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Puffin Loafing Ledge Cam (Seal Island)

Puffins billing and preening on a colony boulder

Source:National Audubon Society — Seabird Institute (Project Puffin)·Seal Island NWR, Maine, United States

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About This Camera

A massive boulder on Seal Island where Atlantic puffins gather to bill (gentle beak-rubbing), preen, and jostle for position. Razorbills and terns often share the ledge. A lively, characterful colony view.

Conservation Context

VU·VulnerablePopulation decreasing

Vulnerable. High risk of extinction in the wild.

Primary threats

Climate-driven shifts in the small-fish populations they depend on, ocean pollution, predation by introduced rats and minks on nesting islands, and bycatch in fisheries.

Conservation actions

Project Puffin and similar restoration projects have used decoys and translocations to re-establish colonies on historic islands. Eradicating invasive predators from nesting islands is the most effective protection.

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Breeding SeasonHigh ActivityClassroom SafeCalm Mode

Source Institution

National Audubon Society — Seabird Institute (Project Puffin)

Seal Island NWR, Maine, United States

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Featured Species

Atlantic Puffin

Fratercula arctica

A small black-and-white seabird with a brightly colored beak that breeds in colonies on cliffs and islands in the North Atlantic. Spends most of its life at sea and returns to land only to nest.

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National Audubon Society — Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge

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Audubon Puffin Cam — Seal Island

Atlantic Puffin colony, Seal Island NWR, Maine

National Audubon Society — Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge · Rockland, United States

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Classroom SafeCalm ModeBreeding Season+1

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EIN: 20-4557510

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