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.
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Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-04A - Annisquam River Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-05
2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 62 degrees and sunny
Other Activity: This nest is a puzzle. There was a female on the nest and after a few moments she flew, circling the nests. The other pair was calling, until she finally flew away.
Observation Method: car
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-04 - Annisquam River Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-05
2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 62 degrees, sunny
Other Activity: Female nestled in the nest, male on marsh perch...Seems typical every time I have come down here!
Observation Method: Car
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-05
3:30 PM to 3:45 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees and sunny
Other Activity: I see the female in the nest...seems to be there a lot...sitting on eggs??
Observation Method: car
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-05
8 AM to 8:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, sunny
Other Activity: Female on perch of platform and male was out on the marsh. Female started calling and two others flew over head. I am not sure there are eggs at this point because the other day, there was no one on the nest.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-05
1:50 PM to 2:15 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60s, some wind, sunny
Other Activity: Female incubating Male perched on salt marsh driftwood then he flew to the nest
Observation Method: Kayak
General Comments:
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
ESS-02 - Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-05
2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 5
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60s, some wind, sunny
Other Activity: Female incubating on nest 4 ospreys circling over the salt marsh 1 osprey joined the female on the nest briefly while the other three continued to circle above the area The one on the nest then rejoined the other 3 ospreys and they continued to circle together towards Argilla Rd until they were out of site.
Observation Method: Kayak
General Comments:
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:
2022-05-05
8 AM to 8:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-03 - Misery Island Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-05
10:00 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 59°F Wind WNW @ 8mph Clear skies Visibility 10sm
Other Activity: One adult in nest , the other perched beside nest.
Observation Method: Spotting scope from West Beach
General Comments:
Name: James C Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-04
06:45 AM to 07:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Stephen Saxe
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-04
11:30 to 11:45
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Rain
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle with spotting scooe
General Comments: