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-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:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-09A - Broad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
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?
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-11 - Dean Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-19
1:00 PM to 1:10 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 81 F, hazy/smoky, light wind from the west
Other Activity: An adult was perched in the middle of the nest. Something the color and size of a nestling was right nest to it, but it never moved, and the adult never interacted with it.
Observation Method: kayak
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-04 - Round Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-19
12:10 PM to 12:25 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 81 degrees F, hazy/smoky, light wind from west
Other Activity: The adult and the nestling were in the nest, and being dive bombed by a mockingbird. Eventually the adult flew off. The nestling ducked down, and the mockingbird left. The nestling is close to adult size.
Observation Method: kayak
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-19
1:25 PM to 1:40 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 81 F, hazy/smoky, light wind from west
Other Activity: From a distance the nest appeared to be empty, so we paddled into the small channel that passes by the nest. Up close the body of a nestling was visible lying pretty flat in the nest, but there was no movement or sound at all. There was no sign of an adult anywhere around.
Observation Method: by kayak
General Comments: