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: SHIRLEY SINGLETON
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-09-01
10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: RAIN THEN BREEZY WITH SOME SUN
Other Activity: JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT JAKE WAS GONE FOR GOOD..... JAKE SUDDENLY REAPPEARED. HE HAS BEEN SITTING ON HIS NEST FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS.
Observation Method: FROM THE BACK DECK
General Comments:
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-30
12:30 PM to 12:45 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Humid
Other Activity: I believe that Jake has left to go south. I have not seen him for several days.
Observation Method: From back deck
General Comments:
Name: Nicole Cross
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-28
18:25 to 18:349
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Cloudy; low winds
Other Activity: Circling fisherman
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-28
5:25 PM to 5:40 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: No osprey present. Only a very few sticks remaining on the platform. On my way to island I had seen what looked like the beginnings of a osprey nest on a power pole on the roadside about a quarter of a mile from the road end and island parking. I was not there on my last visit. In talking to a neighbor who lives close by, another attempt to building on the same pole had been removed by "Audubon" some two months earlier. Was it the Sawyer's pair looking for a "safer" site ??
Observation Method: foot
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:
2021-08-25
06:30 AM to 07:00 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 73F, wind calm, sunny
Other Activity: The largest and the mid sized juveniles were perched. The largest left, the mid sized flapped wildly but got no elevation. A few minutes later it lifted off and left the nest. It made a circle around the nest and returned. The largest also returned to the nest.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-25
07:00 AM to 07:20 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 72 degF, no wind, clear sky
Other Activity: no other birds seen in the area
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-25
07:00 AM to 07:20 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 72 degF, no wind, clear sky
Other Activity: adult at nest feeding itself; also 2 juvs at platform, did not see either fly, so did not report them as fledged
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-25
07:00 AM to 07:20 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 72 degF, no wind, clear sky
Other Activity: three juvs at nest; two flew off, so reported as fledged
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-25
07:25 AM to 07:40 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 73 degF, light swirly breeze, clear sky
Other Activity: 1 juv at nest feeding itself, then flew to snag at far corner of old blind; 1 juv perched on near roof corner of old blind; 1 juv at the nest, stretching wings and flapping, but did not see it fly, so not reported as fledged
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-01 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-25
07:25 AM to 07:40 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 73 degF, light swirly breeze, clear sky
Other Activity: two juvs at nest; one flew to post perch, so reported that one as fledged
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: