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:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-28
10:20 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 79F, light E wind, Sunny
Other Activity: One adult eating on nearby piling, other perched on nest. The one eating finished then perched on spreader of nearby sailboat.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: Strange? No young? Or had they finished and the adult continued on the piling?
Name: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-28
09:28 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 79F, light E wind, Sunny
Other Activity: All 3 nestlings perched with adult for short while then retreated below.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-27
7:45 AM to 8:25 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Low 70s, calm,, sunny with some high overcast
Other Activity: Female on nest, male on marsh across Mud Creek with food then flies to nest. Female starts feeding chick. Female leaves nest several times and returns with reeds or sticks; beginds feeding chick again.
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: Photos of nest work
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-27
3:00 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Overcast, humid, 75 degrees
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Form the back deck
General Comments:
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-27
4:30 PM to 4:45 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Melissa Root
Nest Name:
NEW-02 - Upper Parker River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-26
6:30 PM to 7:15 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 82deg mild evening, slight breeze, sunshine
Other Activity: No male osprey seen
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: It’s difficult to see up into the nest, but I don’t think there are any chicks yet. She stayed put the entire time we were observing. There was another large bird perched on a tree across the river, it looked like a turkey vulture or possibly a hawk. It was not the bald eagle. The turns were not happy with its presence, they were flying all around in large groups being very loud.
Name: Gail Smith
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-26
11:50 AM to 12:11 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 84, sunny, winds SW 9mph
Other Activity: both adult osprey were on nest when I arrived. One was actively feeding the chicks. I could see two distinctly but there could be another one. A third osprey flew overhead and the adult osprey sounded the alarm and the third osprey left the area.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Joan & Ted McElligott
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-26
3:45 PM to 4:15 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 76° breezy partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-26
7:00 AM to 7:00 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, cool breeze off the water, 60s
Other Activity: Jack and Ivy have had a few interesting days. Several boats have come up river near the nest and the ospreys aggressively reacted. Both birds were circling the boats and screeching from the air. After the boats left, a third Osprey came by and Jack chased it away. Finally, I stood with my brother (about 2 football fields away) looking at the birds with binoculars. Suddenly Ivy flew off the nest and Jack took her place. Ivy made a beeline to us standing on the hill and proceeded to screech and circle us. We walked around the house and Ivy returned to the nest. We walked back out to the hill and Ivy came flying off the nest at us. This is the first time the ospreys were worrying about me from my observation point. This pair is definitely serious about protecting their chicks.
Observation Method: On the back deck and adjoining hill with binoculars
General Comments:
Name: sean Riley
Nest Name:
EAB-02 - Belle Isle Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-26
12 PM to 12:30 PM
at: East Boston
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: hot
Other Activity: Adults feeding chicks, now 3 chicks visible , one clearly the runt, much smaller than other 2 chicks.
Observation Method: scope
General Comments: parents seem very pleased with themselves.