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: Colin Doherty
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-15
11.50 AM to 12:30 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1 egg possibly more
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 winds out of west
Other Activity: Could see female on one egg possibly more. Male was on a adjacent boat . They were calling out to one another
Observation Method: Kayak
General Comments: Great to see them this year . Did not want to get to close the female was communicating and the male who I did not see right away was standing on a raised boat ladder feet away .
Name: Gail Smith
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-15
4:00 to 4:15
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 3
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 66 degrees, winds 12 mph ESE, sunny
Other Activity: the male was perched below the nest and the female sitting on the nest when I arrived. Within 5 minutes the male took off and shortly after another osprey started flying towards the nest. The male returned and chased him away and perched on the nest.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-04 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker #9
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-15
2:20 PM to 2:30 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 69F, light wind, partly cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-02 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker R16
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-15
1:50 PM to 2:15 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 69F, light wind, partly cloudy
Other Activity: osprey perch near nest
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Linda Pivacek
Nest Name:
LYN-01 - Lynn Harbor Channel Marker G15
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-15
1:50 PM to 2:15 PM
at: Lynn
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 69F, partly cloudy, light wind
Other Activity: one Osprey perch by nest
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments:
Name: David Rimmer
Nest Name:
IPS-16A - Paine Creek Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-15
7 AM to 7 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
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General Comments: little if any nesting material on platform.
Name: David Rimmer
Nest Name:
IPS-07 - Plum Island #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-15
7 AM to 7 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
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Other Activity:
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General Comments: first time seeing birds on this nest in 2020
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:
2020-05-15
5:00 PM to 5:15 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: sunny, 70F, 68%Humid, 11 MPH wind
Other Activity: very hard to see the incubator, but soon a 2nd OSPR flew in and perched on the nest; both OSPRs flapped their wings at each other before the 2nd one flew away and the 1st one settled down again.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: so far, so good with this pair. Only time will tell if there are eggs, if the eggs hatch, and whether there will be any chicks
Name: David Rimmer
Nest Name:
ROW-11 - Hog Island Point
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-14
6 PM to 6 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions:
Other Activity:
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General Comments: Osprey perched near this new nest site, which consists of a small 3x4 foot platform that was probably once the floor of a hunting blind. It is raised about 12-18' off marsh. I added some extensions to the sides to help retain nest materials, which are sparse now but could build. No eggs.
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-15 - Rogers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-14
4 PM to 6 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees F Winds SW 5-19 mph 50% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey in nest, other on perch
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: