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: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-05 - Little Aquavitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-08
01:48 PM to 02:41 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55F, SW wind, cloudy
Other Activity: Female incubating initially, then she swapped out and male replaced her. Then she ate there on the nest.
Observation Method: By scope from area near lighthouse on Winter Island.
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-08
01:48 PM to 02:41 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55F, SW wind, cloudy
Other Activity: By
Observation Method: By scope from lighthouse area on Winter Island
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-03 - Endeavor Channel Marker E
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-08
01:48 PM to 02:41 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55F, SW wind, cloudy
Other Activity: One raised up and moved around then resettled. Perhaps incubating?
Observation Method: By scope from lighthouse area on Winter Island.
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-08
01:48 PM to 02:41 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55F, SW wind, cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: by scope from area of lighthouse on Winter Island
General Comments:
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
IPS-08 - Sally Weatherall Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-08
02:15 PM to 02:40 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64 degrees; cloudy; windy; high tide
Other Activity: Flew from the marsh grass up to the separate pole perch.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars.
General Comments: One osprey visible that was sitting, facing the wind, on the marsh grass approximately 40 yards from the nest platform.
Name: Ronald Hamlin
Nest Name:
IPS-01 - Strawberry Hill Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-08
07:40 AM to 07:41 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Clear, summy, high 50’s
Other Activity:
Observation Method: visual from house
General Comments: We have been away for 10 days. It seems pretty clear on our return that the female is sitting on eggs. She is consistently low in the nest.
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-08
03:45 PM to 04:10 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees; partly sunny; windy; high tide
Other Activity: Male sitting on the marsh grass approximately 150 yards from the nest. Then he flew over to the separate pole perch.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars.
General Comments: Female osprey sitting in the center of the nest during the entire time of my observation.
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-08
07:00 AM to 07:34 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sun, 44 degrees, no wind
Other Activity: Very quiet here. No more rogue ospreys attacking.
Observation Method: Telescope
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
MAN-01 - Sauli Rock Daymarker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-08
05:50 PM to 06:30 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Temp 60°F Wind W@5G10
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Scope from west beach
General Comments: At first no Osprey visible, then the female came up off the eggs briefly then returned to the nest.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-05-07
11:30 PM to 11:55 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 64F drizzle
Other Activity: female in nest. male perched on driftwood branch in marsh
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: