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: David Rimmer
Nest Name:
IPS-08 - Sally Weatherall Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-07
1000 to 1015
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
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Name: David Rimmer
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-07
1000 to 1015
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
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Name: David Rimmer
Nest Name:
IPS-04A - Six Goose Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-07
1000 to 1015
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
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Name: David Rimmer
Nest Name:
IPS-21 - Laws Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-07
1000 to 1015
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
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Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-07
700 AM to 630 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
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Weather Conditions: 40s, raw
Other Activity: Single Osprey hanging around all day. Where is the second Osprey?
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Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-06
11:15 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 48 rain
Other Activity: No sign of a nest on the platform
Observation Method: Vehicle from Belair St.
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Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-06
7:30 AM to 8:00 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 48 - light rain
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Observation Method: From our house
General Comments: One osprey was on the nest and another in a nearby tree. Then that one flew over to the nest for a while & both left. I've seen one osprey several times but this is the first time there have been two.
Name: Betsey Bennett
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-06
07:35 AM to 07:45 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
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Weather Conditions: Cloudy, cool, slight rain, 40's
Other Activity: One Osprey on the top of the tower above the nest. Second Osprey on middle tower, 1/3 from ground, eating a fish
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: The osprey arrived about a week apart. #1 arrived on March 23, 2022 2022-03-23 #2 arrived on March 30, 2022 2022-03-30
Name: Tim Simmons
Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-06
4:00 PM. to 5:00 PM.
at: Merrimac
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 54, cloudy, N wind 3-5mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: not seen on 30 March
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-04-06
10:50 AM to 11:10 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 48 rain
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle from Avon St.
General Comments: One female was perched on the nest. No sign of anyone else.