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: Lore Chapman
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-06
03:46 PM to 04:42 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, light wind, 90 degrees
Other Activity: The osprey remained perched on the nest the entire time observing but not moving much. I did not observe any activity in the nest.
Observation Method: On foot and seated in beach chair with binoculars at Independence Park
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:
2025-07-05
04:36 PM to 04:51 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cloudy, 81, sw 6 mph, gusts 13
Other Activity: female (presumed) calling then flew off nest and circled around calling. Then came back with something black in her talons. Didn't look like a fish but could have been, wasnt' moving. She landed on perch over nest and continued calling with black possible fish still in her talons. No chicks visible (only binos)
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-05
05:10 PM to 05:20 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cloudy 81, SW 6mph, gusts 13
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-05
05:24 PM to 05:32 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cloudy 81, sw 6mph, gusts 13
Other Activity: first two chicks visible but not 3rd, then they went down in nest and female stood up
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-06 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-05
02:30 AM to 02:52 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 78F, light breeze, sunny
Other Activity: Two adults were perched, male left later. At least one nestling stretched its wings and possibly another showed its head.
Observation Method: by scope from Mhd cemetery
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-05 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G23
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-05
01:15 AM to 01:30 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 78F, light breeze, sunny
Other Activity: Female in incubating position, male perched on rail.
Observation Method: by scope from Winter Island
General Comments: Nest seems built up even more than last time.
Name: Lesli Woodruff
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-05
11:30 AM to 11:45 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Warm, sunny
Other Activity: 2 adults observed on the nest. 2, possibly 3, nestlings were popping heads up.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
SLM-03 - Little Haste Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-05
06:40 PM to 06:50 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Temp 74°F Wind SW@5mph Clear skies
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boati
General Comments:
Name: Darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-05
10:00 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny with easterly breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: scope from home
General Comments: It appears that the smallest of the three nestlings is still too small to see from my distance
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-05
01:35 AM to 02:10 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 78F, light breeze, sunny
Other Activity: Just perched, nestlings stayed low but visible. The third and smallest was barely visible.
Observation Method: by scope from winter Island Lighthouse area
General Comments: