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: David Rimmer
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-17
10 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Nancy Perry
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-17
04:02 PM. to 05:56 PM.
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 66℉, cloudy, no wind
Other Activity: For almost this whole time, one adult was sitting on nest. Near the end of observation, Other adult flew into nest after perching on nearby trees (2 different ones) & the adults exchanged places. One who had been on nest flew away.
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments:
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:
2020-05-17
3:15 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 63F, partly cloudy, 10mph wind, very low tide, 60% humid
Other Activity: one OSPR on nest; a 2nd OSPR flew in to visit briefly then flying away
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-16
1:58 AM to 11:15 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 63, windy, mostly sunny
Other Activity: both perched for a while, then one flew off and in a few minutes came back and they were both perched again
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-16
11:20 AM to 11:25 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 63 windy, mostly sunny
Other Activity: one bird incubating other perched, then they changed places and bird that had been incubating flew off
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: I see this one both going and coming back to SAU-06 so look a 2nd time to see if anything is happening.
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-16
10:40 AM to 10:53 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: mostly sunny, windy, 63
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: David Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-16
4:10 PM to 5:00 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2 + 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60, gusty southerly 10+, blue sky with increasing puffy clouds
Other Activity: Additional adult osprey briefly present above nest, challenged (?) by male from pair -see longer report sent to D Rimmer
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: David Rimmer
Nest Name:
ROW-04 - Nelson Island Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-16
7 AM to 7 AM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
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Other Activity:
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General Comments: nest looks built up but birds not incubating yet.
Name: James Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-16
07:35 AM to 07:45
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, calm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: incubating for the past 2 days since previous report
Name: David Rimmer
Nest Name:
IPS-15 - Rogers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-16
7 AM to 7 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
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