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: 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:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
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
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
Observation Method:
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-15
9:55 AM to 10:15 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: mostly sunny, 7 MPH winds, 85 Humidity, 57F,
Other Activity: Several fishermen standing in the mudflats
Observation Method: vehicle/foot
General Comments: one OSPR observed perching on tower, then flying to another rung on the tower; I could not discern if there was an OSPR on the nest. No movement while I was there, so no way to tell.
Name: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-15
02:10 PM to 02:56:pm
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 69F, light SE wind, partly cloudy
Other Activity: Looked like male was incubating and female was perched on support pole below. She left and returned, then went above to replace the male who subsequently left.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Buster Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-15
01:00 PM to 01:45 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 69F, light SW wind, partly cloudy
Other Activity: Resettled at one point.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: