We received great news this morning from Project Puffin; the numbers are in and there’s been a fantastic increase in Puffin chicks fledging! From our partners at Audubon’s Project Puffin and Dr. Stephen Kress:
From the Boulder Berm Live Cam you can view wide angles of the graceful terns in flight as well as close-ups of the tiny tern chicks in the nest! “After the chicks hatch, they are covered with down and can move about some, but stay near the nest. The parents go off to the ocean
On our Puffin Loafing Ledge and Boulder Berm Live Cams, you’ll see more than just Puffins enjoying the mating season and daily tasks of a new family. Did You Know? Terns are related to gulls, but have pointed wings and forked tails, allowing them to fly very gracefully… Common Terns make their nests on the rocks
No Tippi Hedren here, just colonies of amazing terns – who make the longest migratory journey of all birds. The return of warm weather brings hundreds of birds to the sanctuary in Seal Island, Maine. Our Ospreys and Great Horned Owls have recently returned for the mating season, and soon the Puffin Project and Arctic
At the bird sanctuary in the Dry Tortugas National Park, Sooty Terns make they’re one American landfall to breed. Afterward, “they spend most of their time in the air, almost never perching or alighting on the water” (Audubon Society). See more Terns here on the Gray Seal Pupping Cam.
