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: Tim Simmons
Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-22
11:00 to 12:00
at: Merrimac
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59, breezy, full sun
Other Activity: at one time there were 2 in flight and 1 on the nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: no evidence of feeding young yet but there may be 1 hatchling
Name: GAIL SMITH
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-22
11:40 to 11:55
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58F, windy partly sunny
Other Activity: For the first 10 minutes only the female was on the nest but then the male flew in. He did not have any food but perched on the side of the nest for the remaining time.
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lore Chapman
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-21
735 AM to 802 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Partly sunny. 55 degrees very light wind (after a night of very strong down pour of rain)
Other Activity: Adult perched on tower below nest. Feeding. Flew out over water several times and returned to tower but did not bring food to nest. Fluffing wings while perched.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars, scope and camera.
General Comments:
Name: Lesl Woodruff
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-21
12:40 to 1:20
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Warm, 75ish, sunny, light breeze
Other Activity: First observed the female in the nest, restless. She got up and stretched her wings and was calling. M arrived with a fish and as soon as he landed, she grabbed it and flew lower on the tower to eat. She spent quite a lot of time eating then preening, not in a hurry to go back o. The nest. She was still sitting on the tower when I left and he called to her a few times.
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General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-21
03:31 PM to 03:45 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70F, sunny, lt wind
Other Activity: While watching, female flew in and took over incubation while male left and moved to a nearby piling.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-21
02:59 PM to 03:15 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70F, sunny, lt wind
Other Activity: Looks like a failed nest.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-11 - Hog Island Point
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-21
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-04 - Nelson Island Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-21
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72,8W,30%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-21
08:35 AM to 08:50 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degF, moderate wind from W, 80% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird on nest, presumable incubating; second bird brought in a small fish to the post perch, began feeding itself
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: difficult to observe distant detail due to gusty wind blowing tripod
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-21
08:35 AM to 08:50 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degF, moderate wind from W, 80% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird on nest, presumably incubating; second bird is perched on the roof of the green cottage to the east of the platform
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: