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: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-04
01:05 PM to 01:18 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 52F, steady wind, cloudy
Other Activity: Female incubating, male perched down on rocks below the nest.
Observation Method: On foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-04
6:20 AM. to 6:35 AM.
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 45D; sunny; winds 4ene
Other Activity: osprey on stand flew into grass
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-04
6:20 AM. to 6:35 AM.
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 45D; sunny; winds 4 ene
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-11 - Plum Bush Downs Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-04
6:40 AM. to 6:50 AM.
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 45D; sunny 4E
Other Activity: 1 osprey only today on platform
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-04
6:20 AM. to 6:35 AM.
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 45D; sunny; winds 4ENE
Other Activity: Osprey on perch. could not see osprey on nest.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Melissa Root
Nest Name:
NEW-02 - Upper Parker River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-04
2:00 to 2:15
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: One Osprey in nest. Huge nest this season!! We didn’t see the other Osprey probably out hunting.
Observation Method:
General Comments: Finally made it to check on Millie & Parker! They seem to have been very busy near building it is very large. And makes the nest further up river on New 08 seem almost non-existent!
Name: Dianne Sampson
Nest Name:
GLO-09 - Ten Pound Island Daymarker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-04
8:40 AM to ALL DAY
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 50temp. Sun, strong EAST Wind
Other Activity: Very attentive with both Osprey spending a lot of time on the nest
Observation Method: My Deck
General Comments: Things looking very good this year. I cannot view the inside of nest but have hopes to observe chicks if they have any.
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
GLO-09 - Ten Pound Island Daymarker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-04
4:00 PM to 4:15 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 50F, overcast, slight breeze
Other Activity: one OSPR incubating; at one point, her mate stopped by the nest and perched momentarily before flying off again
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Caroline haines Haines
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-04
1 PM to 1:15 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
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Other Activity:
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General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-04 - Annisquam River Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-05-04
8:08 AM to 8:25 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Sunny 50 degrees no wind and high tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Car
General Comments: Female is sitting on nest number one, male is eating a fish on the marsh platform. There is also a female sitting in platform number two. No mail observed. male osprey flew up to perch number one then flew over to Ness number two and proceeded to Mount the female, and went back down to the marsh perch, the lowest one. Female and platform number one is crying, she sees the male over near the other female I do believe we’re gonna have the same scenario as last year. Hopefully we will have at least one successful hatch. He’s going to be a busy guy