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: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-21
01:35 PM to 02:05 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 62F, light SE wind, mostly sunny, fog only beyond the nest.
Other Activity: One was on the nest, turned and resettled after about 10 minutes. The other was perched on a nearby piling. They stayed that way the whole time.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-21
02:30 PM to 02:35 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 63F, light SE wind, heavy fog
Other Activity: Unable to see beyond the shoreline.
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: I wonder how osprey cope with fog.
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-21
1:30 PM to 1:45 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75, breezy, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot, scope
General Comments: Bad heat haze of the marsh
Name: Rebecca Lawniczak
Nest Name:
REV-04 - Jacob’s Park Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-21
13:43 to 13:53
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73deg, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-21
12:50 PM to 01:05 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 63F, light SE wind, fog
Other Activity: One incubating on the nest, 10 minutes later the other arrived with a partial fish. The one incubating took it and went to a lower crossbar to eat it and the other settled in to incubate.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Janet Grover
Nest Name:
IPS-19 - Holy Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-21
3 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 72 degrees F Winds E 8-10 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Engine quit on Emerson
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-21
05:35 PM. to 06:15 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: (71; cloudy; light wind; just past high tide)
Other Activity: Female sitting on eggs. Initially male was not around.
Observation Method: (on foot with binoculars)
General Comments: Male returned and perched on the pole while female remained on the nest. Did not observe if he brought a fish because a dog was wandering around the marsh chasing shore birds which distracted me.
Name: Nancy Perry
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-21
1:01 PM. to 2:25 PM.
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: mostly 1, 2 briefly
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 63℉ Calm with occasional wee breeze; mainly overcast with a touch of sun now and then
Other Activity: One adult deep in nest, head popping up often; #2 adult flew to nest, perhaps dropping food in (not sure); both adults briefly on or in nest; one flew away (not sure which); other in nest seemed to be eating once or twice but I could not see if feeding another; adult stayed on nest with mostly head up but occasionally body seen when adult changed positions; I was just leaving when adult went up on edge of nest & focused on something moving for 2-3 minutes but nothing came & adult went back down into nest; I heard a "purring" sound which was answered from a distance (not sure if it was osprey because I had not heard them make this sound previously); this sound got louder & more frantic; adult stayed on nest rim, pecking down at self (bugs?) & bobbing head down into nest (not sure if eating/feeding); after about 5 minutes, adult went back down into nest with head up
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: This nest is very deep, so observing anything lower than the rim is impossible. Too bad!
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04 - General Electric Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-20
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: slight breeze, partly sunny 65F
Other Activity: osprey perched on stick in marsh, then flew up to nest platform and perched on the side of nest. Other osprey inside nest
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:
2022-05-20
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 65F, fair, slight breeze
Other Activity: osprey flew upfrom stick in marsh to perch on side of nest.. Other osprey in nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: