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: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-01
2:56 PM to 3:08
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 62, breezy, sunny
Other Activity: one perched on nest--incubating??--2nd osprey landed stayed a min. or 2 and left again. Feeding her while she incubates?
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-01
2:05 PM to 2:10 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Sunny - 60
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot from the model airplane field at the end of the Rumney Marsh Trail
General Comments: It was hard to see as the nest is quite far away but it appeared that there was one osprey on the perch that is on the nest platform.
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-01
2:42 PM to 2:54 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 62, breezy, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: think she's incubating. Lying on nest whole time and again as I passed on the way back about 20 minutes later.
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-01
2:00 PM to 2:20 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Sunny - 60
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot from the Rumney Marsh Trail
General Comments: One osprey was sitting down in the nest and might be incubating.
Name: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
SAL-10 - Lunt Rock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-01
3 PM to 3 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
SAL-09 - Blackwater Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-01
1 PM to 1 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: First time observing this platform since installation. @ birds perched. Some nesting materials visible.
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-07 - Town Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-01
8:30 AM to 9:30 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, clear light west
Other Activity: Female sitting low on the platform on a small nest. I heard her calling for her mate with a begging call and saw the male fly from the perching post to the nest to join the female. The perching post is obscured by tall phragmites. Later the male flew back to the perching post. When I rode by an hour later they were perched together on the platform.
Observation Method: from rail trail
General Comments: I think you can add this platform to your list of active nests!
Name: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
SAL-06 - Carr Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-01
1 PM to 1 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: some nest materials visible.
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
SAL-06 - Carr Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-01
12:15 PM to 12:35 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60, nw wind 10+, clear sky
Other Activity: One adult bringing sticks taken in flight directly from tidal water in creek
Observation Method: Foot from Newburyport Boat Basin ramp via scope only spot on land to give a clear view
General Comments:
Name: Dave Rimmer
Nest Name:
SAL-05 - Ram Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-05-01
1 PM to 1 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: