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: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-26
10:15 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75 F, NNE 4 mph, 50% cloud cover
Other Activity: Nestling was perched in the nest and adult was perched on the edge. The size of the nestling and coloration on the front was almost identical to the adult. The back still has white speckling on the black.
Observation Method: kayak
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-26
9:45 AM to 10:05 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 73 F, WNW 8, Cloud cover 50%
Other Activity: The adult only come onto the nest for a moment, didn't appear to deliver any food, and then left again. All 3 nestlings were perched and 1 was exercising its wings a lot, and getting a few inches of lift off the nest.
Observation Method: kayak
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-03 - Little Haste Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-24
02:50 PM to 02:56 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 92F, breezy from the SW, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: Maybe the pair will be ready to be productive next year.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-24
01:08 PM to 01:36 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 92F, breezy from the SW, sunny
Other Activity: Both adults perched, young one crouched down. Later the young one rose to a perch position.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-24
01:56 PM to 02:44 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 92F, breezy from the SW, sunny
Other Activity: One of the young flew up a few feet and landed in place. A few minutes later it left the nest and returned sometime later to the rocks below. Then it left again.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levsque
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-24
09:15 AM to 09:40 AM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 92F, breezy from the SW, sunny
Other Activity: Male perched on the far rail of the platform, 2 young perched on the nest and the 3rd was only visible from the neck up. Later the male left and circled around with another osprey and then left the area. One of the young then couched down with the other, leaving only one perched.
Observation Method: on foot by scope.
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-24
06:30 AM to 08:00 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny hot
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: These chicks are getting big; they'll be flying soon.
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-24
9:15 AM to 9:30 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny - 95
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle from Avon St. and again from Margin St.
General Comments: There were 4 bodies on the nest and I'm pretty sure 3 were chicks. The nest is small & they were crowded together. The female was feeding the chicks.
Name: Karen Rembert
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-24
6:00 PM to 6:00 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: sunny, hot, some breeze
Other Activity: The oldest was doing more pre-flight hopping and wing flapping. This time he/she was able to hop/flap almost as high as the post on the nesting platform. Looking good!
Observation Method: computer
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-23
8:40 AM to 8:49 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 81, wnw at 8 mph, sunny
Other Activity: Adult perched on perch attached to nest platform, and two heads stuck up and down from inside the nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: