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: Rick Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-30
8:50 AM to 9:00 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 72 degrees, calm, hazy
Other Activity: Both adults were on the nest with a good size nestling standing between them.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Rick Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-30
8:25 AM to 8:35 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 72 degrees, calm, hazy
Other Activity: Female on side of nest. One nestling was clearly visible..
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
MAN-01 - Sauli Rock Daymarker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-30
10:10 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 72°F NE @ 5mph Clear skies Visibility 10+miles
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: No nestlings visible yet.
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-30
09:30 AM to 09:40 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 74°f Wind N@5mph Clear skies Visibility 10miles
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: One adult and one nestling active on nest.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-29
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, 80F,calm.
Other Activity: osprey on nest perched on edge looking into it. Other osprey perched on nest#2 platform perch stick
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-13 - Dead Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-29
11:45 to 11:50
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76F, cloudy, breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from Liberty St.
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-12 - Dead Creek Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-29
11:45 to 11:50
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76F, cloudy, breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from Liberty st
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-10 - Lunt Rock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-29
11:20 to 11:30
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76F, cloudy, breeze
Other Activity: on perch, not on nest
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-09 - Blackwater Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-29
11:20 to 11:30
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76F, cloudy, breeze
Other Activity: on perch, not on nest
Observation Method: from Markey parking lot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
SAL-06 - Carr Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-29
6:50 AM. to 07:05 AM.
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 67D; overcast/hazy then sunny; winds 3 SSW
Other Activity: Initially saw 1 Osprey perched on nest. Then sun broke through clouds, and it was too hazy to see. Very difficult to see nest around a new (from last week) to dock large boat.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: