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: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-06 - Chace Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-23
07:20 AM to 07:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 65D; overcast; winds 6ENE
Other Activity: I do not know if fledglings or adults. 1 osprey on roof of old green cabin. no osprey at Woodbridge either platform or duck blind.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Carolyn Burt
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-23
07:20 AM to 07:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 65D; overcast; winds 6ENE
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-05 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G23
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-22
01:40 PM to 02:30 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72F, light breeze, overcast
Other Activity: Apparently both young ones have fledged.
Observation Method: On foot by scope from gazebo on Winter Island.
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-22
02:55 PM to 03:15 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 72F, light breeze, overcast
Other Activity: One fledgling was perched for several minutes. The other fledgling arrived and they shared the nest for several minutes. Then the first fledgling flew off.
Observation Method: On foot by scope from parking lot beach at Forest River Park.
General Comments:
Name: James C Roy Jr
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-22
08:00 AM to 08:45 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: overcast,cool
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments: This chick is not yet flying, it appears
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-22
01:40 PM to 02:30 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 72F, light breeze, overcast
Other Activity: One was on the nest and the other flew in and dove at it, then both flew off. Later this was repeated and then again. When they stopped and both were on the nest, I could see it was one adult and one fledgling.
Observation Method: On foot by scope from gazebo on Winter Island.
General Comments: Apparently the other two nestlings have fledged. This last fledgling must be the late one.
Name: James C Roy Jr
Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-21
08:45 AM to 08:48 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: ft
General Comments:
Name: Sarah Spencer
Nest Name:
HAV-01 - Trinity Stadium Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-20
11:45 AM to 12:15 PM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 82 degrees, mostly sunny, 10 mph wind gusts
Other Activity: There was no one at the nest when I arrived, about 15 minutes in to my visit, one adult osprey flew in from the river, holding a fish, and landed on a post to the right of the nest (not the usual one directly to the right we often see them on, but the one in front of that, which is situated at home plate closer to the parking lot). The Osprey began eating the fish, probably only for a couple minutes, before it flew off again, still holding the fish, back towards the river. The whole time the Osprey was perched, I could only see their backside, so I could not tell if it was the male or female.
Observation Method: On foot and in car at the cvs parking lot
General Comments:
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
GLO-09 - Ten Pound Island Daymarker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-20
05:45 PM to 06:00 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 73; cloudy; light wind; high tide
Other Activity: Another adult was sitting on the large dead tree on nearby Ten Pound Island looking toward the nest.
Observation Method: Rowing on the Maritime Gloucester Pilot Gig, Annie B. with 5 other rowers and a cox.
General Comments: Adult osprey and an almost-fledgling sitting on the nest on top of the channel marker.
Name: John Sayre-Scibona
Nest Name:
SAU-11 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-08-19
11:50 AM to 12:00 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny 79°, 3-6 MPH SSW
Other Activity: One osprey on platform perch. And then flew off to a sandbar down river.
Observation Method: Parked along Mills Ave. and viewed from across the river.
General Comments: This will be the last 2026 report of this location - from this observer.