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: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-21
7:00 AM to 7:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 50 degrees, light wind sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: One osprey on perch of platform, the other on marsh.
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:
2022-04-21
7:00 AM to 7:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 50 degrees, light wind, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Rebecca Lawniczak
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-21
10:50 to 11:00
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58degF, Wind SW 18mph, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: camera
General Comments:
Name: Rebecca Lawniczak
Nest Name:
EAB-01 - MBTA Rail Yard
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-21
13:00 to 13:15
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58degF, sunny, wind18pmhSW
Other Activity: Osprey is sitting completely in nest rather than perched, only the is head visible. Assuming this means that she is incubating eggs rather than perched.
Observation Method: on 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:
2022-04-21
10:00 to 10:45
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 48°F Wind SE 15 gust 20mp Sky clear Visibility 10 sm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Scope from West beach
General Comments: One adult perched near nest.
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-20
11:45 AM to 11:55 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, 50, WINDY
Other Activity: no nest on platform, no osprey anywhere near or on platform. no sticks on platform
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-07 - Stanton Street Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-20
1:00 PM to 1:30 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 50s - sunny
Other Activity: Still no sign of a nest on the platform
Observation Method: On foot from the rail trail
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-20
12:08 PM to 12:20 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, 50, WINDY
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Both flew in and landed on nest, 1 flew off, came back and both were perched on nest, then one flew off again. Nest so far smaller than in the past 2 years they've been using the platform
Name: Rebecca Lawniczak
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-20
15:00 to 15:15
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55°F, wind WNW 16 mph, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Rebecca Lawniczak
Nest Name:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-20
14:50 to 15:00
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55°F, wind WNW 16 mph, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: