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: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-04A - Annisquam River Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
9:25 AM to 9:40 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Sunny, light clouds.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments: Single on nest....land owner has seen them sporadically.
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-04 - Annisquam River Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
9:25 AM to 9:40 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, light wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments: believe the nest is abandoned.
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
9:00 AM to 9:10 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, light wind
Other Activity: I believe there are two nestlings.
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
7:30 AM to 8:00 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, light wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Two very healthy chicks, flapping wings.
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
8:30 AM to 8:50 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 60s, cloudy
Other Activity: Jake has spent the last 2 days flying around the marsh with his dad. Today he caught his first fish.
Observation Method: From deck
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-28
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, 75F,calm
Other Activity: 2 nestlings feeding inside nest. No adults seen
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-28
12:25 PM to 12:40 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 68F, 89%humid, 8 mph wind, hi tide, mostly sunny
Other Activity: 3 nestlings standing in the nest, then one flew away (now fledged?) while the other 2 watched the 1st one intently; one of the two flapped its wings several times and was able to lift a few inches above the nest.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Stephen Saxe
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-28
8:00 AM to 8:05 AM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Clear
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Gail Smith
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-28
1:15 to 1:30
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, 73, breezy
Other Activity: chicks must have been napping
Observation Method: foot - binoculars
General Comments:
Name: Karen Rembert
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-28
04"56 PM to 05:23 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: mostly sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: via home computer
General Comments: male eating on his staging post female and chicks waiting for their share female calling frequently for food, but male doesn't bring right away more assertive (older?) chick doing some nice wing flapping other chick occasionally stretching wing, but no flapping 5:19 male brings fish to nest (which is now getting quite crowded as chicks are rather large) female eating, if piece drops in nest, chick grabs it. (a day or so ago, I noted that a chick was eating directly from the fish female is feeding both chicks -- but they are trying to grab the food from her before she swallows looks like very nice progress and healthy family