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: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-25
9:45 AM to 9:58 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65, very damp, light breeze, cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Both adults on nest, mayube feeding young but too far to know. Great egret landed on ground very close to nest, one adult osprey chased it far away and flew back to nest and landed on perch above nest. It flew down twice and came back both times, no fish in its talons.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-25
11:20 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cloudy, 64F, calm
Other Activity: one osprey sitting upright on the side of the nest. Could just barely see some movement and activity coming from iside the nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-25
10:03 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65, very damp, light breeze, cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-25
9:55 AM to 10:10 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 66 cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: From vehicle on Raddin St.
General Comments: There was no sign of anyone on the nest or in the area. There are likely no chicks or the adults wouldn't have been away from the nest for so long.
Name: Sue Ross
Nest Name:
GLO-02 - Wingarsheek Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-25
05-15-pm to 05-25-pm
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: blowing fog, 62 degrees
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Robyn lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-01 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-25
08:00 AM to 8:20 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-03 - Misery Island Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-25
19:00 to 20:00
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 66°F Wind S/E @ 6MPH Overcast skies Visibility 10miles
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Spotting scope
General Comments: Solitary adult on nest. Observed for 1hr.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-24
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70F, slight breeze,sunny
Other Activity: one osprey sitting upright in nest. Thought I saw a chicks head pop up but not positive. No male seen
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Tim Simmons
Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-24
9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
at: Merrimac
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 67, full sun, light wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot, scope
General Comments: 1st observation of 3rd nestling
Name: Sue Ross
Nest Name:
GLO-02 - Wingarsheek Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-24
11:00 to 11:30
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60 , cloudy, humid
Other Activity: I was so pleased to find 2 osprey on the nest on the 23rd. however yesterday (the 24th) there was one adult there in the morning, none in the afternoon. This morning no one. There was an osprey on the far nest by Two Penny Rd. I haven't gone down there. So another disappointment
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: