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: Lore Chpaman
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-03-31
11:35 AM to 11:45 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 46 degrees, sunny with some clouds, Wind NW ~ 6 MPH
Other Activity: No osprey observed
Observation Method: On foot at the ferry dock with binoculars
General Comments: I do not really see a nest on the channel marker. I will contnue to see if osprey arrive and build it back up. It was not visible like it was last year.
Name: Joan O'Connor
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-03-31
12:29 to 1:20
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Ptly.sunny,windy,n low 50s
Other Activity: He has arrived! He sat on the limb beside the nest the entire time I was there.
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: Also saw a red tail hawk and 2 turkey vultures
Name: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-03-31
2:50 PM to 3:00
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 54 degrees, wind WNW 11 mph, partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments: An impressive nest still visible from last year. Hoping this is finally my year!
Name: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-02 - Wingarsheek Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-03-31
2:30 PM to 2:40 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 54 degrees, wind WNW 11 mph, partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments: Barely a stick visible, some plastic.
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-10 - Lufkin Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-03-31
6:00 PM to 6:15 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Sunny light wind, 55°
Other Activity: I’m hoping that this is the correct osprey nest. It is off of Komo point to the right. I’m assuming it’s in the Lufkin Creek. I see osprey in the nest and one up on the nest perch.
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-03-31
8:00 AM to 8:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Sunny, light wind, and 48°
Other Activity: I noticed two osprey flying over Farnham Ebben Creek. I then went down to Cox reservation to see them coming back to the nest. The female is here.
Observation Method: What?
General Comments:
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-03-31
10:30 AM to 1:30 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Wind off ocean, party cloudy, 52 degrees
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Back deck
General Comments: My two osprey have safely returned. Both Bob and Pauline arrived (usually Bob arrives on March 31 and Pauline usually arrives one week later). They have been eating fish ( sitting on their respective marsh perches) then sitting in the nest together.
Name: Lauretta Woods
Nest Name:
EAB-01 - MBTA Rail Yard
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-03-31
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: clear west wind
Other Activity: male was on sight for approx 2 weeks near platform. Female arrived this aft. Male brought fish to nest - they ate - they copulated. Male flew off broke stick. However earlier in am male was on camera at the other nest and brought stick. No female arrived at that nest yet
Observation Method: stationary from Morton Street
General Comments: Some confusion if this might be male from EAB2 nest because it was on that nest. And at one point following day this pair was seen on camera copulating on the other nest. TBC
Name: John Harrod
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-03-31
04:10 PM to 04:30 PM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 54 degrees F No wind Sunny
Other Activity: In addition to the osprey we also observed 4 nests each containing a single adult blue heron Numerous red-winged blackbirds A pair of swans
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: We went out to check the nest for the first time this year and were pleasantly surprised to see one adult osprey perched on a dead snag in the middle of the water! The nest from last year was not visible and perhaps it fell down over the winter.
Name: Lore Chpaman
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2024-03-31
11:55 AM to 12:20 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 46 degrees, sunny with some clouds, Wind NW ~ 6MPH
Other Activity: I did not observe any osprey near or around nest today.
Observation Method: Independence park jetty with binoculars on foot
General Comments: .