Spotted an osprey eating what looked like a fish along the Saugus River and Northern Strand Community Trail in Saugus today, April 8, 2022. Also saw red-wing blackbirds, geese, grackles, ducks and egrets as I kayaked the Saugus River from Saugus’s Stocker Playground, just upstream of Lincoln Avenue and Boston Street at the Lynn-Saugus Line, to the rapids just upstream of Saugus Iron Works. The journey was part of research for nature videos we’re making for children. See our previous videos here.

Previously: Bald Eagles Along Saugus River


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Osprey flies over Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Osprey flies over Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Osprey at nesting platform along Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Osprey at nesting platform along Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Osprey flies over Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Osprey flies over Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Osprey eating along Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Osprey eating along Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Egret flies along Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Egret flies along Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Along Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Along Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Tree fallen across Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Tree fallen across Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Red-winged blackbird sings along Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Red-winged blackbird sings along Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Grackle perched along Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Grackle perched along Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Hamilton Street bridge over Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Hamilton Street bridge over Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Pipe crosses Saugus River just downstream of Saugus Iron Works, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Pipe crosses Saugus River just downstream of Saugus Iron Works, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Saugus Iron Works, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Saugus Iron Works, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Pedestrian bridges over Saugus River at Saugus Iron Works, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Pedestrian bridges over Saugus River at Saugus Iron Works, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Rapids along the Saugus River just upstream of Saugus Iron Works, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Rapids along the Saugus River just upstream of Saugus Iron Works, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Osprey flies carrying fish over Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Osprey flies carrying fish over Saugus River in Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Sunset at Stocker Playground, Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Sunset at Stocker Playground, Saugus, April 8, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)

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