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:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-15
4:00 PM to 4:15 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny/clear, 65F, 10 MPH wind, 40-50% humid.
Other Activity: She was probably incubating when I arrived, but she soon seemed to be standing in the nest and feeding herself as her head was going up and down (out of sight), like they look when they're feeding. But I'm just guessing. Anyway, she was alone on the nest, unless she was feeding chicks that were out of view.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-15
06:45 AM to 07:00 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 53 degF, moderate wind from NNE, 15% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird in nest; one on platform perch
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-15
06:45 AM to 07:00 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 53 degF, moderate wind from NNE,15% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird perched at side of nest; I *think* there was a second bird down in the nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-15
07:05 AM to 07:20 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 53 degF, moderate wind from NE, 60% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird down in the nest; second bird flying around the platform, then got chased away by a blackbird
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: this report might have been received more than once - when I tried to submit it, the page seemed to freeze; so I left the web site, came back, and re-entered the same information
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-03 - Plum Island River Blind
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-15
07:30 AM to 07:45 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 54 degF, light wind from NE, 75% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird in the nest, second bird down in grasses feeding itself
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-01 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-15
07:30 AM to 07:45 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 54 degF, light wind from NE, 75% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird on nest; second bird was first on the post perch, then flew up to the nest and perched there
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:
2020-06-15
08:25 AM to 08:40 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 59 degF, light wind from NNE, 75% cloud cover
Other Activity: no birds observed around platform, but two were together about 1/4mi north, in the grass at the edge of the water, one of them was feeding itself
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
IPS-06 - Plum Island #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-15
08:00 AM to 08:15 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 57 degF, no wind, 95% cloud cover
Other Activity: one bird on nest, one on perch, third bird flying over the water channels hunting
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-09 - Broad Creek Camp
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-15
10 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 degrees F Winds N at 3 mph Cloud cover 5% 5% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: chris rogers
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-15
1:10 PM to 1:40 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: mid 60's, partly sunny, light breeze
Other Activity: one Osprey on nest , second perched nearby
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: