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: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-15
1:40 PM to 2:00 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: sunny, 64f wind, 97%humid; 9ne wind
Other Activity: 2 Adult OSPR perched on nest, one feeding itself with fish and feeding two fledgling chicks. The 3rd chick wasn't visible.
Observation Method: foot/bicycle
General Comments:
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-14
11:30 PM to 12 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: partly cloudy 85, breezy
Other Activity: adult on nest perch and other osprey hunkered down in nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-14
8:15 AM to 9:20 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1 + overfliers
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70, light breeze, sun with some high clouds
Other Activity: Looks like a sad news. No adults present on arrival. No activity in nest. After 15 mins adult appeared from south holding good sized fish, flew over on on up Mud Creek. On turning back to platform an adult had come to postperch. Looked very like male from pair with same or very similar white left shoulder stripe. Stayed about 5 plus minutes. Third adult flew pass to dead tree on little island north of Sawyers and fed itself from catch. Adult on perch was gone when I checked scope. Finally a fourth (?) adult appear low over the marsh and landed about 400 feet south of platform and stayed there until I left. [This was a typical marsh pool stake out by the adult male from the pair early on April and May. Could it be the same bird ?] I plan to check back in a couple of days and see if I can see into the nest some how.. The nesting material does not look disturbed from my viewing distance compared to earlier photos. A large adult great blue heron was around through all of this and did not seem disturbed by anything in the nest area.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-14
07:00 AM to 07:15 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 67 degF, moderate wind from N, 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult perched at edge of nest, second adult in the nest either feeding chicks or feeding itself
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-14
07:00 AM to 07:15 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 67 degF, moderate wind from N, 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult perched at edge of nest; a pair flew by the platform but did not stop; no activity in nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-14
07:20 AM to 07:35 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 67 degF, light wind from N, 75% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult on platform perch, one adult perched on driftwood to the east, at least two big chicks in nest feeding themselves
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-14
08:50 AM to 9:05 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73 degF, strong wind from N, 98% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult on post perch, one adult on driftwood to the south, both feeding self; no activity at the nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-01 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-14
08:50 AM to 09:05 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 73 degF, strong wind from N, 98% cloud cover
Other Activity: both adults on the post perch, both feeding self, no activity at the nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
IPS-07 - Plum Island #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-14
08:20 AM to 08:25 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 68 degF, light wind from N, 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult in marsh grass feeding itself; nest platform missing and some nesting material hanging from side
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: I sent an email to Dave Rimmer describing the situation
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
IPS-06 - Plum Island #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-07-14
08:25 AM to 08:40 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 68 degF, no wind, 95% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult on post perch, one at nest flew off, came back with large stick and worked it into the nest; two large chicks visible - maybe a third??
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: