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-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-14
2 PM to 3 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 52 degrees F Winds NE 6-7 mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: Two osprey on nest
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-09A - Broad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-14
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 52, 6-7 NE, 10%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-09A - Broad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-14
2 PM to 3 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 52 degrees F Winds NE 6-7 mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey on nest
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-14
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 52 F, 6-7 NE, 10%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-14
2 PM to 3 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 52 degrees F Winds NE 6-7 mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey on nest
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-04A - Six Goose Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-14
2:00 to 3:30
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 52 F, 6-7 NE,10%
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:
2021-04-14
2 PM to 3 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 52 degrees F Winds NE 6-7 mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey in nest
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-04 - Annisquam River Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-14
10:53 AM to 11:15 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: partly cloudy , light wind, 50 degrees
Other Activity: Both male & female there, one on nest and one with a fish on the marsh perch.
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments: Love their style of decorating with a Dog yard flag and police tape tucked into the branches.
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-14
10:30 AM to 10:50 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: parlty cloudy, light wind, 50 degrees.
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-14
8:45 AM to 9:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 47 degrees, light wind, partly sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Again, love the choice of decorating materials that this Osprey has chosen...looks like a sheet of some sort which the next day he had tucked into the branches.