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: Caroline Haines
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-30
3 PM to 3:20 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: Second Osprey perched nesrby
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-30
11:30 AM. to 11:50 AM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55 degrees; light rain; windy; low tide
Other Activity: Male sitting on the pole perch near the platform and the female was sitting on a large rock about 50 yards away from the male on the marsh grass.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars.
General Comments: The nest looks well built and about as tall as it was last season.
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-01 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-30
11:50 AM. to 12:05 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55 degrees; light rain; windy; low tide
Other Activity: Observed a crow sitting on the nest perch for several minutes.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars.
General Comments: No buildup at all of sticks or nest material.
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-09 - Bear Creek Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-29
12:50 PM to 1:00 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 62° Sunny w/haze. Wind 10 mph ENE
Other Activity: One hunting/gathering food
Observation Method: On foot w/scope
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-29
12:35 PM to 12:45 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60° w/sunny-haze - Wind: 10mph ENE
Other Activity: Female on next - sitting down low. Male off to the side in the marsh approx. 30 yards away
Observation Method: By foot
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-29
1:10 PM to 1:20 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 62° Sun/haze No slight breeze
Other Activity: Female sitting down low
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-04 - General Electric Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-29
1:40 PM to 1:45 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 62° Sun/haze No slight breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-29
12:40 PM to 12: 50 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60° Sunny sky to haze. Wind 10mph - ENE
Other Activity: Female sitting in nest with male perched on pole across Rt. 107
Observation Method: On foot from the marsh across the road from utility pole.
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-29
5:10 PM to 5:25 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: High 50s, 5 mph, hazy sky
Other Activity: Feeding on perch away from platform
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-29
5:10 PM to 5:25 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: High 50s, 5 mph, hazy sky
Other Activity: Feeding on perch away from platform
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: