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: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-13
10:00 AM to 10:12 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, 70, NNW 9mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Lore Chapman
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-13
625 PM to 706 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 degrees. Wind NW 10Mph. Sunny
Other Activity: Adult Osprey flew into nest at 654p and then left nest approximately 1 minute later. Flew to a tree on the Salem side near the playground. The osprey did not return to the nest.
Observation Method: On foot at the end of March Street on the Same side
General Comments: .
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-13
01:08 PM to 01:38 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73F, Sunny, light breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-13 - Clubhead Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-13
4 PM to 6 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74, nw12, 10%
Other Activity: 1 osprey flying over marsh almost landed on nest a couple of times then veered away, probably landed briefly on marsh northeast of nest at one point.
Observation Method: boat
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:
2023-05-13
4 PM to 6 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-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-13
4 PM to 6 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74, nw12, 10%
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:
2023-05-13
07:45 AM to 08:00 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 degF, gusty wind from NNW, 30% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird on nest, second bird on post perch east of platform, east of that there's a third bird perched on a platform on the ground near the green cottage
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
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:
2023-05-13
07:45 AM to 08:00 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 degF, gusty wind from NNW, 30% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird in nest, second bird on ground a ways east of the platform
Observation Method: on foot
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:
2023-05-13
07:45 AM to 08:00 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 degF, gusty wind from NNW, 30% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird in nest, one bird on post perch
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-07 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-13
08:10 AM to 08:25 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 degF, light wind from NNW, 15% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird in nest, one bird on post perch; second bird flew up to nest, some interaction between birds but I couldn't tell what it was; it left, then returned with some nesting material
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: