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.
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Name: Rick Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
1:00 PM to 1:10 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 86 degrees, hazy, slight breeze
Other Activity: I was initially here around 12:20 and the nest appeared empty. I couldn't entice the nestling to poke its head up. So I returned on my way back in and from a different angle I could see the nestling and one adult osprey come back to the nest with a fish.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Rick Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
12:00 PM to 12:10 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 82 degrees, hazy, slight breeze
Other Activity: Female shading at least one nestling.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-01 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
7:15 AM to 7:45 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 72F partly sunny skies
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
MAN-01 - Sauli Rock Daymarker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
12:20 PM to 12:45PMM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Temp 80°F Wind SW@5mph Clear skies 10 miles visibility
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: One adult and one fledgling visible on nest.
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
11:00 to 11:10
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Temp 84°F Wind W@4mph Clear skies Visibility 16 miles
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: One adult and one fledgling on nest.
Name: Lore Chapman
Nest Name:
SLM-05 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G23
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-16
540 PM to 600 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Rain subsiding, windy.
Other Activity: Osprey actively flying and fishing. Aggressively challenged a gull for what appeared to be a fish. Flew around for quite some time and then returned to nest. Could not confirm if he or she had a fish. Visibility was poor and could not see any other activity in the nest.
Observation Method: On foot at Salem Ferry peer with binoculars.
General Comments: .
Name: Lore Chapman
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-16
521 PM to 535 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Windy, rainy starting to clear a bit
Other Activity: Very large adult Osprey perched on transmission tower very near nest. He/she did not move for the duration of the observation. There did not appear to be any activity in the nest.
Observation Method: In vehicle at the end of Osgood Street with binoculars
General Comments: .
Name: Lore Chapman
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-16
500 PM to 518 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Windy rainy humid intermittent thunder
Other Activity: Adult Osprey visible on nest and appeared to periodically busy him/herself with something in the nest. Did not move off next.
Observation Method: In vehicle with binoculars at the end of March Street
General Comments: .
Name: Joan O'Connor
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-16
5:45 PM to 6:15 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, drizzle
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: One adult and one nestling observable in the nest. They were fairly vocal the entire time I was there.
Name: Karen Rembert
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-16
06:26 AM to 06:30 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: light shower
Other Activity: I think Squam delivered a small fish and the oldest fledgling? is eating from it on his own -- not being fed small bits of fish as has been the case lately. Progress for sure. The other two are not attempting to challenge for some of the meal. Squam flew off shortly after I began watching.
Observation Method: home computer
General Comments: