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: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-26
7:55 AM to 8:03 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 83 degrees, light wind, partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments: female on nest, male perched in tree to the right.
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-26
7:00 AM to 7:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, light wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: female on nest, male not there.
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:
2021-05-26
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Hot, humid, 90s
Other Activity: Since it was so hot, Pauline was not sitting on the nest. Rather, she was perched on the edge of the nest for most of the day. Ever watchful Bob was periodically bringing her fish and when not actively fishing, was watching over her from his marsh perch.
Observation Method: From the deck
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-25
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, 70, windy
Other Activity: male feeding in marsh, and female sitting in nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-25
5:20 PM to 5:50 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70s, breezy, some high cloud with sun
Other Activity: Female on nest when i arrived. Just as I had packed my gear, male arrived to nest with fish. He left some and flew to perch post to eat. Female stood up, stretched wings and settled to feed.
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:
2021-05-25
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
at: Merrimac
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 85, full sun
Other Activity: shading, dripping beak
Observation Method: on foot with scope
General Comments: behavior suggests feeding of one or more hatchlings
Name: Nancy Perry
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-25
11:25 AM. to 01:22 PM.
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 57℉ Sunny with a few wispy clouds (looked like Mare's Tails); steady, light breeze
Other Activity: One adult bird on nest with head bobbing up occasionally
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-24
11:15 AM to 11:35 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65, sunny, light breeze
Other Activity: When arrived, osprey perched on low stone near nest. Kept flying low around marsh and landing on ground and flying back to stone. Finally landed on perch above nest and went onto nest. Too far to see if it had picked up grasses for nest. Don't know what it was doing, couldn't tell if anything in its beak.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-24
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny, cool breezy and 63F
Other Activity: male sitting in marsh then flies up to nest holding very long stick in his talons. He gets up to nest, where female is and female seems to rebuff him because he drops it and it falls to the ground
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-24
10:53 AM to 11:08 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65, sunny, light breeze
Other Activity: One chick visible, next to adult. could have been more chicks in nest. In sunlight and from that distance--Rumney Marsh to 107--the chick looked reddish beige
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: