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: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-28
5:15 PM to 5:30 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 50F, extremely low tide, slight breeze, cloudy, drizzly
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Visibility obscured by weather, OSPR was crouched down in nest but uncertain if it was incubating, feeding or just resting.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-27
11:30 PM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55F sunny with slight breeze
Other Activity: one osprey perched on stick in the marsh feeding on a fish. Other one on 4A nest platform then flies to 4B platform. Osprey with fish flies up to 4A platform, leaves fish & flies off.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Geoff Wilson
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-27
12:30 PM to 12:45 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast and cool
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Car
General Comments:
Name: Betsey Lutts-Bennett
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-27
01:45 PM to 02:15 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: clear
Other Activity: Osprey perched above the nest, apparently sleeping spies my dog walking on the causeway the connects the tower to land. Bird preening itself the entire observations
Observation Method: foot/binoculars
General Comments:
Name: Geoff Wilson
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-27
12:00 PM to 12:15 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast with a south breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Car
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-04 - Annisquam River Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-27
10:48 AM to 11:20 AM.
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 52 degrees. light breeze , partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments: one on nest, one on marsh, another osprey flying around
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-27
9:30 AM to 9:40 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 52 degrees, light wind, partly cloudy
Other Activity: One opsrey in nest, one in tree to the right.
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-27
8:00 AM to 8:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 48 degrees, partly cloudy, light wind.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Bald eagle made a fly by towards the nest and osprey fended him off. Female stayed in nest. A little concerning .
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-26
12:00 PM to 12:10 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 50, sunny, WINDY!
Other Activity: No signs of osprey activity--no sticks on platform.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-26
12:35 PM to 12:46 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 50, sunny, WINDY!
Other Activity: Think one osprey on nest, and definitely another on post nearby. Wind was so strong that hard to stand still let alone keep binoculars still enough to be sure about the one on the nest.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: