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: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
IPS-06 - Plum Island #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-13
08:40 AM to 08:55 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 69 degF, no wind, 5% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird in nest; second bird on ground, flew up to nest, then flew down to ground and feeding itself
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: I was VERY relieved to see normal activity at this platform
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-13
6:00 PM. to 6:30 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 67 F, clear, windy, high tide
Other Activity: Female sitting on egg(s), and male off looking for a fish.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars.
General Comments: Male returned with a fish, and landed on the nearby pole perch to eat it.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-03 - Little Haste Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-13
12:21 PM to 12:49 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73F, Sunny, light breeze
Other Activity: None.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: Looks like the lone returnee is giving up. I will still keep an eye on it.
Name: Lesli Woodruff
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-13
1:45 to 2:45
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, calm, 80-ish.
Other Activity: One bird diligently incubating eggs while the other was nearby on the rocks. As the tide came in, s/he perched on the base of the channel marker. A bit later, s/he flew up to the nest and the two switched... s/he took over incubating while the other flew off. I think I missed the next hand-off, but when that bird returned to the nest, there was a lot of checking on the eggs and scratching before she settled on the nest. The 2nd bird hadn't returned when I left.
Observation Method: From Independence Park, on foot.
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-12
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: very breezy, mostlysunny, 82F
Other Activity: one osprey in nest, another one perched on log preening
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-12
9 AM to 9 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: James C Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-12
12:05 PM to 12:30 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny warm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: went out and checked nest: 3 eggs
Name: GAIL SMITH
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-12
1:45 to 2:00
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 87 - sunny- breezy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lore Chapman
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-12
06:45 AM to 7:13 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Partly cloudy, light wind <5mph from the west ~70 degrees
Other Activity: Adult flew off nest 2 times and returned to perch. Only one adult was visible. Did not appear to fish or bring food back to nest.
Observation Method: On jetty at Independence park
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
SAL-06 - Carr Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-11
2:00 PM to 2:10 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: High 70s, westerly light wind, blue sky
Other Activity: Bird sits very low in nest, best seen from slight angle from the east.
Observation Method: From Newburyport Boat Basin ramp-scope
General Comments: