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: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-02
11:30 AM to 11:45 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Partly cloudy, humid and windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: Looked like adults - both perched on nest; one flew to nearby tree. Didn't see any other movement on the nest.
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-01
09:15 to 9:25
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 79 F, clear, breeze
Other Activity: couldn't see any chicks
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-02 - Black Rock Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-01
09:15 to 09:35
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 79 F, clear, breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Betsey Lutts-Bennett
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-01
11:30 AM to Continuing
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1, down with a broken wing, 8/1, 12 noon
Weather Conditions: Warm, dry
Other Activity: Keeping dogs away.
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
Name: Betsey Lutts-Bennett
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-01
12:00 to 2:26
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1 is injured
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: We have captured the injured fledgling and will keep it cool. We will bring it to Tufts in North Grafton on Sunday 8/2
Name: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-01
02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 81F, E 6mph, sunny
Other Activity: Male alternately gone, on nearby piling, then on boat spreader. All young reclining initially, female left and returned minutes later with a fish. She ate and fed the young that were interested. Two of them perched briefly then went back down.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-01
01:00 PM to 01:30 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 81F, E 6mph, sunny
Other Activity: Both adults perched on a tree a great distance away. Male left the tree and went to the lower crossbar on the tower when a fledgling approached for a brief stop on the nest. The fledgling left again and returned another time, then left still again. This must be the youngest fledgling. The other two didn't appear.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-01
08:40 to 08:50
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 77 F, clear, breeze
Other Activity: male feeding itself, female and chicks watching.
Observation Method: from Plum Is Turnpike bridge
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-01
08:40 to 08:50
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 77 F, clear, light breeze
Other Activity: the nest is very tall.
Observation Method: from Plum Is Turnpike bridge
General Comments:
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-08-01
10:00 AM to 10:00 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, humid, 80s
Other Activity: One chick is demonstrating a good command of wing flapping. He stands in the nest and flaps 10 to 12 times in a row. The second chick is looking on as is the parents.
Observation Method: From the deck
General Comments: