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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.

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Osprey Sightings Archive Search


11080 results:

Name: Abby Heim

Nest Name:
ROW-16 - Purinton Powerline Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-06
09:26 AM to 09:31 AM
at: Rowley

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: Hazy, sunny; 79F

Other Activity:

Observation Method: On foot

General Comments: Green heads are wicked! 😛

 

Name: Abby Heim

Nest Name:
ROW-15 - Shad Creek Platform #2

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-06
09:27 AM to 09:34 AM
at: Rowley

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible: 1

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: Hazy, sunny; 79F

Other Activity: One adult & 1 young both sitting up but still

Observation Method: On foot

General Comments:

 

Name: Abby Heim

Nest Name:
ROW-13 - Clubhead Creek Platform #2

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-06
09:40 AM to 09:45 AM
at: Rowley

Number of Adults Visible:

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: Hazy, sunny; 81F

Other Activity:

Observation Method: On foot

General Comments: Platform empty

 

Name: Abby Heim

Nest Name:
ROW-04 - Nelson Island Creek Platform

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-06
09:41 AM to 09:47 AM
at: Rowley

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible: 1

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: Hazy, sunny; 81F

Other Activity: 1 adult & 1 nestling sitting up

Observation Method: On foot

General Comments:

 

Name: Darcy Holland

Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-06
10:20 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Newbury

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: high clouds and hot

Other Activity:

Observation Method: scope from home

General Comments: third nestling too small to see from my distance

 

Name: Darcy Holland

Nest Name:
NEW-09 - Pine Island Platform #2

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-06
02:25 PM to 02:35 PM
at: Newbury

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible: 2

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: high overcast, hot, light breeze

Other Activity: Adult shielding nestlings

Observation Method: scope from home

General Comments:

 

Name: Dorothy Rocklin

Nest Name:
SAU-08 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #2

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-05
04:36 PM to 04:51 PM
at: Saugus

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: cloudy, 81, sw 6 mph, gusts 13

Other Activity: female (presumed) calling then flew off nest and circled around calling. Then came back with something black in her talons. Didn't look like a fish but could have been, wasnt' moving. She landed on perch over nest and continued calling with black possible fish still in her talons. No chicks visible (only binos)

Observation Method: foot

General Comments:

 

Name: Dorothy Rocklin

Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-05
05:10 PM to 05:20 PM
at: Saugus

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible:

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: cloudy 81, SW 6mph, gusts 13

Other Activity:

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:
2025-07-05
05:24 PM to 05:32 PM
at: Saugus

Number of Adults Visible: 1

Number of Nestlings Visible: 2

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: cloudy 81, sw 6mph, gusts 13

Other Activity: first two chicks visible but not 3rd, then they went down in nest and female stood up

Observation Method: foot

General Comments:

 

Name: Albert Levesque

Nest Name:
SLM-06 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker R2

Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched

Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2025-07-05
02:30 AM to 02:52 AM
at: Salem

Number of Adults Visible: 2

Number of Nestlings Visible: 1

Number of Fledglings Visible:

Weather Conditions: 78F, light breeze, sunny

Other Activity: Two adults were perched, male left later. At least one nestling stretched its wings and possibly another showed its head.

Observation Method: by scope from Mhd cemetery

General Comments:

 
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