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: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-22
03:30 PM to 04:00 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: sunny', 80F,
Other Activity: 1 osprey in nest,and1 eating a fishon one of the pilings near the nest. Ospreyin nest flew nest to osprey with fish. After 10 minutes osprey with fish flew todriftwood tree limb in the marsh carrying fish there. Other osprey flew to tree limb next to other osprey. Then the osprey with the fish jumps off the tree limb down to the marsh with the fish. Other osprey followed and patiently watching osprey eat the fish
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Jeffrey LeDrew
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-21
01:00 PM to 01:24 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 68° cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
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:
2025-08-21
12:00 PM to 12:15 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 70's windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot, binoculars
General Comments: the bird was on the nest when I arrived but shortly flew off
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
GLO-09 - Ten Pound Island Daymarker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-21
09:00 AM to 09:15 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64, mostly cloudy, Erin storm brewing,
Other Activity: 1 OSPR perched when I arrived, joined by 2 more after about 10 mins; one of the two flew away quickly back to 10 lb island
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-10 - Lunt Rock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-20
10:15 AM to 10:25 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 63F, breeze, drizzle
Other Activity: Sitting on perch above nest
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-09 - Blackwater Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-20
10:50 AM to 10:55 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 63F, breeze, rain
Other Activity: 1 bird in nest. 2nd bird on snag/trunk about 100 yds away in marsh.
Observation Method: Markey's parking lot.
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-08 - Shad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-20
10:15 AM to 10:25 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 63F, breeze, drizzle
Other Activity: Bird on perch eating. 2nd bird in nest.
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-20
10:15 AM to 10:25 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 63F, breeze, drizzle
Other Activity: sitting in nest
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-05 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G23
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-20
06:19 AM to 06:41 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 52F, calm and overcast
Other Activity: Female and chick ate side by side initially, then she fed chick.
Observation Method: By scope from hill near Harbormaster shack on Winter Island
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-11 - Middle Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-08-19
09:50 AM to 10:05 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 61F, calm, rain
Other Activity: Sitting in nest
Observation Method: Pretty Apple Lane, Salisbury Marsh WMA
General Comments: