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: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-01 - Graf Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-11
07:30 AM to 07:45 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 49 degF, no wind, clear sky
Other Activity: one bird down in nest; second bird brought in a fish and perched on post feeding self
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: CHRISTOPHER ROGERS
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-11
04:20 PM to 04:40 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: mid 50"s, overcast, moderate wind
Other Activity: One on nest, second perched near by
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: CHRISTOPHER ROGERS
Nest Name:
GLO-02 - Wingarsheek Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
none visible
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-11
04:20 PM to 04:40 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: mid 50"s, overcast, moderate wind
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: CHRISTOPHER ROGERS
Nest Name:
GLO-01 - KEA Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-11
04:20 PM to 04:40 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: mid 50's, overcast, moderate winds
Other Activity: Nest appears to have been damaged in storm. No Osprey visible.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Nest damage
Name: Christine Morabito
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-05-11
08:09 AM to 08:44 AM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 51 degrees, sunny, wind 3 mph
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on 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:
2020-05-10
11:35 AM to 11:40 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: so windy couldn't get good look, facing wind and being knocked off-balance and binocs unsteady. Think was perched, alone, not sitting. Hard to be sure.
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.