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:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
01:45 PM to 02:00 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 90F, light West wind, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments: Maybe next year.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
11:30 AM to 12 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 94F, hot & humid
Other Activity: just one osprey sitting upright in nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
11:00 AM to 11:10 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 4
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 93 - sunny
Other Activity: Ollie was in the tree outside our window eating and squawking which usually means a visitor is around. I looked out another window and saw 5 osprey flying around and nobody on the nest. I'm guessing that 2 of those flying were the chicks along with Olivia and 2 visitors. There have been a few times in the last 2 days that I couldn't see anyone on the nest so maybe they have fledged.
Observation Method: From our house.
General Comments:
Name: Tom and Karen Meler
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
10:55 AM to 11:10 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Temp. 87 degrees: wind w 10mph; sunny; visibility 10 miles
Other Activity: little boat activity
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: From our distance and angle there appears to be two adult ospreys and one fledgling osprey in the nest.The fledgling appears to be testing its wings.
Name: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-02 - Wonderland Park Light Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
01:00 PM to 01:30 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 90F, light West wing, sunny
Other Activity: Male perched below on crossbeam. Female and 3 young perched on nest. One young left carrying debris, another flapped enough to get a couple of feet above the nest. The third did some wing stretching. The fledgling that had left returned 10 minutes later.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
01:45 PM to 02:00 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 90F, light West wing, sunny
Other Activity: One perched on perch bar, the other down in the marsh a great distance away.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: They seem loyal to the nest in spite of the failure.
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-04 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker #9
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
11:25 AM to 11:40 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 88F, west wind, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments: distant view
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-02 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker R16
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
3:30 PM to 3:45 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 76F, light wind, partly cloudy
Other Activity: adult ospreys appear to be reconstructing nest!
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments: unfortunetly, the nestlings/fledglings were not visible. maybe I missed them on other side of nest and structure.
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-01 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker G15
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
11:00 AM to 11:20
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 88F, west wind, sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-03 - Misery Island Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
18:30 to 1900
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: Wind west . Scattered clouds. 85°
Other Activity: No adults observed. 2 fledglings on the rim of the nest.
Observation Method: Scope from west beach
General Comments: