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: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-01 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-07
07:00 AM to 07:15 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 50 degrees, no wind, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Lesli Woodruff
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-07
06:45 PM to 07:15 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cool, light breeze, partly cloudy.
Other Activity: Observed one bird on the nest, probably incubating eggs at this point and one bird perched on the channel marker below the nest.
Observation Method: on foot at Independence Park beach.
General Comments: I guess the death of the other bird wasn't such a big deal for this pair... or maybe that other bird was the 3rd party, as it were.
Name: Jan McDonnell
Nest Name:
SAL-10 - Lunt Rock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-06
10:02 AM to 10:23 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 68 degrees, cloudy, windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Salisbury reservation boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Jan McDonnell
Nest Name:
SAL-08 - Shad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-06
10:02 AM to 10:23 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 68 degrees, cloudy, windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Salisbury reservation boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
SAL-06 - Carr Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-06
07:10 AM to 07:15 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60D; overcast; winds 10SSW
Other Activity: no evidence of nest building.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Jan McDonnell
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-06
10:02 AM to 10:23 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 68 degrees, cloudy, windy,
Other Activity: 1 osprey flying in vicinity of nest
Observation Method: Salisbury boat ramp
General Comments: tide out
Name: Jan McDonnell
Nest Name:
SAL-02 - Black Rock Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-06
10:02 AM to 10:23 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 68 degrees, cloudy, windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Salisbury boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-06
06:50 AM to 07:05 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60D; overcast; winds 11S
Other Activity: one on platform; one in grass nearby
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-06
06:50 AM to 07:05 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60D; overcast; winds 11S
Other Activity: one in nest. one osprey nearby in grass at old green cabin.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: just saw 1 osprey nearby at old green cabin.
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-14 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-06
06:30 AM to 06:45 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60D; overcast; winds 11S
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: