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: Vencie Anderson
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-31
03:45 PM to 04:00
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 70 partly cloudy windy
Other Activity: Squam delivered fish to Liz in the nest
Observation Method: Osprey cam
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-15 - Rogers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-30
12 noon to 2 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees F Winds W at 12 mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: One fledgling deep inside nest
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-30
12 noon to 2 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees F Winds W at 12 mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey (fledgling?) on nest, 2nd osprey (adult?) circling overhead scolding
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-30
12 noon to 2 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees F Winds W at 12 mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey (fledgling?) on nest, 2nd osprey (adult?) circling overhead scolding
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:
2020-08-30
12 noon to 2 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees F Winds W at 12 mph 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: No osprey on nest, but one circling overhead scolding
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Robert Eisenman
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-30
10:45 AM to 10:55 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: SUNY with clouds, windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Computer
General Comments:
Name: Robert Eisenman
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-30
03:00 PM to 03:15 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Sunny, windy
Other Activity: Adult makes a food drop in the next. The fledging in the nest had been squawking continuously. It moved it's wings do much that the adult couldn't land. After the adult flew away the fledging had one half of a consumed fish in it's claw and began to eat.
Observation Method: Computer
General Comments:
Name: Nancy Perry
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-30
06:50 PM. to 07:28 PM.
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1 (I think)
Weather Conditions: 73℉ Completely clear with vigorous steady breeze; nearly full moon rising
Other Activity: One osprey (youngster, I think) on nest when I arrived but flew off even before I had set up the monocular & didn't come back
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: Saw big heron on nearby tree just sitting
Name: Robert Eisenman
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-29
05:00 PM to 05:45 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Rainy
Other Activity: Feeding and flying off the nest
Observation Method: Computer
General Comments: See video https://youtu.be/3ZzoSOQqMQE
Name: Robert Eisenman
Nest Name:
GLO-05 - Lobsta Land Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-29
05:30 PM to 05:35 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Overcast
Other Activity: Perched and showing 'necklace' coloration found in female Ospreys https://flic.kr/p/2jCMitQ
Observation Method:
General Comments: Liz looks to be female based on necklace coloration