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: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-26
10:10 to 10:30
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 78F, partly cloudy, breeze
Other Activity: I think I saw an osprey. This is a long look with heat waves already.
Observation Method: from Plum Is Bridge
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-26
06:20 AM to 06:35 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 degF, light breeze, 5% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult, two big juvs at the nest feeding themselves, one of them is doing a lot of wing flapping
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-26
06:20 AM to 06:35 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 degF, light breeze, 5% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult at nest, one at corner of platform; two big juvs at nest, wing flapping furiously; a third adult flew towards the platform, then past and went down in the marsh grasses - it may have been the other adult from NPT-05
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-26
10:10 to 10:30
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 78F, partly cloudy, breeze
Other Activity: this is a long look.
Observation Method: from Plum Is Bridge
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-06 - Chace Island Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-26
10:10 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 78F, partly cloudy, breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from Plum Is Bridge
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-26
10:10 to 10:30
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 78F, partly cloudy, breeze
Other Activity: 1 adult on nest
Observation Method: from Plum Is Bridge
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-26
06:20 AM to 06:35 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 degF, light breeze, 5% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult on nest perch, three big juvs down in nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-26
10:10 to 10:30
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 78F, partly cloudy, breeze
Other Activity: both on big, deep nest. 1 either feeding itself or hidden chick.
Observation Method: from Plum Island Bridge.
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-26
06:40 AM to 06:55 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 67 degF, no wind, 5% cloud cover
Other Activity: one juv perched at the nest doing a lot of wing flapping; one adult perched on nearby shack, then flew into nest; one juv perched on driftwood beyond the shack, second juv flew in to nest; another adult perched on log feeding itself
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-01 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2022-07-26
06:40 AM to 06:55 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 67 degF, no wind, 5% cloud cover
Other Activity: Graf #1 is abandoned; Graf #2 has one adult on the platform perch
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: see above about NEW-07 Graf Salt Marsh Platform #2