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: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
06:50 AM to 07:05 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 62 degF, no wind, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult feeding chick; second chick down in nest
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:
2021-07-29
06:50 AM to 07:05 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 62 degF, no wind, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity: 1 adult flew in an perched on nest post; 1 juv perched on corner of platform, flapping its wings; two more juvs 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 Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
06:50 AM to 07:05 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 62 degF, no wind, 100% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult on nest post perch, 1 juv perched on edge of nest, 2 juvs down in nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
08:00 AM to 08:20 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: cool, overcast
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
07:15 AM to 07:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 9
Weather Conditions: 64 degF, no wind, 95% cloud cover
Other Activity: 1 adult perched at nest, 3 chicks in nest
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-01 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
07:15 AM to 07:30 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64 degF, no wind, 95% cloud cover
Other Activity: one adult one post perch with fish, one adult on nest perch, I couldn't be sure whether two or three chicks in the nest...
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Tim Simmons
Nest Name:
MER-01 - East Meadow Brook Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
at: Merrimac
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75, light breeze, hazy sun
Other Activity: 2 adults no fledglings observed
Observation Method: foot, scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
09:30 AM to 10:05 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 75F, SSW 4 mph, partly cloudy
Other Activity: Just the one adult, perched, left very briefly and returned.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: Looks like an empty nester, all three have fledged.
Name: Linda Pogson
Nest Name:
LYN-03 - Lower Saugus River Channel Marker-Walsh
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
9:15 AM to 9:30 AM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: partly sunny 70
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle from Margin St.
General Comments: Still no sign of chicks. One osprey was perched on the nest.
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
IPS-06 - Plum Island #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-07-29
08:10 AM to 08:25 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 67 degF, light wind from WSW, 95% cloud cover
Other Activity: three big chicks at nest, one of them trying very hard to take its first flight; one adult on the post perch, then flew off and pursued a second adult which was carrying nesting material
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: