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: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-01
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 62F partly sunny, windy
Other Activity: one osprey in nest, other not seen
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-01
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: partly sunny, 62F,
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: other osprey not seen
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-01
9:20 AM to 9:35 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 54 degrees. partly cloudy, light west wind
Other Activity: Female is sitting deep in the nest on platform 2. The male flew in for a brief visit and then dove to the marsh to pick up some dead reeds as nesting material, but flew with the material to platform 3 where he has perched for more than 15 minutes.
Observation Method: from bedroom window
General Comments: The female hung in there incubating throughout the storm.
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-01
5:50 PM to 6:15 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Mid fifties; moderate breeze; heavy clouds north, clear skies south
Other Activity: Female on nest. Male arrived. Male mounted female but rejected. After 10 mins male leaves, flying up Mud Creek. Female suddenly leaves nest. Mature Bald Headed Eagle flies over nest at about 200 feet heading south.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-01
06:45 AM to 03:30 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: first rainy, then sunny. Windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Deborah Mccomiskey
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-01
04:11 PM to 04:30 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 58, windy, overcast
Other Activity: one osprey perched on the adjacent dead branch, flew off past Long Wharf chirping and then up the river but then returned shortly after.
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
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:
2023-05-01
5:15 PM. to 5:45 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 61 F, 15 mph S wind, sunny, mid tide going out
Other Activity: Female's head just barely visible at top of deep nest. Probably sitting on eggs.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars.
General Comments: Male on separate perch pole; then he moved to the nest perch.
Name: Betsy Ridge
Nest Name:
ESS-06 - Soginese Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-01
3:15 PM to 3:45 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55degrees, partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-05-01
11:00 AM to 12:40 PM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Windy in the 60s, partly sunny
Other Activity: Did two 20 minute observations (explored the property in between) The first was just one osprey in the nest cup the entire time The second was the same except that the male flew around the wetland and landed low in some dead tree debris out of my line of sight
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Melissa Root
Nest Name:
NEW-08 - Upper Parker River/Middle Road Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-30
4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Rain, tide coming in
Other Activity: 2 Osprey seen again :) both are circling and hunting No action on the platform
Observation Method:
General Comments: