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: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-03 - Misery Island Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-06
1130 to 1200
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 84°F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: One adult on perch, one adult in nest.
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-02 - Misery Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-06
1100 to 1115
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 84°F Clear skies wind SW@7MPH
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Still no nest present.
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-06
1:40 PM to 2:00 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 91f, 11mph wind, 40%hum, sunny
Other Activity: Both OSPR were huddled together in nest when I arrived;, then both stood up and one started feeding itself before the 2nd one flew away; the remaining one then settled back into incubating.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-04
01:00 PM to 01:10 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 78F, South wind, overcast
Other Activity: Nothing else interesting happening
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: Unable to see ground from this position. Unable to see if male is down below.
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-04
8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast Humid 70 degrees
Other Activity: Lots of behavior changes in the last 3 days. I suspect egg(s) have hatched but have not verified that. Pauline is frequently standing on the nest, today she has continually pecked down into the nest. Bob has been glued to his marsh post when he is not fishing. She is now flying over to the marsh post and he immediately flies in to the nest. Both adults are eating fish together in the nest.
Observation Method: Back deck
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
EAB-01 - MBTA Rail Yard
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-04
01:30 PM to 01:40 PM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76F, calm, overcast
Other Activity: One on nest incubating and eating from the same position. Other on a cable adjacent and a little below the nest.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-04
12:00 PM to 12:15 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75f, 8mph, cloudy, 75% humid
Other Activity: OSPR was incubating when I arrived, then flew away, returned a few mins later & immediately settled back into the nest. Did not have food visible in beak or claws.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-03
7:45 AM to 8:00 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60's cloudy
Other Activity: Olivia was on the edge of the nest & it looked like she was tending to chicks down in the nest. This new nest is deep so it will take time to see a chick popping up. The past few days she has been spending more time up on the nest rather than down incubating so hopefully there are chicks. The other day while Ollie was standing guard she brought a stick back to the nest.
Observation Method: From our house
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-08 - Shad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-03
10 AM to 10:10
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 F, windy, overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-07 - Town Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-03
9:15 AM to 9:45 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees, partly cloudy, light SW
Other Activity: both ospreys were perched on the platform, one on the perching post and one on the platform.
Observation Method: from rail trail
General Comments: my friend told me that he had also seen them between 7 am and 8 am, there were both gone when I passed the platform again at 11 am