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: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-03 - Misery Island Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-28
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80°F Wind NNW @ 3mph Sky clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Watch nest for over an hour, no Osprey or activity observed.
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:
2022-06-28
2:00 PM to 2:20 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 73°F Wind SE @ 8mph Broken cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot, on Island
General Comments: Earlier in the day after long observation of nest from boat no activity observed. Went on Misery Island to observe from foot to check again. Again no activity on nest.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04 - General Electric Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-27
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70F,drizzle,
Other Activity: osprey in nest seems to beeating or feeding chicks. Other osprey is sitting on theperch of nest 1A
Observation Method: food
General Comments:
Name: Joan O'Connor
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-27
09:30 AM to 09:45
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Cloudy,cool,light to moderate wind
Other Activity: Observed 2 adults. At one point they were both in the nest together. A few minutes later, one had perched on a nearby limb.
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: Still unable to see inside the nest and not sure how many babies.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-26
01:37 PM to 01:56 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 84F, SE wind 12mph, sunny
Other Activity: One adult perched on the nest that left for an extended period and later returned. May have been seen perched on spreaders of distant sailboat. Afterward, the other adult also returned to the nest with what looked like debris, nesting material? No sign of any young.
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:
2022-06-26
02:10 PM to 03:05 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 84F, SE wind 12mph, sunny
Other Activity: Initially, one adult on nest, which later started to feed. The 3 young arose but were uninterested in feeding. Later the other adult returned to the nest and perched and the young stayed below.
Observation Method: 0n foot by scope.
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-26
12:39 PM to 01:03 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 84F, SE wind 12mph, sunny
Other Activity: Male on crossbar below, female was feeding the young.
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:
2022-06-26
06:45 AM to 10:01 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2, possibly 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny warm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stois
Nest Name:
SAU-09 - Bear Creek Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-25
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, breezy, 68F
Other Activity: one osprey flew down from nest to the marsh and grabbed grass in its talons and broght it back to nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-25
1:53 PM to 1:55 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 82, ESE at 10mph, sunny
Other Activity: platform unused
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: I wil not be monitoring this platform anymore this summer. I think the ospreys have had their chance at this site and arent' interested this year!