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: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
11:32 AM to 11:46 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 57, mostly cloudy, WSW 11, gusts 32 mph
Other Activity: One osprey on nest, then another landed then 3rd one tried to land and other two flew off and one chased 3rd away. female came back. Then male came back and they mated, then he flew off again, back after few minutes, and landed again.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: 2nd time this season I've seen 3rd osprey try to land on nest and get chased away!
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
SAL-06 - Carr Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
8:30 AMma to 8:45
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 44d; sunny; winds 11 W
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: no change in nest from last week
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
9:05 AM to 9:20 AM.
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 44d; sunny; winds 12W
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-11 - Plum Bush Downs Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
09:05 AM to 09:15 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 44D; sunny; winds 12W
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: one osprey flew off nest shortly after i arrived. Last week only saw one so happy to see a pair.
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
8:50 AM. to 9:05 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 44; sunny; winds 12 west
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
12:50 PM to 1:00 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny 55
Other Activity: There is still no sign of remnants of a nest or a new nest on the channel marker.
Observation Method: Vehicle from Avon St.
General Comments:
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
IPS-08 - Sally Weatherall Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
11:35 AM. to 11:50 AM.
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degrees; low tide; cloudy; windy
Other Activity: No signs of any nest buildup at all.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars.
General Comments:
Name: Joan O'Connor
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
02:30 to 03:09
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Cloudy,windy, cold
Other Activity: Not much activity; they were simply perched for the time I was there
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: Also saw 2 Kildeer and 1 turkey vulture
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
12:45 PM. to 1:05 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 63 degrees; extremely low tide; partly cloudy; breezy
Other Activity: Female osprey was sitting on the marsh grass for a while, and then moved to the pole perch.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars
General Comments: No sign of the male.
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-14
12:45 PM. to 1:05 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 63 degrees; extremely low tide; partly cloudy; breezy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot on the viewing platform with binoculars
General Comments: Forgot to mention that there is a large black plastic trash bag that has been worked onto the nest.