Our live bird cams are now turned off until the birds return next Spring, but we are now featuring "Best Of" video from the 2012 nesting season on each of the camera pages, and viewers can still keep in touch with each other through the comment pages. We will continue to post Project Puffin updates and news about to our Project Puffin Blog page. If you missed our special Q & A Twitter session with Dr. Steve Kress, you can view and/or download a transcript by clicking HERE.

'Rachel' - Photo by Osprey Cam

The HOG ISLAND OSPREY CAM is located at the Hog Island Audubon Camp near Bremen, Maine. Hog Island is located within the National Audubon Society's 330-Acre Todd Wildlife Sanctuary. Six day birding, ornithology, and natural history programs for adults, teens, and families.

Photo by Derrick Z. Jackson

The PUFFIN CAM overlooks a puffin loafing area at Seal Island NWR where Audubon’s Project Puffin operates a summer field station. The Seal Island puffins were decimated by excessive hunting in 1887. The colony was restored by bringing puffin chicks to the island from Newfoundland. Now more than 500 pairs nest at the island. Watch the puffins and their relatives the razorbills and murres that now frequent Seal Island.

Photo by Derrick Z. Jackson

The PUFFIN BURROW CAM gives views of the family life of a pair of puffins at Seal Island NWR. The pair hatched a single chick, named Petey.Watch the devoted parents tend their chick in views rarely seen before. Unfortunately, Petey did not survive because of a shortage of proper size food.

Photo by Rhaghuram Rasmanujan

The COMMON TERN CAM sits in the middle of Maine’s largest colony of Common Terns at Seal Island NWR. Watch the parents while they incubate and rear their fuzzy chicks. Terns have migrated from Seal Island and are now on their winter home in Brazil and Argentina.