw one nestling on edge giving a couple flaps. on edge-side facing 107. Observed from $:03-4:08pm and saw nothing on nest, but an osprey flying fairly near. Drove by as went home and saw adult perched on nearby utility pole.
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:
2023-07-17
7:15 PM to 8:15 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: hazy, poor air quality, calm, 80, tide low at about 6 pm
Other Activity: The mom stood watch and every once in awhile the babies would pop up. Definitely two. Sometimes flapping their little wings. Dad returned around 8 and hung out on the lower rungs. When I left they were all there
Observation Method: binoculars from across cove
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
SLM-03 - Little Haste Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
12:15 PM to 12:25:PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Temp 84°F Wind W @ 5mph Clear skies 13 miles visibility
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: One adult and one fledgling on nest
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
07:00 AM to 07:20 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 4
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73 degF, moderate gusty wind from SSW, 90% cloud clover
Other Activity: one adult at the nest with one chick; two more adults on the marsh posts east of the platform, and one more adult flew by with big fish and dropped down in grasses
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: an adult Bald Eagle flew over the Woodbridge and Chaces platform area
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
07:00 AM to 07:20 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73 degF, moderate gusty wind from SSW, 90% cloud clover
Other Activity: one adult at nest feeding one large chick
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: an adult Bald Eagle flew over the Woodbridge and Chaces platform area
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-07 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
07:30 AM to 07:45 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 74 degF, light wind from WSW, 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult on nest perch, one chick visible in nest
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:
2023-07-17
07:00 AM to 07:20 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73 degF, moderate gusty wind from SSW, 90% cloud clover
Other Activity: one adult on nest perch, wing stretching from down in the nest but I can tell if it's more than one chick or not
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: an adult Bald Eagle flew over the Woodbridge and Chaces platform area