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: Janet Grover
Nest Name:
IPS-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-08
4:45 PM to 6 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2+
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 77 degrees F Winds W at 10 mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: 7 osprey overhead. Two eggs in nest.
Observation Method: Boat.
General Comments:
Name: Janet Grover
Nest Name:
IPS-09A - Broad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-08
4:45 PM to 6 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 77 degrees F Winds W at 10 mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: Did not look into nest.
Observation Method: Boat.
General Comments:
Name: Janet Grover
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-08
4:45 PM to 6 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 77 degrees F Winds W at 10 mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: One chick is large. Others are medium and small.
Observation Method: Boat.
General Comments:
Name: Anne Prybot
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-08
09:45 AM to 09:46 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: home computer
General Comments: Saw both adults feeding two chicks
Name: Alison Pesky
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-08
12:15 to 12:20
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Clearing, mostly sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Webcam
General Comments: Two nestlings now visible. Annie at nest - standing and looking at nestlings, settling down to warm them and incubate 3rd remaining egg, then took a very brief flight around nest area and back. Camera zoomed in on nest so far perch not visible.
Name: Karen Rembert
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-08
10:54 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: high clouds, slight breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: home computer
General Comments: Annie was feeding herself in the nest, she was standing and chick was visible (as well as remaining eggs). She seemed to be alert (looking around and up) for possible danger ? By 11 she had settled down and was incubating.
Name: Alison Pesky
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-08
12:15 to 12:20
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Clearing, mostly sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Webcam
General Comments: Reported 2 adults by mistake in previous post - only 1 adult observed 12:15 to 12:20
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-03 - Misery Island Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-08
06:00 PM to 07:00 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 77°F Wind West @ 7mph Sky clear
Other Activity: One Osprey on nest, the other on Day Marker 1 near the Island.
Observation Method: Spotting scope from West Beach
General Comments:
Name: Lesli Woodruff
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-08
06:50 PM to 07:10 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Clear, ~80°
Other Activity: Observed both birds on nest, sitting on the edge, facing the middle. No nestlings but I suspect they are deeper in. Male flew off to look for food while female waited.
Observation Method: On foot, binoculars
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04 - General Electric Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-07
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: f2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: partly sunny,71F,very breezy,
Other Activity: osprey in the marsh on top of a fish. Flew up to the nest& brought fish into the nest for the other osprey
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: