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: Beth Cooper
Nest Name:
GLO-02 - Wingarsheek Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-01-28
11:00 AM to 11:15 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 54 degrees, cloudy, wind NE 9mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: On foot with scope.
General Comments: This pair appears to have have relocated from the nest at Farm Creek, where I believe she was incubating. Dave thinks maybe there was a threat over there to them which forced them to move.
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-11A - Paine Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-01-27
11:30 AM to 2:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees Winds NW at 8 mph 50% cloud cover
Other Activity: One on nest, other on camp platform. (One on nest flew and returned 3 times within one minute)
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-10-24
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 80F, sunny, hjot and humid
Other Activity: 1 ospreys perched on old pier remnants, 1 in nest, and 1 perched on the other osprey nest platform 2A, Osprey in nest flew over to Nest 2A and then back to nest 1A.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: while looking at the other generally unused newt platform #2A, I noticed osprey activity far behind it off in the distance..I then spotted another nest that I could just barely make out with my binoculars. It was on top of electrical pole that feeds electricity to the Wheelabrator plant. I could just make out 1 osprey head peering out from inside the nest and 2 osprey perched to the side of the nest sitting next to each other. I reported this new nest to Dave Rimmer via an email and a phone call
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-21
11:30 AM to 11::50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 60F and breezy and sunny
Other Activity: 1 osprey standing in the marsh next to its usual perch stick. It appears to be feeding
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: NO OTHER OSPREY ACITIVITY WAS OBSERVED AFTER THIS DATE
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-16
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 70,sunny& breezy
Other Activity: for the past 2 days and today one osprey has been observed perched on a stick in the marsh near the nest platform 1A.. No other activity was oberved by it or any other osprey observed
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Robert Eisenman
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-14
03:00 PM to 04:00 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Clear, bright, noticible wind
Other Activity: No flights, no nest visits by the adult, 2 fecal excretions, squawking periods until lower pitch tones were heard, movement between nest and nest perch
Observation Method: Computer
General Comments:
Name: Robert Eisenman
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-14
04:55 PM to 05:00 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Clear, bright
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Computer
General Comments: 1 fecal excretions, no food present. 'Liz' may be (unfortunately) a kinesthetic learner when it comes to learning to hunt for itself.
Name: Robert Eisenman
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-14
05:55 PM to 05:55 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Clear, bright, some wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Computer
General Comments: Visual instructional aid may be helpful https://i.ibb.co/3BQLfXh/20200914174812-2.jpg
Name: Vencie Anderson
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-13
11:40 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Partly cloudy, windy
Other Activity: Liz arrived at nest immediately followed by Squam delivering a fish, then flew away. After several minutes, Liz left the nest.
Observation Method: Web cam
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-09-10
10:30 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 77 - cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Driving past the nest on 107
General Comments: There was one bird on the nest, presumably a fledgling. Didn't see any others nearby.