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: Joanne Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-03 - Misery Island Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Actively Building Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-20
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55°. Winds SE. Clear skies.
Other Activity: Observed 2 Ospreys in the nest. One left for about 30 min. Only to return with 1 stick.
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Joanne Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-02 - Misery Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-20
10:45 to 11
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 50° Winds from the SE . Clear skies
Other Activity: No nest on the platform.
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Joanne Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-20
9 AM to 9:15 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55°F. SE winds 10mph..Clear blue sky
Other Activity: Active pair in nest
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: We observed the nest again at 11:30. One osprey approached the nest with a fish and left without leaving it?
Name: Joanne Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-20
9 AM to 9:15 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55°F. SE winds 10mph..Clear blue sky
Other Activity: Active pair in nest
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: We observed the nest again at 11:30. One osprey approached the nest with a fish and left without leaving it?
Name: Joanne Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-20
9 AM to 9:15 AM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 55°F. SE winds 10mph..Clear blue sky
Other Activity: Active pair in nest
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments: We observed the nest again at 11:30. One osprey approached the nest with a fish and left without leaving it?
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-20
3:50 PM to 4:05 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 58F, w 10 MPH, sunny delightful day
Other Activity: One OSPR is def. incubating. Another flew in to visit briefly, then left.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-04 - Annisquam River Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-19
02:30 PM to 02:45 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55 degrees, sunny, windy
Other Activity: Perfect times as the male leaves the marsh to hunt, dives in the water to bring up a big fish. Goes back to oerch to eat. Female can be seen on the nest.
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-19
01:30 PM to 01:45 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 54 degrees, sunny and windy
Other Activity: male on marsh and female in nest.
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ESS-07 - Babson Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-19
4:41 PM to 5:10 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 57 degrees, sunny, beautiful, breeze out on the marsh, low tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot, from the end of Island Rd, walking left on the marsh all the way over to the edge of the creek - observed at the same time as Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
General Comments:
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ESS-06 - Soginese Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-19
4:08 PM to 4:29 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55 degrees, beautiful!, sunny, breeze on the marsh, low tide
Other Activity: One adult osprey looking out towards the river, laying deep in the nest bowl, incubating eggs. Wonderful! So far, so good!
Observation Method: on foot, down on the gravel road, to the marsh edge
General Comments: