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: Dianne Sampson
Nest Name:
GLO-09 - Ten Pound Island Daymarker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-26
3:35 PM to 4:15 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: ?
Weather Conditions: Clouds & Sun, very humid
Other Activity: Third OSPREY flying around the nest upsetting the two that were sitting on the nest
Observation Method: My home deck
General Comments: A lot of noisy calls coming from two of the OSPREY
Name: Karen Rembert
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-26
07:46 AM to 07:48 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: fog, cloudy
Other Activity: I don't see the far "staging post" .... the one near the saltmarsh. Do you know what happened to it?
Observation Method: computer
General Comments:
Name: Karen Rembert
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-26
08:16 AM to 08:17 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: fog, cloudy
Other Activity: NOW is see that Squam was on the nest and blocking the view of the "far staging post" Nothing has happened to it.
Observation Method: computer
General Comments:
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-26
11:30 AM. to 12:15 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 78 F; light breeze; cloudy; low tide
Other Activity: Ethel sitting on the nest perch, and Fred sitting on the marsh perch.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars.
General Comments: No fledglings visible as the nest is very deep.
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:
2023-06-25
9:45 to 10:05
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny 74
Other Activity: Olivia left the nest & flew downstream. Right away she came back chasing an eagle. The eagle landed right outside our window & Olivia spent the next 20 minutes flying at it back & forth from the nest. The eagle finally flew off in the other direction.
Observation Method: From our house
General Comments:
Name: SALLY MCMURRY
Nest Name:
SLM-04 - National Grid Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-25
7:05 PM to 8:02 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: FORGOT TO NOTICE
Other Activity: 7:05. One osprey perched very tall on nest edge 7:29 disappeared from view 7:31 osprey lands on nest. Bobs. Couldn't see if it brought anything 7:35 male arrives with fish, departs 7:37. Remaining osprey sits, bobs then perches 7:48 2 on nest one bobbing one perched facing out He leaves,hunting overwater 7:49 he's back??? 2 on nest 8:02 I left both still on nest one facing out
Observation Method: binoculars from across cove
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
SLM-03 - Little Haste Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-25
09:20 AM to 09:30 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 76°F Wind SW@4mph Clear skies Visibility 10miles
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Osprey departed and returned with nesting material.
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:
2023-06-25
01:55 PM to 02:04 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76F, mild breeze, sunny
Other Activity: Male perched on the corner left a few minutes after we arrived, the other remained incubating.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-25
01:22 PM to 01:33 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76F, mild breeze, sunny
Other Activity: Could be a bit higher than usual since we could see a bit of the body whereas we could only see the head previously.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-25
02:35 PM to 02:40 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76F, mild breeze, raining
Other Activity: Both left the nest soon after we arrived. A later view of the nest from another angle showed them to have returned, one perched on the nest, the other on the ground.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: