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: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-06
5:55 AM to 6:10 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 54 F, NNW 2mph, 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: Adult osprey perched at the edge of the nest and calling repeatedly; we could hear the adult at a distance, and it continued as we rounded Choate Island. No nestlings visible through the binoculars.
Observation Method: Kayak
General Comments:
Name: Rick Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-06
3:00 PM to 3:10 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 degrees, sunny, slight breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Rick Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-06
3:15 PM to 3:25 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 degrees, sunny, slight breeze
Other Activity: Both birds were in nest.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-06
5:30 AM to 5:50 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 52 F, NNW 2 MPH, 10% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: kayak
General Comments:
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-01 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-06
3:20 PM. to 3:35 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 67 f, light wind, fair weather clouds; almost high tide
Other Activity: (Male sitting on nest perch.)
Observation Method: (On foot with binoculars.)
General Comments: (No additional material on the nest since last observation.)
Name: Melissa Root
Nest Name:
NEW-02 - Upper Parker River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-05
2:50 to 3:20
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 73deg partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: One Osprey was perched on stand of nest. No other activity seen. No sign of the second Osprey. 2 bald eagles seen flying upriver near their nest. 2 egrets flying nearby.
Name: Tim Simmons
Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-05
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
at: Merrimac
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70, N wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: suspect incubating based on behavior
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-05
11:45 AM to 12:00 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 69 - sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle from Margin St.
General Comments: There were two osprey on the nest when I got there and one flew away. The other was not hunkered down in the nest but seemed attentive so maybe there is a chick. She seemed to be incubating on previous visits.
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-07 - Babson Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-05
6:35 AM to 7:05 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55F, 1% cloud cover, WNW 8MPH
Other Activity:
Observation Method: through scope from Argilla by Crane Beach entrance
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-04 - Round Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-05
6:35 AM to 7:05 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55F, 1% cloud cover, WNW 8MPH
Other Activity: During the 30 minute observation of Brophy, Babson and Round Island, the osprey on Round Island was observed perching on the side of the nest for about 20 minutes. When not perched, it wasn't visible. I didn't observe it flying on or off the nest.
Observation Method: through scope from Argilla by Crane Beach entrance
General Comments: