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: Betsey Lutts-Bennett
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-24
7:00 AM to 12:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 68degreees calm sunny
Other Activity: It is flying day. All three fledglings are in the air
Observation Method: 0n foot
General Comments: what a day! and what a show! fledglings flying from tower to tower and learning how to hover.
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-24
5:15 PM to 5:35 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70s, faint breeze, overcast & haze
Other Activity: Female only present standing on nest platform. No sign of any other adult.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-24
01:10 PM to 01:20 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76F, light wind, sunny
Other Activity: One adult on lower crossbar, other on the nest. Two of the young were perched, the third was reclining. The two perched look large enough to have been flying but we didn't see it so we still list them as nestlings.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-24
02:00 PM to 02:15 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 76F, light wind, sunny
Other Activity: One adult perched on leg of the stand, the other on the marsh some distance away. The young on the nest was feeding itself and later the fledgling left.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-24
10:20 to 10:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 74 F, clear, breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from Plum Island bridge
General Comments:
Name: James C Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-24
07:30 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: one of the chicks is venturing onto rim of nest and flapping his wings. Seems ready to go
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-24
10:20 to 10:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 74 F, clear, breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from Plum Island bridge
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-24
09:45 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 67F, ENE 3mph, sunny
Other Activity: Two adults and one nestling were perched. Later the fledgling flew in and perched as well. Later one of the adults flew off some distance and returned for no apparent reason.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-04A - Annisquam River Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-24
11:30 AM to 11:45 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments: Osprey are coming and going, leaving the nest empty, so I am assuming there are no eggs.
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-24
11:00 AM to 11:15 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 71 degrees
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments: I can definitely see one or two nestlings quite active. Hard to be 100% positive at the distance I am observing from.