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: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-09
12:30 PM to 12:50 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 84F, SE 8 mph, partly cloudy
Other Activity: Female originally on nearby piling, latest fledgling flying around boats in mooring field, alternately landing, resting, then moving to another. Female followed somewhat then left. Another fledgling landed on the nest momentarily then left.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Smith Gail
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-09
3:00 to 3:15
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 85, sunny, breezy
Other Activity: adult osprey flew in to the nest with a fish. He called several times, left the fish in the nest and flew off. No other osprey appeared. The boat traffic was very heavy and noisy.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-15 - Rogers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-09
3 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: ?
Weather Conditions: 85 degrees F 50% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey in nest, 2nd osprey on marsh perch
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-14 - Rogers Island Duck Blind #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-09
3 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2?
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 85 degrees F 50% cloud cover
Other Activity: Two osprey on nest, third perched on opposite end of blind
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Cannot tell adults from fledglings
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-09
3 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2?
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1?
Weather Conditions: 85 degrees F
Other Activity: 2 osprey in nest, 1 flying overhead
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Cannot tell adults from fledglings
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-09
3 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2?
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 85 degrees F 50% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey on nest, second osprey on marsh perch
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: Cannot tell adults from fledglings
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-04A - Six Goose Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-09
3 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2?
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1?
Weather Conditions: 85 degrees F 50% cloud cover
Other Activity: Two osprey on nest, third on marsh perch
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Cannot tell adults from fledglings.
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-08
9:00 AM to 9:15
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 70 F, overcast, no wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-02 - Black Rock Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-08
9:00 AM to 9:15
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 F, overcast, no wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-08
12:30 PM to 02:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 80F, SE 10 mph, sunny
Other Activity: Female and 3 young on the nest, male eating on nearby pilling. Female fed the smallest of the young, another had its own fish and was eating. When male finished he flew to the nest and the smallest left immediately. It seemed unsure and couldn't return to the nest. It rested atop the mast of a nearby boat, later it flew to the piling the male had fed on. The female flew to a piling near to it.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: