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: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-25
12:05 PM to 12:30 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72 degrees, wind W 10 mph, sunny.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments: All grown up and gone! Yay!
Name: Darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-24
09:00 AM to 09:00 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: sunny, windy, warm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: scope from home
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-24
07:30 AM to 07:34 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-24
07:00 AM to 07:16 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments:
Name: Darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-24
11:15 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: sunny, windy, warm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: scope from home
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-04 - Nelson Island Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-23
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75,sw4,5%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: 2 osprey flying around over the nest and island. Also observed Roger I Blind, Broad CP, Laws Plat #1#2#3, Club Head CP #1#2, Shad CP; no osprey on or near any of those.
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-18 - Holy Island Camp Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-23
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75,4sw,5%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: I'm assuming this is the male from Holy I Plat#1 since he was perched there almost as often as at the nest during female nesting. also assuming other osprey observed are fledglings, but didn't get a good enough view to be certain.
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-17 - Third Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-23
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 75,sw4,5%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
GLO-09 - Ten Pound Island Daymarker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-23
01:20 PM to 01:35 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75F, beautiful, windy, very high tide from Hurricane Erin
Other Activity: One Ospr perched the entire time, no other ospreys visible.
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Darcy Holland
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-22
09:15 AM to 09:20 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: sunny and cool
Other Activity:
Observation Method: scope from home
General Comments: