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: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-02 - Black Rock Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-11
9:15 AM to 9:30 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 48 F, clear, breezy, high tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Diane Dondero
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-11
5:05 to 5:20 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 4
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, sunny, no wind
Other Activity: There has been a lot of activity with this nest yesterday and twice today. The nesting pair is spending a lot of time chasing off 2 other osprey. Yesterday the osprey were battling over the nest from 3 until 7pm(I stopped watching for a bit), this morning a pair was back on both platforms(sometimes together on the main nest). The osprey all take turns landing on the nest and then a pair chases them off. Last week, one of the “interlopers” actually landed on the nest and perched there with the pair. All three were quiet and sat there for about 10 mins. Things are in flux.
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-11
10:20 AM to 10:35 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 53 F, clear, windy, high tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from Plum Island Bridge
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-11
10:20 AM to 10:35 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 53 F, clear, windy, high tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from Plum Island Bridge
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-11
10:20 AM to 10:35 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 53 F, clear windy high tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from Plum Island Bridge
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-11
10:20 AM to 10:35 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 53 F, clear, windy, high tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: I was at the Parking Lot #1 on the Parker River Wildlife Refuge a new minutes later. There was a hawk watch going on. I saw a kestrel, an immature eagle, and the local harrier. Another birder said that the ospreys on the platform were mating.
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
ESS-06 - Soginese Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-11
2:00 PM to 2:20 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60s, light wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot from Cox viewing platform
General Comments:
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-11
6:15 AM to 6:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny 39 degrees
Other Activity: Pauline has been at the nest dusk and dawn. She helps Bob arrange the nest but primarily not there all day long. Tomorrow will be a week since her return. I wonder if she is off eating fish and resting from her long trip before she engages in serious nest sitting.
Observation Method: Back deck
General Comments:
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-11
1:00 PM to 1:30 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60s, light wind
Other Activity: Not on kayak yet, so difficult to get close. Viewed through binoculars from Robbins Island Rd. Did not see any activity.
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Nancy Perry
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-11
04:38 PM. to 05:32 PM.
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Partly cloudy; calm; 59℉
Other Activity: 2 adults on nest; #1 flew off and right back; later #1 again flew off but stayed off; then spotted on branch of nearby tree; #2 hopped off of nest but stayed on branch next to nest; #1 came back & sat with #2 on same branch; #2 flies to branch on another tree while #1 remains on branch near nest; for several minutes, NO adult was actually on the nest - likely no eggs in nest
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: This is a NEW nest from last year and the previous year but in the same general area. No sign of last year's nest. Many other birds in the area - ducks, Canadian geese, red-winged blackbirds, one swan.