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: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-02 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker R16
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-11
12:40 PM to 12:55 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 85F, windy, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-01 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker G15
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-11
12:25 PM to 12:32 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 85F, windy, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
IPS-07 - Plum Island #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-11
07:45 AM to 08:00 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 69 degF, moderate gusty wind from W, 80% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult on nest perch, one large chick in nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: hoards of starlings! sorry I'm late with these observations - it's been dense fog every morning for the last five days!
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-11
3:10 PM to 3:50 PM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: About 99% positive that there were 3 chicks. Took about 40 minutes of patient watching to see 4 heads at once. I am 100% sure that there are at least 2 chicks.
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-09
4:07 PM to 4:22 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75, cloudy, east at 9 mph
Other Activity: adult perched over nest, calling almost continuously. Saw 3 chicks near edge of nest. Had friend with scope with me so could see chicks!
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-09
4:43 PM to 4:54 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75, cloudy, east at 9mph
Other Activity: adult perched over nest. Saw 1 chick. Had friend with me with scope so could see chick
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-09
5:20 PM to 5:21 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: cloudy, 75, east at 9mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: drive-by
General Comments: saw adult osprey land as drove by on 107.
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-09
4:59 PM to 5:09 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75, cloudy, east at 9mph
Other Activity: no adults but 2 chicks, 1 preening. definitely getting bigger! Had friend with me with scope so got better look. There were sticks with green leaves piled on two sides of nest that weren't there before--I would have seen the mounds, the shape of the nest with binocs only even though I wouldn't have seen they were green. Never seen that before!
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Nancy Perry
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-09
05:05 PM. to 05:43 PM.
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2 or 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80℉ Overcast completely; very few mild breezes; rain threatening
Other Activity: For at least the first 25-30 minutes, there was no activity. Finally two or three (not certain about the third) heads and upper bodies popped up from the nest to look around. They stayed up for 10-15 minutes and dis-appeared back down into nest. There was NO adult to be seen during the whole time.
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: Repairs still needed on platform and first "bridge" on the trail.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-05 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G23
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-08
12:34 PM to 01:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 79F, sunny, light wind
Other Activity: Nestling at far end of nest then moved to the adult.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: