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.
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Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
2:16 PM to 2:25 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80, sse 11mph off and on, partly cloudy and humid
Other Activity: both on nest then 1 went to nearby perch. one on nest poking around--did other bring fish and she feeding young? or just moving sticks around or feeding self?
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:
2023-06-12
2:41 PM to 2:51 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80, SSE 11mph , partly cloudy and humid
Other Activity: one perched neearby, other on nest, moving around head came up and then back down. Feeding young?
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
2:55 PM to 3:04 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80, SSE 11mph off and on, humid partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
08:00 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: overcast
Other Activity: some nest rearranging going on as well
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Hank Moore
Nest Name:
NEW-07 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
4:30 PM to 4:40 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70deg sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: From house
General Comments: It has been 40 days since I first observed incubation. I now can determine that feeding of chicks has begun. Both parents are usually seen so this working team may mean a successful nest with their hatch. It is unknown how many chix are there but time will tell.
Name: Caroline Haines
Nest Name:
GLO-09 - Ten Pound Island Daymarker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
10:30 AM to 10:40
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-04A - Annisquam River Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
9:18 AM to 9:45 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64° and cloudy
Other Activity: From first getting here, I thought that the mail was sitting on the marsh perch, and the female was in the nest. It was funny because the Osprey that was on the perch was calling. Come to find out it was actually the female sitting on the porch and the mail was sitting on the eggs in the nest. I noticed this after watching them switch and him going back down to the perch. He sat there and screamed for 10 minutes or so even with the female calling from this number one. That is when I noticed her flying off right before he did. Seven eagle female is still sitting deep in the nest of platform number two. I am heartbroken that with the situation of the mail, caring for both nests that one failed. I guess it was inevitable.
Observation Method: Car
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-04 - Annisquam River Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
9:18 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64°, cloudy
Other Activity: When I got here, the female was up on the perch of the platform. She was calling to the mail. He was over on the other marsh perch I believed, which ended up being the female from platform number two. After about 10 minutes of the female calling on platform number one. She flew off. I do believe that this nest has failed.
Observation Method: Car
General Comments: A
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-12 - Dilly Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
7:30 AM to 7:40 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64 degrees, cloudy, very light wind, calm, high tide
Other Activity: Female down low in the nest, and just her head visible.
Observation Method: by kayak
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
7:45 AM to 8:17 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58°. No wind and cloudy.
Other Activity: Looks like the eggs are hatching. The male osprey is on the marsh platform and the female is up on the platform perch. By the time I left, she was back in the nest looking down.
Observation Method: Foot 8:17 AM
General Comments: