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: Christopher Rogers
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-13
3:00 PM to 3:15 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Calm, grey skies, 70’s
Other Activity: One osprey on perch. Second osprey on nest rim. No other activity observed
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Christopher Rogers
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-13
2:30 PM to 2:50 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Grey skies, 70’s, calm
Other Activity: One osprey was perched in near by tree, the other on nest rim. No other activity observed
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Lore Chapman
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-13
640 AM to 703 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: possibly 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cloudy, light wind
Other Activity: Adult Osprey may have been feeding chicks. They were perched on nest, looking down. Spread wings and flew on and off the nest several times.
Observation Method: On foot. Independence Park jetty with binoculars.
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Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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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: