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: Lesli Woodruff
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-19
6:30 AM to 7:00 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: warm (~70F) and still. Clear skies.
Other Activity: Observed the nestling in the nest by itself, stretching wings. The 2 parents were on a boat nearby, eating fish. One came up to the nest to feed the nestling, and the other followed a little while later. If the chick hasn't fledged yet, he is due soon, he's very big!
Observation Method: On foot from Independence Park jetty.
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-18
10:00 to 10:15
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 83 cloudy
Other Activity: The 2 chicks have fledged. They were flapping their wings and got some air under them and created a snowstorm of white feathers . Unfortunately it appears that the chick that Sean & Mark found on the ground while they were tagging them & that they put back in the nest has not survived. I’ve only seen 2 chicks for the last few days.
Observation Method: From our house
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-04 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker #9
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-18
2:30 PM to 2:43 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 83F, light wind, partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments: nest distant from shore, difficult to see nestlings
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-18
1:30 to 1:50
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 83 cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle from Raddin St.
General Comments: Mom & 3 chicks were sitting in the nest.
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-02 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker R16
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-18
3:05 PM to 3:25 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 83F, light wind, partly cloudy
Other Activity: youg moving, stretching wings. adult feeding young.
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-01 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker G15
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-18
2:48 PM to 3:00 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 83F, light wind, partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
3:27 PM to 3:34 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 90, mostly sunny but hazy, Sw at 4mph with slightly higher moments
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: calling almost continuously, like 7/9 observation no scope today
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
3:52 PM to 4:00 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 90, mostly sunny but hazy. SW 4mph with moments of higher breeze
Other Activity: One adult perched over nest. One chick bobbed up and down from inside the nest a few times. no wing flapping
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, 88F, hot& humid
Other Activity: nest #1, osprey on perchstick preening. Nest #2 has one osprey on perch eating a fish and another osprey standing up inside the nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-07-17
3:45 PM to 4:20 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 90, mostly sunny but hazy SW4mph with higher breezy moments
Other Activity: Drove by 3:45 and saw one nestling on edge giving a couple flaps. on edge-side facing 107. Observed from $:03-4:08pm and saw nothing on nest, but an osprey flying fairly near. Drove by as went home and saw adult perched on nearby utility pole.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: