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: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-13 - Clubhead Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-22
09:20 AM to 09:28 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast, sprinkling, 75F
Other Activity: No nesting material on platform
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-22
09:21 AM to 09:30 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast, sprinkling, 75F
Other Activity: One Chuck visible, but no feeding activity
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Abby Heim
Nest Name:
ROW-04 - Nelson Island Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-22
09:23 AM to 09:34 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast, sprinkling, 75F
Other Activity: No nesting material on platform
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: 1st time I’ve been able to see this platform clearly in a while, as little atmospheric turbulence
Name: Anne McGovern
Nest Name:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-22
11:28 AM to 11:33 AM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, about 85 F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: There was one perched and definitely not sitting on a nest. Maybe just resting :)
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:
2025-06-22
11:20 AM to 11:25 AM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, about 85 F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: Couldn’t see any chicks but definitely looked like she was sitting on something. Saw her moving like settling in.
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:
2025-06-22
11:28 AM to 11:33 AM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, about 85 F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-22
01:40 AM to 03:40 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 90F moderate breeze and sunny
Other Activity: Two nestlings were visible at first, there might have been a third but could not confirm. They went below soon after we arrived
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Sam Hamlin
Nest Name:
IPS-01 - Strawberry Hill Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-22
10:50 AM to 10:55 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, clearing skies, light air, mid 80s
Other Activity: Male perched on stand off post
Observation Method:
General Comments: Male was on nest. Female arrived with a fish and began feeding. Two chick heads clearly evident.
Name: Sam Hamlin
Nest Name:
IPS-01 - Strawberry Hill Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-22
10:50 AM to 10:55 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, clearing skies, light air, mid 80s
Other Activity: Male perched on stand off post
Observation Method: visual from house
General Comments: Male was on nest. Female arrived with a fish and began feeding. Two chick heads clearly visible.
Name: Ann Massoth
Nest Name:
HAV-01 - Trinity Stadium Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-22
03:30 PM to 04:25 PM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 90. partly sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: Female on the nest. Male brought fish and stayed on nest. May have seen one little head! Female standing in parasol stance likely to shade chick(s.) The nest is too deep and too high up to say for sure but I would bet at least one chick.