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: 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.
Name: Karen Rembert
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-15
07:00 AM and various others days/time to 06: pm
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, rain
Other Activity: Seems like Squam is continuing his pattern of "decorating" the nest with various non-vegetative stuff. I find it amusing that he likes objects that are eye-catching like flattened cans, plastic, paper, etc. Over the weekend (when camera on line) I observed both birds numerous times -- nest building.
Observation Method: home computer
General Comments:
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-15
4:15 PM. to 4:45 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55 degrees, cloudy, thick distant ocean fog, low tide, light wind
Other Activity: Female perched on separate pole perch and male sitting 50 yards away on the marsh grass.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars
General Comments: Male flew off, and female sat on the nest perch
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-15
6:30 AM to 6:45 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast 66 degrees, high tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Back deck
General Comments: Bob and Pauline have been working very hard on their nest. They are adding much more in marsh grass than in past years. I hope they are making positive changes to prevent what happened last year. The nest was attacked overnight in a full moon. Two chicks were lost and the side of the nest was torn down.
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
MAN-01 - Sauli Rock Daymarker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-15
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 58°F Wind NE @ 4mph Overcast @ 4700ft Visibility 8 miles
Other Activity: Second Osprey arrive at nest with additional nest material.
Observation Method: Scope from West Beach
General Comments: Excited to see the second Osprey now on nest.
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-03 - Misery Island Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-15
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 53°F Wind NNE @ 4 mph Overcast skies @ 4700ft Visibility 8miles
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Scope from West Beach
General Comments: Noted one Osprey landing on nest yesterday, it only stayed briefly and then departed.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-14
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 85F, sunny,mild breeze
Other Activity: both osprey sitting in marsh preening, about 6 feet from each other
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-03 - Little Haste Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-14
08:36 AM to 08:41 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75F, Sunny and wind calm
Other Activity: One perched high on the point of the dayboard, the other squatted down in the nest. Look like old pros, this may be the year for them.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: I will be away the next two weeks. I hope someone is tempted to watch them . They are best seen from Hospital Point (end of Bayview which is end of E Corning in Beverly. Really do need a scope.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-04-14
09:15 AM to 09:27 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75F, Sunny and wind is calm
Other Activity: Both on the nest when I arrived. One left soon after and returned some time later with a twig.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: I will be away the next two weeks. I hope someone is tempted to watch them . They are best seen from the end of the parking lot at the Forest River Park.