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: Christopher Rogers
Nest Name:
GLO-02 - Wingarsheek Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-22
3:30 PM to 3:40 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, some fog, windy, mid 70”s
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: No Osprey viable
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-21
3:20 PM to 3:35 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 81, breezy, sunny
Other Activity: One adult on perch near platform, chick on nest, then 2nd adult flew in. after about 5 min the fledgling flew off and flew around and back onto the nest. I'm pretty sure it was the chick that flew off and back, it's very hard when it's almost in silhouette to be sure.
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:
2021-08-21
09:45 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 77F, SE 8mph, sunny
Other Activity: Adult and 3 young on the nest. Adult left and 2 of the young flew off and on several times. The middle young stayed perched but eventually reclined.
Observation Method: on foot by scope.
General Comments: Much heat distortion. It appeared to be the largest and the smallest that flew often and the mid sized that didn't fly.
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-21
3:10 PM to 3:12 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 81, breezy, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: driveby going down Rte 107
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-20
11:35 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 74 degF, no wind, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult at nest feeding juv, second juv flew in = fledgling
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-20
11:35 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 74 degF, no wind, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity: one juv perched on top of nest, one adult perched at corner of nest, 2nd adult flew in to nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: I didn't see the juv fly, so did not report as fledged
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-20
11:15 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 74 degF, no wind, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity: 1 juv perched at nest, 1 juv perched on corner of old duck blind = fledgling; 1 bird perched on post down in grasses in between, couldn't tell if adult or juv, so counted as adult
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-01 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-20
11:15 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 74 degF, no wind, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity: 3 juvs in nest, 2 of them feeding themselves; 1 adult on post perch, 1 adult on nest perch
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: I didn't see these juvs fly, so didn't report them as fledged
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-01 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-20
11:35 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 74 degF, no wind, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity: 2
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: 1 birds on post perch - one is adult, one is juv = fledgling; 2 more juvs at nest, one of them feeding itself one additional adult could be seen perched on a log across a channel in front of a cottage
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-20
9:45 AM to 10:00 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73 - cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle from Margin St. & again from Raddin St.
General Comments: There were no osprey in sight.