Even though puffins only nest from April to August, the Puffin Cam shares highlights the rest of the year, making it perfect for a midday break from work.įor more great wildlife stories sent directly to your inbox, sign up for emails from Interior.
Thanks to a partnership between and the National Audubon Society, the Puffin Cam has three unique live cameras - including the burrow cam that shares views from a puffin nest and the chance to see a chick (can you say, adorable fluffy baby puffins?). After a 150-year absence, puffins now nest at Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge off the coast of Maine. What’s better than puffins? We can’t think of anything that could top watching these cute miniature penguin look-alikes. Puffin Cam at Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge Photo courtesy of. In the meantime, you can always rewatch the best of #BearCam. Prime #BearCam viewing is June through September. With 9 cameras set up at Alaska’s Brooks Camp, watch brown bears fight for prime spots to feast on the largest sockeye salmon run in the world, follow along as male bears woo females and see mama bears with babies in tow. No list of the best wildlife cams is complete without the wildly popular #BearCam at Katmai National Park. #BearCam at Katmai National Park Photo courtesy of. If you’re lucky, you’ll spy lobsters, stingrays and sea lions. Be mesmerized by the swaying kelp and the white noise of the constantly moving water. Take a virtual tour among the giant kelp forests off Southern California's Anacapa Island, where sea urchins feed off the leaves, fish hide throughout the fronds, and brittle stars, anemones and sponges live on the holdfasts. Kelp Cam - one of the newest on - shows live views of the underwater world at Channel Islands National Park.
Kelp Cam at Channel Islands National Park Photo by National Park Service. Switch between two HD cams for great views of the nest and these cute baby eaglets but as the website warns, “This is a wild eagle nest and anything can happen.” The First Lady laid two eggs in early February, and the eggs hatched mid March. President” and “The First Lady” - the first eagles to nest at the D.C. Arboretum in nearly 70 years. National Arboretum has captured the world’s heart in the past few weeks. While there are multiple eaglecams to enjoy, the #DCEagleCam at the U.S. National Arboretum Photo courtesy of American Eagle Foundation. This time of year they will see archival video footage of what the puffins were doing. Check out four amazing wildlife cams - they’re sure to keep you riveted! People can go to and look on the puffin burrow cam.
Some of the best wildlife cams are on America’s public lands, places that Interior employees work every day to protect for future generations. You never know what you'll see - it could be something amazing or nothing at all - which is part of the fun. They give us a glimpse of what's happening in animals' private lives. Adventure awaits just about anywhere, thanks to wildlife cams. But don't let being stuck behind a desk stop you. Maine's Seal Island is home to about 500 of these colorful, pigeon-sized sea birds.Like us, you'd probably rather be in America's great outdoors right now, spotting animals in their natural habitats. The Atlantic Puffin is the only species of puffin found on the Atlantic coast. The rest of the year, puffins are on the open ocean. They nest inside burrows in colonies on northern seacoasts and rocky islands.
They only come to land during the breeding season, from April to August. Here's the typical timing for nesting events:Ītlantic Puffins spend most of their time at sea. Until the sea birds return in the spring, check out this past season's highlights: Three puffin cams are located on Seal Island, 21 miles off the coast of Maine. The puffins have left Seal Island for the winter!
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