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: Tim Simmons
Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-01
3:00 PM. to 4:00 PM.
at: Merrimac
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 58, light s wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Sam Hamlin
Nest Name:
IPS-01 - Strawberry Hill Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-01
07:50 AM to 08:50 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Filtered sun, no wind, temp:mid 40’s
Other Activity: Feeding
Observation Method: Visual, from house
General Comments: This bird was on the nest when I first looked. It stayed for about 20 minutes, then flew off. In another 20 minutes it returned with a fish and proceeded to begin feeding while the fish was flapping. Ate for about 20 more minutes, then departed. Appears to be a male.
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-01
03:30 PM. to 04:00 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 52 degrees; partly cloudy; light wind; tide half out
Other Activity: Male osprey sitting on the platform perch.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars
General Comments: There may have been other osprey soaring way up high.
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-01
6-15 to 6:30 AM And at 7 PM to 7 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 50s, light breeze, occsaional sun
Other Activity: Bob and Pauline met up at the nest early this morning. Later in early evening they met up again at the nest and begun to move sticks around.
Observation Method: Back deck
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-01
11:23 to 11:35
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 50° - Overcast w/light breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot from Belle Isle DCR Reservation
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
EAB-01 - MBTA Rail Yard
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-04-01
11:16 AM to 11:30 AM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 48° Overcast with light breeze.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot and bushwhacked a very little bit to get near the nest for viewing
General Comments: Access is best from behind the CVS. Follow the path along side and behind the MBTA Rail Yard. Do not follow Google Maps to this location. Locked gate at the end and no entry allowed. Many shore/marsh birds visible.
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-07 - Town Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-03-31
03:25 PM to 03:40 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 50 degrees, 15 mph W, clear
Other Activity: no sign of any nest-building
Observation Method: from rail trail
General Comments:
Name: Diane Dondero
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-03-31
7:20 AM to 7:25
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Cloudy
Other Activity: Female arrived and joined male on platform
Observation Method: Backyard sighting
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-03-31
07:00 AM to 08:15 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 42 degrees, cloudy, light SW
Other Activity: The male was perched on platform 1 and a female flew in from the west. The male made a greeting gesture with his wings and hunched down. The female came straight in and landed and made the same greeting gesture. The male flew off after a few minutes and came back with some nesting material. He repeated this a few times. Later the female flew from platform 1 and carried nesting material to platform 2 and perched for a few minutes. The female then flew away to collect more nesting material and was carrying to back to platform 2 while the male remained perched on platform 1. Just before landing on platform 2 the female turned and flew to platform 1 and landed with the nesting material. The pair then perched together for a few minutes before they both flew away.
Observation Method: from bedroom window
General Comments: Another nesting season has begun.
Name: Lore Chapman
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-03-31
11:05 AM to 11:25 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 46 degrees, sunny with some clouds, Wind NW ~ 6MPH
Other Activity: 2 large adults perched in nest. One was repeatedly spreading its wings. The other appeared to be observing. After a few minutes the one who had been moving its wings flew off and swooped down and brought something back up to the nest. I could not tell if it was a piece for the nest or food but it was moving and the bird seemed to be challenged flying back up. Next the other adult flew off and swooped down making three loops. That one did not appear to capture anything and returned to the nest.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars at the end of Osgood street.
General Comments: They were just beautiful and seeing them fly was spectacular.