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-09A - Broad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-20
9:30 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 74 degrees F Winds NW @ 5-6 mph 100% high haze
Other Activity: One adult on nest, other on nest perch
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-20
9:30 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 74 degrees F Winds NW @ 5-6 mph 100% high haze
Other Activity: One adult on nest, other on marsh perch
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-04A - Six Goose Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-20
9:30 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 74 degrees F Winds NW @ 5-6 mph 100% high haze
Other Activity: One adult on nest, two others flying overhead. The two chicks are large and fully feathered.
Observation Method: Boat
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:
2021-07-20
7:00 AM to 7:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 67 degrees, sunny hazy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: very active nestlings, M/F present, adult brought in a half a fish for the young.
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-19
9:20 AM to 9:25 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 66 hazy
Other Activity: I viewed the platform from Belair St. and there is still no sign of a nest
Observation Method: Vehicle from Belair St.
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-19
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 64 degrees cloudy, light NE
Other Activity: Yesterday afternoon we observed the first flight of one of the fledglings. Very shaky with several missed approaches for landings and an eventual shaky landing on the second platform and a later return to the nest. Meanwhile a second fledgling was beating its wings and achieved a few short lift-offs and landings on the nest. This morning the second fledgling had its first flight from the nest to the second platform. At present one fledgling remains in the nest, an adult and two fledglings are perched on the second platform and one adult (probably the male) is perched on the third platform.
Observation Method: from bedroom window
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:
2021-07-19
07:00 AM to o5:00 PM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: overcsast, rainy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Difficult to assess if both chicks are doing well. I often see the head of one at a time, but haven't seen two at once. I'm thinking both are probably ok.
Name: Stephen Saxe
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-19
11:45 AM to 12:00 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-19
9:30 AM to 9:45 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 66 hazy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle from Avon St.
General Comments: When I arrived there were no birds on the nest but one arrived right away. Then another flew by & almost landed on the nest but kept going. Still no sign of chicks. I stopped by the nest briefly yesterday and only saw one perched & no sign of chicks.
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-19
8:25 AM to 8:45 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1-2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64f , 100% humidity, 6 mph winds, foggy/poor visibility, high tide
Other Activity: Adult OSPR was perched on nest when I arrived; it flew away about 8 mins later and reappeared about 7 mins later. I could not tell how many nestlings were present, but at least one flexed its wings a few times.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: