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: Tom and Karen Meler
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-27
10:30 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Temp. 87 degrees; Wind w 10mph; visibility 10 miles
Other Activity: little boat activity
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: From our distance and angle there appears to be one adult osprey and one fledgling in the nest.
Name: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
10:00 AM to 01:00 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 90F, gusty, sunny
Other Activity: One adult on nest with smallest of the young. Other adult down on the rocks. One fledgling flew in with a fish, the other fledgling left. The one with the fish ate it and then also left. The adult on the nest flew down to the rocks with the other adult. The nest was empty. All three young have fledged.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Melissa Root
Nest Name:
NEW-02 - Upper Parker River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4:15 PM to 4:45 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Hot. 90deg moderate breeze high tide sunny
Other Activity: Both male and female osprey were at the nest or nearbyOne of them left to feed and was circling and perching in a tree across the marsh down river while the other stayed perched on the side of the nest The one chic was in the nest I could see a head peeking up
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-16A - Paine Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4 PM to 5:15 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 91 degrees F Winds SW at 8 mph 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey on nest perch, other on marsh perch
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-15 - Rogers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4 PM to 5:15 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 91 degrees F Winds SW at 8 mph 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey flying above nest
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-14 - Rogers Island Duck Blind #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4 PM to 5
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 91 degrees F Winds SW at 8 mph 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: 3 osprey on nest, 2 osprey circling overhead
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Not sure if 3 on nest were fledglings or nestlings
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-11A - Paine Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4 PM to 5:15 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 91 degrees F Winds SW at 8 mph 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: 2 osprey on nest, one osprey on post on marsh, 2 circling overheae
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4 PM to 5:15 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2 or 3
Weather Conditions: 91 degrees F Winds SW at 8 mph 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: Three osprey on nest. Difficult to confirm if there were a 4th.
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4 PM to 5:15 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 91 degrees F Winds SW at 8 mph 60% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-04A - Six Goose Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-26
4 to 5:15 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 3
Weather Conditions: 91 degrees F Winds SW at 8 mph 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: Three osprey on nest, 2 flew. Two others circling overhead.
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: