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: 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: .