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 Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-06
07:45 AM to 08:05 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55 degF, no wind, clear sky
Other Activity: only one bird, perched at the platform nest, NOT incubating or paying any attention to the nest; once it flew overhead and hovered a bit, then returned and continued just sitting for the entire 20 minutes; I searched all over the area and never found a second bird
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: this really concerns me - this nest has always been so successful, I have never seen this behavior here before; I'm worried that something has happened to the mate...
Name: Sam Hamlin
Nest Name:
IPS-01 - Strawberry Hill Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-06
08:00 PM to 07:40 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Sunny, clear sky, modest winds
Other Activity:
Observation Method: From house, by scope
General Comments: Today it appears that the female has begun sitting on an egg. She has been in the nest throughout the day, sometimes quite snugged down into the nest. Previously, there were times when both birds would leave the nest to forage. Now she seems fully committed to the nest. The male is regularly stationed on the stand-off post.
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:
2023-05-06
10:30 AM. to 11:15 AM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73 F, sunny & clear, half tide rising, light breeze.
Other Activity: Female's head just barely visible at top of nest. Probably sitting on egg(s).
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars.
General Comments: Male was nowhere to be seen during the observation time.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-03 - Little Haste Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-06
12:36 PM to 01:16 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 66F, sunny, wind calm
Other Activity: Apparently male, perched high on day board, flew off briefly then returned and stayed the whole time. No other osprey there. What I had thought was another previously turned out to be a shape in the nest that was only visible in outline. Better visibility today shows it not to be an osprey.
Observation Method: on foot by scope.
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-05
10:15 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: From our house
General Comments: Olivia is still incubating and Ollie was on the nest with her.
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-05
06:45 AM. to 07:00 AM.
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 41D; winds 10 NNE; overcast, drizzly.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-05
07:05 AM. to 07:15 AM.
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 45D; winds 9mps NNE; foggy, drizzly.
Other Activity: 1 nesting and one on stand near nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-07 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-05
07:05 AM. to 07:15 AM.
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 45D; winds 9 mph NNE; foggy; drizzly
Other Activity: initially one on nest one on stand, one on stand moved to nest but too foggy to see if osprey feeding .
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-06 - Chace Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-05
06:45 AM. to 07:00 AM.
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 41D; winds 10NNE; overcast, drizzly
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-05
06:45 AM. to 07:00 AM.
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 41d; winds 10 NNE; overcast, slight drizzle
Other Activity: one osprey on nest; one on stand near nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: