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: Christine Morabito
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-20
09:40 AM to 10:15 PM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 83 degrees, cloudy, wind 10 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-19
8:30 AM to 8:45 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 85, light breeze, sunny
Other Activity: One ospre in nest one perched on perch sticking up from nest. the one on nest flew off and other went into nest for about a minute, then other came back later, perched on edge of nest and stayed for about 1 minute then flew off agin, flying low.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-19
9:50 AM to 10:10 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 85, light breeze, sunny
Other Activity: Saw 3 birds at once. One had been perch on edge of nest, another joined it and flapped its wings. Then another came onto edge, flapped its wings. First one who came onto edge from nest idid more flapping. Adult (I think--there've only been 2 young before now) stayed on edge whole time
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-19
07:30 AM to 04:00 PM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny hot
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-19
10:00 AM to 02:30 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 94F, light East wind, sunny
Other Activity: Fledgling circled the nest a few times then dipped into the water and gathered debris and then dropped it. Then dipped at another location and brought it to the nest this time. Looked like sea weed. Another chick lifted above the nest up to five feet, several times, but did not leave the nest.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-04 - Nelson Island Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-19
11 AM to 1 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80 degrees F Winds SW 5 mph 0% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Lots of old nesting material
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-16A - Paine Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-19
11 AM to 1 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80 degrees F Winds SW 5 mph 0% 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:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-19
11 AM to 1 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80 degrees F Winds SW 5 mph 0% cloud cover
Other Activity: One adult and one nestling visible on nest, joined by second adult
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Corrected report
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-14 - Rogers Island Duck Blind #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-19
11 AM to 1 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80 degrees F Winds SW 5 mph 0% cloud cover
Other Activity: 4 osprey were in nest, one flying overhead
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-11A - Paine Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-19
11 AM to 1 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 80 degrees F Winds SW 5 mph 0% cloud cover
Other Activity: One adult, two fledglings, and one nestling in nest. Adult and two fledglings flew. Nestling stayed behind flapping, but not lifting off nest at first. eventually it lifted self about a foot off the nest. Visited by a fledgling briefly.
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: Emerson was in the middle of texting you because I was concerned that the nestling may have been tethered to the nest, but it cleared nest enough to see it was free to go.