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-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-10
11:25 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 50, extremely windy, cloudy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Too windy to stay longer
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-10
5:15 PM to 5:30 PM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, 15 mph west, clear
Other Activity: female sitting deep in the nest peeping to say I'm lonely. Male arrives with a fish, lands in the nest and is greeted warmly, but then flies from the nest to perch on a canoe rack below the nest and eat the fish. Herring
Observation Method: from back yard
General Comments: 2020-05-10
Name: Amy Howell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-10
3:29 PM to 3:51 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, sunny, cloudy, fierce wind on the marsh, high tide - the creeks were full
Other Activity: Adult Osprey deep in the nest bowl, facing left, looking towards the road w/pink house, that goes over to Plum Island. There was an egg roll, then the Osprey resettled itself in the nest.
Observation Method: on foot, first on the slope for height, then down on the marsh
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:
2020-05-10
4:40 PM to 5:10 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 F, wind from SW15-25 mph gusts, blue sky with some small puffy clouds
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: Not 100% sure if incubating, but low position in nest and relative lack of change over 30mins would suggest incubation.
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-10
09:15 to 09:15
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 45 F, clear, breezy
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from roadside
General Comments: Newbury police warned me off. Not even 5 minutes.
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-10
09:15 to 09:15
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 45 f, clear, breezey
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from roadside
General Comments: Newbury policeman gave me warning and I left. Not even 5 minutes.
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-15 - Rogers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-10
3 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 52 degrees F Winds W 12-20 mph 50% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-10 - Laws Creek Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-10
3 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 52 degrees F Winds west 12-20 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-05 - Laws Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-10
3 PM to 4 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 52 degrees F Winds W at 12-20 mph 50% cloud cover
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
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:
2020-05-10
4:18 PM to 4:51 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60 degrees, sunny, cloudy, extremely windy, creeks are full, high tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot, end of Island Rd, all the way down the marsh to the edge of the creek - observed at the same time as Brophy Salt Marsh Platform
General Comments: A number of Great Black-backed Gulls soaring around & perched on the marsh