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: Jeffrey LeDrew
Nest Name:
SAU-01 - Upper Saugus River Utility Pole-DCR
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-12
02:00 PM to 02:15 PM
at: Haverhill
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 86° very windy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot with binoculars
General Comments:
Name: Peter Burns
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-12
10:30 AM to 10:45 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 80 degrees, sunny with hazy skies, breezy
Other Activity: Osprey was very vocal today. I could hear her as I approached my observing site. When I started to observe with my scope she flew off the next and circled the area for 15 minutes, calling regularly. Shortly before I left she landed back on the nest. She did not sit down on the nest while I was there. She did some preening after she landed. I could not see anything in the nest from my vantage point.
Observation Method: On foot with spotting scope.
General Comments: I'm not sure if she was disturbed by my presence or by something else. I was at my usual viewing spot, which is quite a distance from the nest.
Name: Rick & Jan Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-12 - Dilly Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-12
12:45 PM to 12:50 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75 degrees, very windy, mostly sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Rick & Jan Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-10 - Lufkin Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-12
11:55 AM to 12:05 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75 degrees, windy, sunny
Other Activity: One osprey down in nest got very vocal as we approached but stayed in the nest.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Rick & Jan Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-12
11:45 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75 degrees, windy, sunny
Other Activity: One osprey down in nest. 2nd osprey on marsh perch.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Peter Dorsey
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-12
05:30 PM to 06:00 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 84 degrees; clear with haze at the edges; windy; low tide
Other Activity: Male sitting on the separate pole perch, and facing the nest platform.
Observation Method: On foot with binoculars.
General Comments: Female sitting in the center and deep in the nest. Only her head visible.
Name: Rick & Jan Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-06 - Soginese Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-12
12:15 PM to 12:25 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75 degrees, windy, sunny
Other Activity: One osprey in nearby marsh eating a fish. 2nd osprey in nest but took off as we approached to check us out and then returned to the nest when we left.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Rick & Jan Pierce
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-12
01:00 PM to 01:05 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 75 degrees, very windy, mostly sunny
Other Activity: One osprey down in nest.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Anne McGovern
Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-11
03:50 PM to 04:00 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, some wind, about 85 F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: Saw the female feeding two chicks! Could be more but o my saw two moving around behind her. I think the male had just come in with a fish he was on the nest with her then moved to the perch behind it when she started feeding.
Name: Anne McGovern
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-06-11
04:10 PM to 04:14 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, about 85 F
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: One is sitting there but hard to see more from so far away