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 Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-06
01:38 PM to 02:12 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 66F, sunny, wind calm
Other Activity: One perched on the nest, the other perched on nearby other daymarker. The latter left soon after we arrived. The one on the nest stayed perched for the duration.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
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:
2023-05-06
08:20 AM to 08:35 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58 degF, stiff breeze from NNW, 5% cloud cover
Other Activity: no other bird found in the area
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: NEW-01 (old Graf platform) is deserted - I won't be reporting it this season the new Graf platform #2 is so far away, that unless the conditions are perfect I don't think I'll be able to tell anything about the young, and I can't figure out a better viewing spot
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-06
03:45 PM to 04:03 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:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-06
08:20 AM to 08:35 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58 degF, stiff breeze from NNW, 5% cloud cover
Other Activity: no other bird found in the area
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
NEW-02 - Upper Parker River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-06
3 PM to 3 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-06
3:15 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 - sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle from Raddin St.
General Comments: There was one osprey in the nest & she appeared to be incubating.
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
IPS-07 - Plum Island #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-06
07:20 AM to 07:35 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 53 degF, medium breeze from SSW, clear sky
Other Activity: 1 bird on post perch, preening; 1 bird in nest incubating; bird on post flew up and joined bird on nest, began re-arranging sticks, then flew off and down to marsh grasses or maybe to a channel below
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
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.