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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.

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Name: Albert Levesque

Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-08
03:52 PM to 04:02 PM
at: Salem

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 68F, no wind, fog

Other Activity: One incubating, the other perched next to it.

Observation Method: on foot by scope

General Comments:

 

Name: Albert Levesque

Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-08
01:05 PM to 01:28 PM
at: Salem

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 79F, sunny, light wind

Other Activity: Adult perched initially then squatted down the rest of the time, though not as deeply as when it was incubating.

Observation Method: on foot by scope

General Comments:

 

Name: Albert Levesque

Nest Name:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-08
14:46 PM to 14:57 PM
at: Revere

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 79F, sunny, light wind

Other Activity: One adult perched on nest and another on one of the support stakes. Nothing to indicate any young present.

Observation Method: on foot by scope

General Comments:

 

Name: Albert Levesque

Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-08
02:15 PM to 02:37 PM
at: Revere

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 79F, sunny, light wind

Other Activity: Adult perched facing the nest and remained there.

Observation Method: on foot by scope

General Comments:

 

Name: Albert Levesque

Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-08
02:46 PM to 02:57 PM
at: Revere

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: 79F, sunny, light wind

Other Activity: One adult perched on the nest, another on the support leg down below. On the nest there was motion in two areas but I couldn't tell if it was nestlings or some loose debris.

Observation Method: on foot by scope

General Comments:

 

Name: Joan O'Connor

Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-08
4:50 PM to 5:15 PM
at: Gloucester

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible: 1

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: Foggy, windy, humid

Other Activity: Lots of Osprey chatter detected thanks to Merlin. Judging from the two distinctly different callings, I suspect one calling was Mom Maggie and the other her baby.

Observation Method: On foot

General Comments: I finally got a sighting of a nestling! I definitely saw. One. The fog was obscuring the nest . Maybe there’s another but I couldn’t see it.

 

Name: Karen Rembert

Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-08
10:28 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Gloucester

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible: 3

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: hazy and warm

Other Activity: Annie on the nest post. The two oldest chicks were flapping their wings -- getting stronger and larger. The youngest chick seems also to be progressing well. The nest will be getting smaller and smaller soon as its inhabitants are growing rapidly.

Observation Method: home computer

General Comments:

 

Name: Lore Chapman

Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-08
710 AM to 730 AM
at: Beverly

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: cloudy warm light wind

Other Activity: One adult Osprey Perched on nest

Observation Method: Paddleboarding in the harbor

General Comments: Did not go to close to nest due to currents and boats in the channel and did not have binoculars.

 

Name: Karyl Stoia

Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-07
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: sunny, 86F, slight breeze

Other Activity: one osprey perched on perch stick

Observation Method: foot

General Comments:

 

Name: Lore Chapman

Nest Name:
SLM-05 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G23

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-07
530 PM to 545 PM
at: Salem

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 0

Number of Fledglings Visible: 0

Weather Conditions: Sunny, light wind

Other Activity: Osprey perched on nest. Appeared to be eating and looking down in the next.

Observation Method: Binoculars. On dock by Ferry.

General Comments: .

 
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