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: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-26
01:37 PM to 01:56 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 84F, SE wind 12mph, sunny
Other Activity: One adult perched on the nest that left for an extended period and later returned. May have been seen perched on spreaders of distant sailboat. Afterward, the other adult also returned to the nest with what looked like debris, nesting material? No sign of any young.
Observation Method: on foot by scope.
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-26
02:10 PM to 03:05 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 84F, SE wind 12mph, sunny
Other Activity: Initially, one adult on nest, which later started to feed. The 3 young arose but were uninterested in feeding. Later the other adult returned to the nest and perched and the young stayed below.
Observation Method: 0n foot by scope.
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-26
12:39 PM to 01:03 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 84F, SE wind 12mph, sunny
Other Activity: Male on crossbar below, female was feeding the young.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-26
06:45 AM to 10:01 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2, possibly 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny warm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stois
Nest Name:
SAU-09 - Bear Creek Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-25
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, breezy, 68F
Other Activity: one osprey flew down from nest to the marsh and grabbed grass in its talons and broght it back to nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-25
1:53 PM to 1:55 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 82, ESE at 10mph, sunny
Other Activity: platform unused
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: I wil not be monitoring this platform anymore this summer. I think the ospreys have had their chance at this site and arent' interested this year!
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-25
2:09 PM to 2:21 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 82, ESE at 10mph
Other Activity: 1 adult on nest, and another on perch very close by but not perch attached to platform
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:
2022-06-25
2:26 PM to 2:36 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 82, ESE 10mph
Other Activity: Adult and 3 young on nest. Adult flew off and quickly came back. Appeared to be feeding self or maybe the 2 chicks who then were behind her .
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-25
07:05 AM to 07:25 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 4
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 degF, light breeze, clear sky
Other Activity: one adult at nest, feeding self; THREE Osprey perched on posts, to the east but not far from the platform; couldn't tell if any chicks in nest - and viewing was good, just so far away
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-06-25
07:05 AM to 07:25 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 degF, light breeze, clear sky
Other Activity: 2 adults at nest, one of them feeding chick and feeding self
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: