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: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-30
3:21 PM to 3:34 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 86, WNW at 14mph, partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Saw only 2 nestlings, about as big as adults. Then 1 adult flew in with a fish, and 2nd one came in with a fish. 2nd one left fish and flew off. 1st adult stayed
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-30
10:00 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75 degrees, clear, 15 mph West
Other Activity: Female sitting on nest platform and making begging call asking male to join her. Male flies from platform 2 to the nest platform and they perch together
Observation Method: from back yard
General Comments: The nest failed long ago, but the resident pair continues to perch on the nest platform and other platforms for long periods every day and defends the territory from other ospreys that fly near.
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-30
09:35 AM to 10:01 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 78F, mild NW breeze, strong sun.
Other Activity: Adult perched on nest. Searched the harbor for the young one and did not find it. In the meantime, the adult left the nest and brought a fish to a piling and fed on it.
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:
2022-07-30
08:50 AM to 09:20 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 78F, mild NW breeze, strong sun.
Other Activity: Adult and one young perched on the nest, another young perched on rocks below. This one flew off and landed in the water several times before eventually flying off. The other on the nest also left and the adult remained alone.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Joan OConnor
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-30
4:08 PM to 4:41 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Mostly sunny. Hot. Somewhat windy
Other Activity: Initially, the adult was n the nest and nestlings were not visible. Minutes later, the adult flew into a nearby tree and stayed perched there for the remainder of my visit. After the adult left tthe nest, 2 nestlings were visible moving around in the nest.
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyll Stpoa
Nest Name:
SAU-09 - Bear Creek Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-29
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: hot, breezy,92F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04 - General Electric Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-29
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 92F,hot, beezy
Other Activity: one osprey perched on pier
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-29
02:47 PM to 03:15 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 93F, Mild SW wind, sunny
Other Activity: Scanned the harbor for signs of the fledgling but did not find it anywhere
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-29
01:46 PM to 02:12 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 93F, Mild SW wind, sunny
Other Activity: Adult perched on crossbar down below, 3 young perched on the nest. Later one young flew off, another a few minutes later, then the third also, all down in the same direction toward the clearing.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
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:
2022-07-29
11:30 AM to 12:00 noon
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 85 degrees sunny.
Other Activity: We banded two chicks today with Dave and greenbelt crew. Male flew over and complained quite a bit.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: