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: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-16
3:45 PM to 5 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 69 degrees Winds SE 12-13 mph 40% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-04A - Six Goose Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-16
3:45 PM to 5 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 69 degrees Winds SE 12-13 mph 40% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey on nest, two other osprey on nearby pilings
Observation Method: boat
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:
2021-05-15
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 sunny
Other Activity: Olivia is still incubating. Ollie spent a very long time perched on his favorite branch in the tree just outside our window.
Observation Method: From our house
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:
2021-05-15
12:35 PM to 01:35 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70F, SE 13mph, sunny
Other Activity: Moved and resettled once. Male not anywhere around.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Daniel Bates
Nest Name:
IPS-16A - Paine Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-15
3:30 PM to 3:45 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70°/ SUNNY
Other Activity: Mom on nest. Dad on perch.
Observation Method: From boat
General Comments: Nest looked freshly enhanced with some green vegetation visible.
Name: Caroline Haines
Nest Name:
GLO-04A - Annisquam River Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-15
06:25 PM to 06:35 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 63 degrees, 20-40% cloud cover
Other Activity: Copulation
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Caroline Haines
Nest Name:
GLO-04 - Annisquam River Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-15
06:25 PM to 06:35 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 20-40 percent cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-15
11:55 AM to 1:40 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 68 degrees, sunny, wind E 8mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with 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:
2021-05-14
09:25 AM to 10:25 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70F NW at 9mph sunny
Other Activity: Moved a bit a couple of times. Male didn't show.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Gail Smith
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-14
2:00 to 2:15
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: partly sunny, 65
Other Activity: male osprey was also in nest when I arrived but flew down to the perch below the nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: