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: Anne McGovern
Nest Name:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-24
1:20 to 1:25
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Scattered rain and sun, no wind, about 60 F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: Still messy :)
Name: Anne McGovern
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-24
1:20 to 1:25
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Scattered rain and sun, no wind, about 60 F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
REV-04 - Jacob’s Park Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-24
11:50 AM to 12:00 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Pt. Cloudy / 7 mph SE / 72°
Other Activity: Male perched approximately 30 yards away in marsh grasses.
Observation Method: Walked through park to edge of marsh.
General Comments:
Name: Anne McGovern
Nest Name:
REV-04 - Jacob’s Park Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-24
1:14 to 1:16
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Scattered rain and sun, no wind, about 60 F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-24
11:30 AM to 11:40 AM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, 5mph SE / Pt. Cloudy / 75°
Other Activity: Male perched on light stanchion.
Observation Method: Pulled into large wonderland parking lot and viewed with binoculars.
General Comments:
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-24
12:30 PM to 12:45 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Cloudy / 7 mph SE / 69° Started to rain
Other Activity: Female incubating on nest and male perch in grasses below
Observation Method: Viewed from pull off area on route 107 with scope.
General Comments:
Name: Anne McGovern
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-24
1:20 to 1:25
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Scattered rain and sun, no wind, about 60 F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
NEW-08 - Upper Parker River/Middle Road Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-24
3:15 PM. to 3:45 PM.
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degrees; cloudy; light wind; low tide
Other Activity: An employee of The Governors Academy told me that there are reports of an eagle's nest as well as an owl's nest nearby the Middle Road platform. However, when I was driving near the Mill River a quarter of a mileaway from the Middle Road side of the GDA campus, I spotted two individual osprey-like birds flying over Rte 1. My recommendation is to have someone investigate the Mill River basin area for the presence of an active Osprey nest in perhaps a large white pine tree! (The last time I was here I observed an Osprey eating a fish while perched on a dead tree limb that was directly overhead Rte 1 next to the Mill River.)
Observation Method: In a car on Middle Road and on foot to near the GDA Alfond Science Center
General Comments: No evidence of any build-up of a nest on the platform since my last visit. No osprey visible on the platform; on nearby trees or flying over the Parker River.
Name: Dianne Sampson
Nest Name:
GLO-09 - Ten Pound Island Daymarker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-24
6:30 AM to 2:15 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: On and off showers, Med. Wind from south. Temp. In 50’s
Other Activity:
Observation Method: House
General Comments: Would like to see more of TWO Osprey on nest.
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-05-24
11:00 AM to 11:20 AM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, 5mph SE / Pt. Cloudy 77°
Other Activity: Male located on perch
Observation Method: Walked to viewing platform.
General Comments: