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: Dianne Sampson
Nest Name:
GLO-09 - Ten Pound Island Daymarker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-16
10 AM to 12:15 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Light fog with light rain
Other Activity: Very quite today. Boating rush has not started yet.
Observation Method: Living room/Deck
General Comments: Let up hope this will be a nesting pair that lay eggs
Name: Debra Darby
Nest Name:
GLO-09 - Ten Pound Island Daymarker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-16
08:30 AM to 08:45 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 48 degrees, foggy and high tide
Other Activity: Initially 1 osprey perched in nest, with second osprey arriving without any nest material or food.
Observation Method: on foot at Rocky Neck
General Comments: Large flock of mergansers flew around the nest area and landed.
Name: John Harrod
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-16
9:20 AM to 9:40 AM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: It is an overcast morning with a light breeze. The temperature was 50 degrees F.
Other Activity: One adult was in the nest and the other was perched on a dead snag nearby.
Observation Method: We went on foot and observed from the platform.
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-15
12:52 PM to 12:56 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60, 4mph from East, cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Saw at 12:03pm only one osprey perched on this platform
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-15
12:37 PM to 12:40 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60, cloudy, 4 mph from east
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-15
12:24 PM to 12:33 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60, 4mph from East
Other Activity: 2 perched on platform, then one then the other flew to tower nearby, near each other, then they flew off tower and one came back to nest.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
SAL-06 - Carr Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-15
02:30 PM to 2:45 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 51 degrees; winds 9 mph NE; cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-15
2:15 PM to 2:30 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Low 50s, slight breeze, blue sky with some thin high cloud
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: See report on ROW 07 on this date for report on "sea smoke"/steam fog over Parker River.
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-15
2:00 PM to 2:10 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Low 50s, slight breeze, sunny few high thin clouds
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: No osprey activity at all in the area (see ROW 09). No addition of nesting material to platform. Very (?) unusual phenomena observed. "Sea smoke"/steam fog observed over Parker River estuary. Believe this was the result of very high (80)s temperatures for two previous days followed by cold front and drop of 30+ degrees on this day. This meant that visibility directly over water was almost nihil.
Name: Ann Massoth
Nest Name:
HAV-01 - Trinity Stadium Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-15
4:15 to 4:30
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot near nest
General Comments: Osprey is on nest and flying around. Also saw one osprey on the nest and nest building on 4/13 around 7PM.