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: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-17 - Third Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-10
4 PM to 6 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 65, 4W, 15%
Other Activity: 2nd osprey on nest perch
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-16A - Paine Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-10
4 PM to 6 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 65, 4W, 15%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: one egg in nest
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-15 - Rogers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-10
4 PM to 6 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 65, 4W, 15%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-14 - Rogers Island Duck Blind #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-10
4 PM to 6 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 65, 4W, 15%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: nestlings very tiny so just hatched
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-11A - Paine Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-10
4 PM to 6 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 65, W4, 15%
Other Activity: 2nd osprey flew from marsh on approach of boat
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-10
4 PM to 6 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 65, 4W, 15%
Other Activity: 2 eggs in nest
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-09A - Broad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-10
4 PM to 6 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 65, 4W, 15%
Other Activity: 1 flying overhead
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: one egg in addition to the three nestlings
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-10
7:45 PM. to 8:15 PM.
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 F, no wind, high tide, scattered clouds
Other Activity: You could just see Ethel's head and tail at the top of the nest. Her head was moving up and down as if she was eating a fish,
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars.
General Comments: Fred was nowhere to be seen.
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-10
3:00 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity: Caught the slightest glimpse of a nestling. Female sitting higher in the nest than in the past few weeks but still looks like she is incubating but maybe the difference is chicks vs eggs Male stopped in for a brief visit
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
MAN-01 - Sauli Rock Daymarker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2023-06-10
7:30 PM to 7:45 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 64°F Wind SW @5mph Broken clouds 10 miles visibility
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Both on nest when we arrived, then one departed.