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: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-19 - Holy Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-21
08:30 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degrees F 100% cloud cover Winds S @ 3 mph
Other Activity: One on eggs (male, we think). Larger osprey with heavy necklace landed on marsh perch (female?)
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: I may have made errors on report for Holy Island Camp Pole IPS-18.
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-18 - Holy Island Camp Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-21
08:30 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degrees F 100% cloud cover Winds S @ 3 mph
Other Activity: No osprey on nest, but one perched on camp pilings
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-18 - Holy Island Camp Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-21
08:30 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degrees F100% cloud coverWinds S @ 3 mph
Other Activity: Less nest material.One osprey perched on camp pilings
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: May be a duplicate submission. This is correct version.
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-16A - Paine Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-21
08:30 AM to 10
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degrees F 100% cloud cover Winds S @ 3 mph
Other Activity: One osprey on eggs, other on perch
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-15 - Rogers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-21
08:30 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degrees F 100% cloud cover Winds S @ 3 mph
Other Activity: One on eggs, other perched on platform brace
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-14 - Rogers Island Duck Blind #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-21
08:30 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degrees F 100% cloud cover Winds S @ 3 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-11A - Paine Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-21
08:30 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degrees F 100% cloud cover Winds S @ 3 mph
Other Activity: Female on eggs, male approached with large fish
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-21
08:30 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degrees F 100% cloud cover Winds S @ 3 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Previously observed 2 eggs in nest. Eggs now gone.
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-21
08:30 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degrees F 100% cloud cover Winds S @ 3 mph
Other Activity: One on eggs, other flew from perch
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Dave, Em has 2 blinds listed for Laws Creek. I just submitted a report for Laws Creek Duck Blind IPS-10, probably abandoned. We saw one osprey perched on what Em has listed as Laws Creek Blind #2, but I am not submitting a report. I am confused about the nest listings here.
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:
2021-05-21
08:30 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degrees F 100% cloud cover Winds S @ 3 mph
Other Activity: One on eggs, other on nest perch. Two other osprey on nearby pilings (from Law's Creek Blind #2?)
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: