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: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-01
7:30 AM to 8:00 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 57 degrees, light wind and cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Female sitting on nest and male is eating a fish on the perch. Hoping for a hatching soon!
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-01 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-01
7:30 AM to 8:00 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 57degrees, light wind cloudy.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-09 - Bear Creek Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-31
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny,64F, cool, breezy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
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:
2022-05-31
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny,64F, cool breeze
Other Activity: osprey in nest got up and stretched wings. Other osprey perched on stick in marsh
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ESS-06 - Soginese Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-31
10:19 AM to 11:05 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degrees, sunny, cloudy, suddenly became really windy! Beautiful morning
Other Activity: 2 Ospreys perched on the side of the nest. At 10:25, 1 Osprey flew off and escorted a 3rd Osprey out of the nest area. Osprey chirps heard. At 10:30 AM the Osprey flew back to the nest and perched along side the other O on the edge of the nest. At 10:38 AM, the first O flew off. At 10:40 the 2nd O flew off. At 10:42 the first O came back to the nest with a fish delivery. At 10:43 the 2nd O come back to the nest with a stick, then ate some fish. At 10:50, the 1st O flew off and the 2nd O laid down in the nest in incubating posture. A lot of quick events. I must say, I was a little concerned, until the 2nd O settled down in the nest.
Observation Method: on foot, thru the grasses, onto to the rocky road at the edge of the marsh
General Comments:
Name: Betsey Bennett
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-30
2:15 to 2:30
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny Hot, 90’s, cool drying breeze at 8 mph
Other Activity: One adult perched above the nest. Very animated with vocalization as it peered intently down at the nest. Perhaps a proud papa?
Observation Method: Foot.
General Comments: My angle is below nest height so I don’t get a view into the nest.
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-30
08:00 AM to 08:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: humid, overcast, light rain
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Janet Grover
Nest Name:
IPS-09A - Broad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-30
5 PM to 6:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 degrees F Winds SE 2-4 mph 90% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Caroline Haines
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-30
11:35 AM to 11:50 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: No cloud cover, breezy and dry
Other Activity: No Osprey visible on nest, although at first I thought I could see the dark feathers of an adult, I could not quite confirm it. One adult perched close by.
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Karen Rembert
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-30
01:52 PM to 01:55 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, hot, some wind
Other Activity: One osprey on marsh perch; other on nest. Both making sounds and it appears that there is a large intruder bird circling the nest.
Observation Method: via home computer
General Comments: