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: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-09 - Blackwater Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-21
08:50 AM to 09:05 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 74F, breeze, clear, high tide
Other Activity: 1 skinny little head poked up beside adult osprey, then disappeared.
Observation Method: Markey''s parking lot.
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-08 - Shad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-21
08:20 AM to 08:35 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72F, breeze, clear, high tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-21
08:20 AM to 08:35 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72f, breeze, clear, high tide
Other Activity: bird flew from nest to perch and preened
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-21
12:40 PM to 12:55 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80 degrees, sunny, light SE
Other Activity: Female is on the nest on Platform 2 with two good-sized chicks, feeding the smaller of the two
Observation Method: from bedroom window
General Comments: I've been away from home and only saw a chick for the first time yesterday. The male is often present and brings plenty of food.
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-12 - Dilly Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-21
07:50 AM to 08:05 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64 to 74 degrees start to finish, light wind, mostly sunny
Other Activity: Observed from way over by Great Band and the east side of Choate Island as we paddled. Could just see an adult osprey standing in the nest, but not more detail.
Observation Method: by kayak from Island Rd.
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-11 - Dean Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-21
07:15 AM to 07:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64 to 74 degrees start to finish, light wind, mostly sunny
Other Activity: Initially 1 adult was on the nest with the 2 nestlings, 1 quite a bit larger with the dark eye stripe visible. This one looks larger than the Brophy pair, and the second smaller. The adult at the nest gave several calls as the second adult came in and dropped off a fish. The larger chick got right up close to be fed, while the second continued facing the other direction. Eventually she appeared to start feeding the second chick.
Observation Method: by kayak from Island Rd.
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-07 - Babson Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-21
09:10 AM to 09:25 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64 to 74 degrees start to finish, light wind, mostly sunny
Other Activity: An adult was in the nest and was occasionally putting its head down low in the nest as if feeding or tending to young, but none were visible. It was also looking around and called out softly a could of times. It eventually settled into an incubating position.
Observation Method: By kayak from Island Rd.
General Comments:
Name: LIsa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-04 - Round Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-21
08:45 AM to 09:00 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64 to 74 degrees start to finish, light wind, mostly sunny
Other Activity: No osprey observed on the nest or nearby as we paddled past
Observation Method: by kayak from Island Rd.
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-21
07:45 AM to 07:55 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64 to 74 degrees start to finish, light wind, mostly sunny
Other Activity: An osprey was perched in the nest the whole time we watched, but there was no sign of a chick. The osprey was quiet even when we paddled a little closer than normal to look.
Observation Method: By kayak from Island Rd.
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-21
06:50 AM to 07:05 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64 to 74 degrees start to finish, light wind, mostly sunny
Other Activity: Adult feeding the 2 nestling, and the second adult initially on a short post in the marsh, and then it flew off. Both nestlings look similar size, and almost the whole body is visible as they fed.
Observation Method: by kayak from Island Rd.
General Comments: