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: Bruce Campbell
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-10
1:00 PM to 1:20 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 57F, SSE 7mph, sunny
Other Activity: observed osprey mating
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-10
01:45 PM to 02:30 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 57F, lt breeze, sunny
Other Activity: Mostly inactive, picked at nest once or twice.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: Looked slim and dark, I would guess a male. No female in sight. 2021-04-10
Name: Bruce Campbell
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-10
2:20 PM to 2:35 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 66F, SE 10mph, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Bruce Campbell
Nest Name:
LYN-02 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker R16
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-10
4:50 PM to 5:05 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 66F, SSE 9mph, cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Bruce Campbell
Nest Name:
LYN-01 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker G15
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-10
5:10 PM to 5:25 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 66F, S 8mph, cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lesli Woodruff
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-10
01:30 PM to 02:45 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70F, very light wind and bright skies. Few clouds.
Other Activity: This was fascinating: at first, the female was alone in the nest and the male was far off. She went to find him, but came back alone. About 15 or 20 mins later, he came back and began a courtship "dance" in the sky. He flew circles around the nest, then up higher and higher until he was so high I couldn't even see him... once he came back down (very fast), he was sort-of treading air, hovering in one spot then going up and down, hovering at different levels, while at the same time calling to her - definitely showing off his skills! :) After this display, he landed on the nest with a fish! After this, they may have mated, but I didn't get a good enough view... after he ate the fish (didn't share!), they went off to get nesting material. Quite the exciting thing to observe!
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-10
12:30 PM to 12:55 PM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70s, Light wind, some broken high overcast with bright sun
Other Activity: Pair in flight over platform when I arrived. Two visitors were out on the marsh "observing" the activity. Pair seemed disturbed by visitor presence [There is zero cover and no chance to merge into background vegetation] and the pair finally settled down close together on the marsh the other side of Mud Creek from the platform.
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments:
Name: Tim Simmons
Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-10
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Full sun, west wind 2-5 mph 70 degrees
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: will continue weekly monitoring
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-10
6:00 AM to 2:00 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 72, partly sunny
Other Activity: working on nest together
Observation Method: from deck
General Comments:
Name: Marty Jessel
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-10
02:48 PM to 03:39 PM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65,clouds,7 mph
Other Activity: Flying
Observation Method: Binoculars
General Comments: