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: 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:
2023-05-31
7:15 AM to 8:00
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Sunny, light breeze...I think it was around 60 degrees.
Other Activity: Female sitting in the cup of nest, male is sitting out on the rock in the marsh. He flies by nest and grabs a bunch of nesting material, then flies off.
Observation Method: car
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-31
9:15 AM to 9:25 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 56 degrees F, wind S 8mph
Other Activity: with other monitor Jackie H.
Observation Method: by kayak
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-07 - Babson Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-31
1:45 PM to 1:50 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75 degrees F, winds SSE 9 MPH, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Scope
General Comments:
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
ESS-06 - Soginese Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-31
10:00 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70º, light wind, sunny (hazy due to wild fires)
Other Activity: An osprey was on the nest while still quite a ways away, it flew off and did not return. No other movement detected on the nest by neither myself or Lisa Manzi
Observation Method: Kayak
General Comments: With Lisa Manzi
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-31
All morning to 11:18 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, slight wind, 65 degrees
Other Activity: Day 39. Behavior change! Pauline is frequently standing up and looking underneath herself. Her beak is going up and down into the cup but I see no evidence of fish food. Bob is watching from the marsh post. Hatching is beginning?
Observation Method: Back deck
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-04 - Round Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-31
1:40 PM to 1:50 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75 degrees F, wind SSE 9 MPH, sunny
Other Activity: One opsrey on the nest incubating, and the second down on a rock near the nest
Observation Method: vehicle through scope on TTOR property at Crane Beach
General Comments:
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-31
10:30 AM to 10:45 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70º, slight wind, sunny (some haze from wildfires)
Other Activity: Male flew in during observation and landed on the salt marsh near the driftwood. Female was incubating.
Observation Method: Kayak
General Comments: With Lisa Manzi
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-31
10:15 AM to 10:25 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 58 degrees F, wind S 8 MPH
Other Activity: With monitor Jackie H
Observation Method: by kayak
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-01 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-31
9:05 AM to 9:10 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 56 degrees F, Wind S 8 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle - quick check on the way to putting in to paddle and check other nests
General Comments:
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:
2023-05-31
7:15 AM to 8:00 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, light breeze around 60.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: