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.
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Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-08-29
07:35 AM to 07:50 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 degF, no wind, 25% cloud cover
Other Activity: no birds observed in area
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-07 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-08-29
08:00 AM to 08:15 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 66 degF, light breeze, 40% cloud cover
Other Activity: two juvs at nest - one on perch, other one at nest feeding self; two adults - one on the post perch for NEW-07 Graf Platform #2 feeding itself, the other one perched at the nest for NEW-01 Graf Platform #1, also feeding itself; I assume these adults were the parents for the juvs at the Platform #2 nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-08-29
07:35 AM to 07:50 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 64 degF, no wind, 25% cloud cover
Other Activity: one large juv perched at nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-08-29
11:00 AM to 02:00 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-08-29
08:00 AM to 08:15 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 66 degF, light breeze, 40% cloud cover
Other Activity: large juv perched at nest, flew down into grass, and back again
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Sally McMurry
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-08-28
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: sorry didn't notice
Other Activity: We watched a young (we assume) osprey practicing hunting. It dived straight down and came up with a large fish. It got a few feet out of the water and couldn't keep rising and sank back down into the water, flapping and holding its head above the surface. It tried a couple more times to get out of the water with the fish, but in the end it splashed its way to shore with no fish. We heard it plaintively peeping while it shook itself off. Then it took off.
Observation Method: naked eye
General Comments:
Name: Judy Weinstock
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-08-28
925 AM to 935 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny
Other Activity: I have checked the nest multiple times since yesterday (Sunday) morning, some from the recording. It looks as though Atty left the nest around 830am yesterday and maybe hasn't returned (?). At least I haven't seen him back on it with multiple check-ins over that timeframe. Hope someone else had/has a sighting.
Observation Method: computer
General Comments:
Name: N Kurt
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-08-28
07:00 AM to 06:00 PM.
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Cloudly
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Homecomputer
General Comments: Atty is on 27.8.2023 at 8:19 a.m. departed. He hasn't returned since then. What is unusual is that, unlike usual, he flew off in the other direction, namely in the direction of the camera. I really hope he's fine. :-(
Name: Ann Massoth
Nest Name:
HAV-01 - Trinity Stadium Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-08-27
5:00 PM to 5:30 PM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: The comments posted on 8/22 should have been for 8/27. Entered wrong date.
Name: Joan O'Connor
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-08-27
3:09 PM to 3:32 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Clear, warm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: