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.
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Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-01
9:55 AM to 10:09 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy. breezy, 70
Other Activity: Can't be sure without a scope (that I don't have) if there was an osprey sitting on nest or whether what I was looking at was part of the white string mess they've incorporated into the nest, with a string hanging down. After 5 minutes an osprey came and landed on the platform over the nest and stayed there.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Kayl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-01
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: cool, cloudy,
Other Activity: both osprey sittying upright in nest close together. Appear to be eating and/or reeding chicks. Male flew to his favorite perchstick in marsh near the nest. Female flew down from the nest to the edge of the Saugus River and waded in . Then flew to other side of the Saugus River waded in and flew back to nest. Male remained on perch the whole time
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-01
10:12 AM to 10:27 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy. breezy, 70
Other Activity: one bird on nest, another on pole next to one with nest, apparently eating. This bird flew with fish in talons to nest and was apparently feeding chick (s)--saw one on 5/24 or 5/25. First osprey still on nest. THIRD bird flew close to nest, kited for a moment and flew over nest then landed on tower nearby. First osprey left nest and chased third bird away, third bird decidedly bigger than first. Then first bird landed on adjacent utlilty pole, and second was still feeding young. What was the third bird trying to do ??
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-07 - Town Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-01
8:00 AM to 8:30 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, light NW
Other Activity: No ospreys on the platform today. I have a friend who walks the trail every day. He said that he looked at the nest twice a day every day over the weekend and did not see the ospreys at all.
Observation Method: from rail trail
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-01
1:35 PM to 2:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75F, 9MPH wind, thin layer of clouds, low tide
Other Activity: 1 OSPR incubating; its mate flew up and perched on a lower rung of the tower; no food in sight
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:
2021-06-01
02:25 PM to 03:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75F, lt W wind, hazy
Other Activity: One incubating, the other perched on nearby piling. No change the whole time we watched.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-01
01:25 PM to 02:10 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75F, lt West wind, hazy
Other Activity: One incubating, other arrived later with fish, left it on nest and chased off intruder. Then the pair swapped places and the other went below to the rocks to feed on the fish.
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:
2021-06-01
12:35 PM to 12:55 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75F, 9 MPH winds, thin layer of clouds, low tide,
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-31
08:00 AM to 08:15 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 48 degrees, drizzle, light NW
Other Activity: Male and female are both on the nest and feeding. The female is also feeding one or more chicks that are too small to be seen.
Observation Method: from bedroom window
General Comments: Glad the chick(s) survived the cold and wet weather.
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-31
4 PM to 6 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 56 degrees Winds NW at 2-4 mph 100% cloud cover
Other Activity: Two adults at nest, flew. 2 eggs in nest
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: