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: Hank Moore
Nest Name:
NEW-07 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
4:30 PM to 4:40 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70deg sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: From house
General Comments: It has been 40 days since I first observed incubation. I now can determine that feeding of chicks has begun. Both parents are usually seen so this working team may mean a successful nest with their hatch. It is unknown how many chix are there but time will tell.
Name: Caroline Haines
Nest Name:
GLO-09 - Ten Pound Island Daymarker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
10:30 AM to 10:40
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-04A - Annisquam River Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
9:18 AM to 9:45 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64° and cloudy
Other Activity: From first getting here, I thought that the mail was sitting on the marsh perch, and the female was in the nest. It was funny because the Osprey that was on the perch was calling. Come to find out it was actually the female sitting on the porch and the mail was sitting on the eggs in the nest. I noticed this after watching them switch and him going back down to the perch. He sat there and screamed for 10 minutes or so even with the female calling from this number one. That is when I noticed her flying off right before he did. Seven eagle female is still sitting deep in the nest of platform number two. I am heartbroken that with the situation of the mail, caring for both nests that one failed. I guess it was inevitable.
Observation Method: Car
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-04 - Annisquam River Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
9:18 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64°, cloudy
Other Activity: When I got here, the female was up on the perch of the platform. She was calling to the mail. He was over on the other marsh perch I believed, which ended up being the female from platform number two. After about 10 minutes of the female calling on platform number one. She flew off. I do believe that this nest has failed.
Observation Method: Car
General Comments: A
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-12 - Dilly Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
7:30 AM to 7:40 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64 degrees, cloudy, very light wind, calm, high tide
Other Activity: Female down low in the nest, and just her head visible.
Observation Method: by kayak
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
7:45 AM to 8:17 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58°. No wind and cloudy.
Other Activity: Looks like the eggs are hatching. The male osprey is on the marsh platform and the female is up on the platform perch. By the time I left, she was back in the nest looking down.
Observation Method: Foot 8:17 AM
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-07 - Babson Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
6:40 AM to 7:00 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 63 degrees, cloudy, very light wind, calm, high tide
Other Activity: Was able to see and check the platform from Round and all the way over to Brophy. The adult stayed perched on the nest platform.
Observation Method: by kayak
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-07 - Babson Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
8:10 AM to 8:25 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 63 degrees, cloudy, very light wind, calm, high tide
Other Activity: Was able to see Babson from Round Island and on the return to Fox Creek. The adult osprey was perched on the post by the nest.
Observation Method: by kayak
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-04 - Round Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
6:30 AM to 6:40 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 63 degrees, cloudy, very light wind, calm, high tide
Other Activity: She frequently lifted up a little and looked down or bent her head down a bit. No little heads visible though.
Observation Method: by kayak
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzi
Nest Name:
ESS-04 - Round Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-12
8:00 AM to 8:10 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 63 degrees, cloudy, very light wind, calm, high tide
Other Activity: Checked again after doing the Choate Island loop. Osprey in the nest was lying down incubating, but occasionally bending her head down into the nest.
Observation Method: by kayak
General Comments: