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-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-07
10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 90 degrees Winds SW at 5mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-09A - Broad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-07
10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 90 degrees Winds SW at 5mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-04A - Six Goose Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-07
10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 90 degrees Winds SW at 5mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: One on nest, other circling overhead. 3 chicks.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-07
6:00 AM to 12:00 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: Maybe 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Hot, mud 80s, very humid
Other Activity: Pauline is sticking to one side of the nest and creating an “umbrella” with her wings. Last year she did that to shield young chicks from the heat. I have not yet caught sight of the chicks but my assumption is two as Pauline is leaning down and pecking in two different spots. Bob is bringing in Tons of fish and spending lots of time on the nest with her.
Observation Method: From deck
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-06
2:30 PM to 2:45 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 91f, 14mph, 40%hum, sunny, low tide
Other Activity: 2 OSPR perched on nest, then one flew away and perched on a lower run of the tower; the 1st OSPR continued standing in the nest and appeared to be tending to eggs or chicks as her head bobbed up and down while intermittently looking around; she was not incubating.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-06
02:15 PM to 03:25 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 82F, SW 6-9, sunny
Other Activity: Male on nearby piling the whole time. Female incubating and then about 20 minutes later reacted to something in the nest. She tended to it for several minutes then eventually settled in to incubate.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-06
11 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 85 degrees Winds SW at 5 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-04 - Nelson Island Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-06
11 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 85 degrees
Other Activity: One osprey carrying fish flying overhead
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: Osprey did not seem associated with nest
Name: Melissa Root
Nest Name:
NEW-02 - Upper Parker River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-06
1:30 to 2:30
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Hot sun 90deg slight wind no cloud cover
Other Activity: We did not see either male or female Osprey at the nest or anywhere flying. Disappointing to see no activity.
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-06
12:55 PM to 01:55 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 82F, SW 6-9, sunny
Other Activity: Male left, female busy with something in the nest. Male arrived later with fish and female ate and fed something in the nest.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: