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: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-07-22
09:25 AM to 09:25 AM
at: East Boston
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Weather Conditions: Pt. Cloudy 75°, 11-21 MPH SW
Other Activity:
Observation Method: DRC Webcam
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-07-22
09:25 AM to 09:25 AM
at: East Boston
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Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Pt. Cloudy 75°, 11-21 MPH SW
Other Activity:
Observation Method: DRC Webcam
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-07-21
11:31 AM to 11:58 AM
at: Saugus
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Weather Conditions: cloudy, 74F breezy
Other Activity: 1 adult inside next to 2 nestlings who are flapping their wings
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-07 - Town Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-07-21
09:30 AM to 09:45 AM
at: Salisbury
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Weather Conditions: 70 degrees, clear, calm
Other Activity: No sign of any nest-building and no osprey in the vicinity. This is not an attractive location for ospreys
Observation Method: from rail trail
General Comments:
Name: Tim Simmons
Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-07-21
09:00 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Merrimac
Number of Adults Visible: 3
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Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cloudy, breezy 70
Other Activity: 3 adults on and near the nest, lots of vocalizations, sometimes 2 in the nest simultaneously
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: with Jerry Monkman. I have no idea what to make of this behavior
Name: Sarah Spencer
Nest Name:
HAV-01 - Trinity Stadium Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-07-21
12:20 PM to 12:54 PM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 78 degrees, 16 mph wind gusts, cloudy. Started to sprinkle at the end of my visit
Other Activity: When I arrived one Osprey (presumably the female) was perched on the nest to the right with no nestlings visible. There are noticeably some new sticks at the top of the nest poking out, and it seems like they have been building up the sides of the nest taller. The female Osprey was vocalizing, and took off towards the river, where she could continue to be heard vocalizing. At one point there were three Osprey flying over the river, with what sounded like two of them vocalizing. While the female was off the nest, the nestling(s) did a very good job at staying low and unnoticeable. I only saw a set of wings stretch once, wasn’t able to see any heads yet. After about twenty minutes, an Osprey returned to the nest with a fish (I think it was the male). He did not appear to feed to the fish to any nestlings, but put it in the nest and stood off to the side. After a few minutes one of the nestlings stood up fully in the nest and stretched its wings. I was eventually able to see the second nestling stretch their wings in a different spot in the nest.
Observation Method: On foot sitting at the bleachers
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:
2026-07-20
02:18 PM to 02:35 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 81, mostly sunny, South 6mph, gusts 11
Other Activity: Both adults on nest and THREE chicks!!! Never seen third chick before but saw all three at once several times, with scope. Male flew to perch uncer platform with fish in talons and ate-head, I asuume. Then flew onto nest and left fish, flew off. Female fed self and chicks. Chicks spreading and flapping wings a lot.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-07-20
02:55 PM to 03:13 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 81, mostly sunny, south 6mph, gusts 11
Other Activity: adult- female?-on perch nearby. 1 chick on nest. much flapping of wings and slight jump into air. Male-?-landed on nest with fish and ate. Chick trying to feed itself.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-07-20
11:30 AM to 11:55 AM
at: Saugus
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Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80F, sunny, breezy,
Other Activity: no osprey seen but hear cries coming from nest
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:
2026-07-20
03:20 PM to 03:38 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: mostly sunny, 81, south 6mph, gusts 11
Other Activity: 1 adult on nest. only 2 not 3 chicks visible. Either something happened to one or it was hidden by the others. 2 chicks spreading and flapping wings. on e lifted into air several inches and stayed about a minute, a few times. Had scope (as did for 06 and 08 on same date)
Observation Method: foot
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